stratntele
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Hello Everyone,
Just thought that I would share some photos of my 1957 sunburst X500 guitar.
I was inspired to buy this guitar after getting to know an old professional jazz guitarist when I lived in Sydney, Australia. His name was Jack (?) & he used to own a shop called Guitar City which was on the 5th floor of a building in George Street back in the 1970's. He had a 1963 sunburst X500 with the Guild humbuckers & I used to go to his flat in Manly & listen to him playing & telling me the stories about his time as a guitarist just after the Second World war gigging at various ballrooms, dance venues etc. This was over 20 years ago so I assume that he may have passed away by now?
I remember as a kid buying a mid-60's maple cap Telecaster from his shop with a stripped natural body but with an Olympic White headstock - this was the only Telecaster that I've ever seen with a factory-painted headstock & this was well before the days of vintage guitars being collectible.....
Anyway, I bought this guitar from another guitarist here in London, UK, in 2012 after seeing his online advert in Guitar Mart. As far as I can tell, the guitar is all original although I did message Hans asking if he thought that the Melita bridge was original or an after-market replacement - Hans has asked me to lift up the bridge to see if the Melita bridge has a footprint of another bridge underneath it or not which I will do later on. You may notice that I've removed the 6 small knobs holding the saddles in place since I find that they stop me from being able to effectively mute the strings when playing.
The sound of the Franz pickups is warm & mellow & I will record a video at some stage so you can hear the guitar & my limited abilities as a jazz guitarist!!
So here are the pictures.......
Just thought that I would share some photos of my 1957 sunburst X500 guitar.
I was inspired to buy this guitar after getting to know an old professional jazz guitarist when I lived in Sydney, Australia. His name was Jack (?) & he used to own a shop called Guitar City which was on the 5th floor of a building in George Street back in the 1970's. He had a 1963 sunburst X500 with the Guild humbuckers & I used to go to his flat in Manly & listen to him playing & telling me the stories about his time as a guitarist just after the Second World war gigging at various ballrooms, dance venues etc. This was over 20 years ago so I assume that he may have passed away by now?
I remember as a kid buying a mid-60's maple cap Telecaster from his shop with a stripped natural body but with an Olympic White headstock - this was the only Telecaster that I've ever seen with a factory-painted headstock & this was well before the days of vintage guitars being collectible.....
Anyway, I bought this guitar from another guitarist here in London, UK, in 2012 after seeing his online advert in Guitar Mart. As far as I can tell, the guitar is all original although I did message Hans asking if he thought that the Melita bridge was original or an after-market replacement - Hans has asked me to lift up the bridge to see if the Melita bridge has a footprint of another bridge underneath it or not which I will do later on. You may notice that I've removed the 6 small knobs holding the saddles in place since I find that they stop me from being able to effectively mute the strings when playing.
The sound of the Franz pickups is warm & mellow & I will record a video at some stage so you can hear the guitar & my limited abilities as a jazz guitarist!!
So here are the pictures.......
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