1959 X-175 Project on Ebay

[Guilderagain]

I think this 1959 X-175 can be a fairly straightforward project:

Binding repair
Fret inlays replacement/repair
Fret dressing

The bid starts at $350 ... hmm

 

[gusto]

im interested :mrgreen:

 

[parker_knoll]

i bought this

 

[Jeff Haddad]

Please post follow up pix! (Completed or work-in-progress)

 

[southernGuild]

Please post follow up pix! (Completed or work-in-progress)
Please post follow up pix! (Completed or work-in-progress)

Congrats Parker, Nice score! and Yes, please try to post progress photos on her. I was watching that one with interest myself. Glad somebody here got her. A little tlc and she'll be fantastic!
All the best with her. :wink:

 

[twocorgis]

Good luck with the new baby Parker. My '59 has had ongoing binding issues, so that doesn't surprise me. At his point it just has gaps in strategically located places. 8)

 

[parker_knoll]

hey thanks everyone

Shipping's going to take a while because i;m the UK. I don't think the price seemed way too high, but we'll see what she's like when i get her. Prices are higher here in the UK anyhow. I'm buying her as a player so didn't really plan to sell. Curious to see how the neck is and if i can get away without a reset.

 

[parker_knoll]

i took delivery of this this morning.

To my relief it actually plays fine (since I'm looking for a regular player), the main issues are just the inlays, the binding and the fact it could do with a good clean. Haven't been able to plug it in yet. Also, someone has glued down the bridge which i find annoying as I might like to try it with an aluminium one, and the bridge might need to be moved if i go for a different string gauge etc., but i can live with for now and i'm sure the luthier can separate it.

I took it to a vintage guitar shop where they looked at it like it was a piece of dirt, with the guy slagging off ebay and being generally unfriendly. The same shop failed to sell Starfire for me in 6 months, which i then sold on ebay in about 5 mins. I suspect they despise anything that is not Gretsch, Fender or Gibson judging by their stock. Got to track my good but cheap guy from years ago.

 

[Walter Broes]

Cool, congratulations! I have pretty much the same guitar, a 59 with shrunken binding, and I've had it refretted and the inlays redone, some headstock overlay work too. Still need to do something about the binding.
If yours sounds as great as mine plugged in, I think you'll be a very happy camper indeed! 8)

 

[wright1]

Parker, I don't know where you are in the UK but if 1959 does not register in the 'vintage' shop you went to then I would be giving it a very wide birth. They clearly don't know their business.
I look forward to seeing how you do with the x-150.I hope the bridge can be released without too much damage.
All the best, Steve.
London,5 degrees and cloudy.

 

[parker_knoll]

1959 registers but i think Guild doesn't particularly register. it's in a kind of posh part of town (King's Road) and there's nothing in there for less than three grand.

 

[Walter Broes]

I don't like the "vintage guitar shops" in London at all - overpriced guitars, almost every one of them, and every guitar that has unoriginal parts or has been messed with is a "prototype" or "got sent back to the factory for modifications".

 

[parker_knoll]

capitalism sucks

no, you're right, they're pretty much all sh**. i was just looking for a quote on fixing the fingerboard inlays cause i couldn't track down the guy i used to use. UK prices are all double the US anyway, maybe it's true in Netherlands as well. There's a DE-400 advertised in Paris at €3,500 (about $4,800) so that's mighty steep.

 

[Walter Broes]

Everything's expensive in Paris - not just guitars - but I don't think I've seen systematically inflated guitar prices like I've seen in those London shops in a lot of other places.

I'm in Belgium btw!

 

[wright1]

I fully agree that 'vintage' shops in London are seriously over priced. I know the one in the Kings Road. Most really don't know what they are looking at and just seem to feel that they can by-pass obvious problems/wrong parts and still charge top money.
I'm sure you can find a reasonable luthier to do your inlay, however that is one reason why I do most repairs myself.

 

[fronobulax]

capitalism sucks

Except, of course, when capitalism is the engine that lets you afford your Guilds :lol:

 

[fab467]

capitalism sucks

Except, of course, when capitalism is the engine that lets you afford your Guilds :lol:

I feel a thread lock-down coming on... :wink:

 

[fronobulax]

capitalism sucks

Except, of course, when capitalism is the engine that lets you afford your Guilds :lol:

I feel a thread lock-down coming on... :wink:

Only if someone ignores the emoticons and actually tries to respond in a serious vein. But I am ever diligent to clean up a mess if it turns out I started it. :lol: