2bornot2bop said:I neglected to mention the dealer stated the only non factory added item to the guitar was the noted aftermarket strap button install.
This is the second X-500 I've observed with Grover Imperial style tuners.
Dealer stands by his suggestion that the guitar is an '82 model based upon a parts number via a volume pot.
Gorgeous X-700! In reality that's what I'd actually like to own but every one I've seen has sold over $3k. I observed a Guild AA sell for $3.5k on the bay last week that appeared mint! Although the price was right it was still $1k out of my range.
Thanks for the input!
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Thanks for the compliment. This was my late father's guitar. Since he was a drummer, he never played it much, lol! It's really slick, though.
1982 seems reasonable. I think actual age for Guilds is a little less relevant than with some other brands that changed construction, hardware and electronics so many times. The only thing people around here seem concerned about is what's under the pickup covers once you start to get into late 90s and newer Guilds.
An AA would be a really nice instrument, but would be much more of a jazz-only guitar plugged in that an X series.
BTW, does this guitar have actual Imperials, or just Imperial buttons on Rotomatic bodies? (I think they called those "Super Rotomatics") I ask b/c I didn't think anything but AAs left the factory with Imperials, but anything w/ a Rotomatic footprint could either have buttons swapped or tuners swapped for super-rotos. The point being that Imperials, if original would be a custom touch.