Guildadelphia
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- Mar 10, 2015
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Picked up my new to me X175B from the shop today (was used but in pristine, mint condition). Had the nut slots filed and a general set-up. The nut ends were also not flush with the binding on both bass and treble sides. I initially thought that it would need a new nut to get the ends flush but the luthier was able to fill the gaps with a little bit of super glue and then buff it out. Along with lowering the nut slots he also polished the nut and it's now is perfectly seamless with the binding and it looks and feels perfect. The X175B is now strung with DR Pure Blues 10-46's (I know, too light for most, but works for me with my small, arthritic, 57 yr old hands). Didn't notice any tonal loss w/ 10's through the amp, but the guitar does not have as much volume acoustically. The 175 plays great w/ low action (low E 4/64ths at 12th fret, high E a smidge lower) with no string buzz, rattles, etc. Plugged in, instant tone to the bone through my deLisle Nickel Box amp. The tech actually did a really nice job dialing the pu's in and bridge and neck pu's are about as close in volume as you could get them w/o raising the whole bridge pu. Sounds big, clear and fat clean and w/ some natural tube amp grind. Pedals sound good too. Had the best results w/ a Caline Blue Sky OD (which is a Timmy clone) and very transparent. What this guitar really loves is some real tube driven reverb and trem....there's something about this guitar that just sucks every Dave Gonzales lick I know out of my fingers. Really glad I jumped on the opportunity to get this guitar....I passed on one a year ago and regretted it. I'm a happy camper now:adoration: