Does anyone know what year they changed the body molds for these guitars? If I'm not mistaken, all the x150-175's with Franz pickups had the same body up until they started using humbuckers in the mid 60's then they changed the shape a bit....?
50-60's x-150 and x-175 body molds?
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txbumper57
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If I remember correctly There was more than one change. I thought the Body changed shape a bit from New York production to Hoboken production somewhere in the late 50's and then again in the mid to early 60's. I am sure Hans or Walter will be along shortly to verify either way. I know my 1960 Hoboken made X175 has a different shape than a 1954 New York made X175. Also it is not the same shape that we see on X175's throughout the late 60's and on through the 70's models either.
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Walter Broes
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Yep, archtop bodies changed shapes quite a bit. The mid/late 50's Hoboken guitars have a different shape than the NYC ones (actually the current Korean X175 is a good representation of 50's Hoboken guitars), guitars got bigger, deeper and different shape again somewhere around '61/62, and the cutaway became a little "pointier" and deeper in Westerly. And as far as I can tell, the archtops became progressively heavier (thicker tops and backs) and more rigid and "less acoustic" over the years too.