Hey all. Just picked up a used Guild today. Advertised as an X-175B. The owner had modded it, not caring much for the Franz repros. He took off the Bigsby, used a trapeze tailpiece. Swapped in an excellent bridge, forget the model, swapped in SD 59 humbuckers, also replacing the pots.
All of which is fine by me. A nice looking blond guitar. I get it home, check it out, see the label inside marked A-150B. Very strange. There were definitely two Franz pickups installed. (Got them in a bag along with the original pots.) Checked with the owner, who said it came mislabelled from the factory, definitely is an X-175B, and was sold to him that way.
Has anyone heard of such a thing? Other than the pickups (number, type and mounting) what are the differences between the blond X175B body and the A150B?
Thanks
MD
All of which is fine by me. A nice looking blond guitar. I get it home, check it out, see the label inside marked A-150B. Very strange. There were definitely two Franz pickups installed. (Got them in a bag along with the original pots.) Checked with the owner, who said it came mislabelled from the factory, definitely is an X-175B, and was sold to him that way.
Has anyone heard of such a thing? Other than the pickups (number, type and mounting) what are the differences between the blond X175B body and the A150B?
Thanks
MD