Uncovered pickups on Guild archtops

[harptailpiece]

There is an auction for a X500, with humbuckers without cover.
The seller answered it was the case in the 80' , during a short time.
Just curious to know in what period the archtop were sold in this unusual "uncovered" version... :?:

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... L:RTQ:FR:1

 

[hansmoust]

There is an auction for a X500, with humbuckers without cover.
The seller answered it was the case in the 80' , during a short time.
Just curious to know in what period the archtop were sold in this unusual "uncovered" version... :?:

Hello harptailpiece,

The seller is partly correct. The 'uncovered' pickups are DiMarzio units and they were an option during that particular period; hence the X-500D designation on the truss rod cover. The standard pickups were the regular HB-1 humbuckers with a cover.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Jake The Loafer]

Hans, there is a X-500 on Ebay now advertised as a 2006 model. It looks great. I thought that Guild stopped all their electrics earlier than '06.

 

[harptailpiece]

Hans, there is a X-500 on Ebay now advertised as a 2006 model. It looks great. I thought that Guild stopped all their electrics earlier than '06.

...and the cutaway seems to be deeper than on older models. Is it just an impression?

 

[Jake The Loafer]

Hans, there is a X-500 on Ebay now advertised as a 2006 model. It looks great. I thought that Guild stopped all their electrics earlier than '06.

...and the cutaway seems to be deeper than on older models. Is it just an impression?

harptailpiece, I can't really tell if the cutaway is deeper or not. Hans will have to let us know if the body shape changed a tad.

 

[harptailpiece]

[quote="Jake The Loafer":7dda4]Hans, there is a X-500 on Ebay now advertised as a 2006 model. It looks great. I thought that Guild stopped all their electrics earlier than '06.

...and the cutaway seems to be deeper than on older models. Is it just an impression?

harptailpiece, I can't really tell if the cutaway is deeper or not. Hans will have to let us know if the body shape changed a tad.[/quote:7dda4]
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IMHO, there is a slight but real change for the cutaway. (I believe it was the case for Benedetto's version of Stuart and Artist Award models too)

 

[hansmoust]

I can't really tell if the cutaway is deeper or not. Hans will have to let us know if the body shape changed a tad.

Hello Jake,

There were a lot of changes when the 17-inch archtops were redesigned by Bob Benedetto and the cutaway was one of them.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

 

[Jake The Loafer]

I can't really tell if the cutaway is deeper or not. Hans will have to let us know if the body shape changed a tad.

Hello Jake,

There were a lot of changes when the 17-inch archtops were redesigned by Bob Benedetto and the cutaway was one of them.

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
http://www.guitarsgalore.nl

So Hans, I've never had the two side by side to look at. What are some of the changes on my Corona X-500? Why did Bob make changes. Were they to be for the better or just for the heck of it?