Clem
Junior Member
I spent the last half of this week at CAAS (Chet Atkins Appreciations Society annual convention). A lot of great pickers there. One of the vendors had a used Guild X170. It was blonde and not a mark on it, looked brand new. I’m not sure of the year but it was Corona made. I played it acoustically and it played really nice, had flatwound strings on it. The price was $999, which I thought was a really good price. I thought about it and decided I was going to buy it. On the way back to look at it I made a mental note to check the bridge to make sure it had plenty of room for adjustment. When I looked at it again I realized the bridge (which I believe to be the original - rosewood with gold thumbwheels) was absolutely as low as it could go. This made me think that it possibly needed a neck reset. Does that seem likely for a guitar that is not that old? So I chickened out and didn’t buy it. I wish I would have thought to look to see how much clearance their was between the bridge pickup and the strings but I didn’t think of that at the time. I’d be interested in any comments.