X350 and 150 savoy body differences

[freddyfingers]

Hi all. Looking for info on the differences in these bodies. I have the A150 savoy In white With the gold pickup. Nice! The specs say its a 150 body style with a solid arched spruce top. I just ordered the x350, which the specs say is a arched spruce top, but no mention of solid. Its been my experience that guitar makers will promote anything of value, and if they dont say solid, its a laminate. That being said, I’m not the guild expert. But in the photos, they look like the same body. Same dimensions, length depth etc., same necks, same scale . But the 350 says its a 175 style body. Is there a difference? I would not be surprised if they used the same body for all, just different pickups and knobs and tail pieces And varying descriptions. Or, am i missing that they are in fact different shape bodies? Either way, the 150 turned me over to guilds. And the three pickup option on a hollow body with a separate volume for the middle is very interesting.

 

[SFIV1967]

That's correct, the Newark St. A-150 has an Arched Solid Spruce top. I was already wondering at NAMM 2013 how they did this but didn't find an answer. I assume it was pressed into shape unter temperature. The vintage model also has a solid spruce top as they belonged to the "Acoustic Archtops".
The X-350 has a laminated top, same as the original vintage model. All the vintage Guild "Electric Archtops" had laminated tops to avoid feedback when playing loud.

Ralf

 

[freddyfingers]

So they are different bodies?

 

[SFIV1967]

Can't tell you exactly if they are born on the same machines but the lower bout depth is slightly different at least.
Also the wood quality. The A-150 uses flamed maple wheras the X-350 just uses maple. Now on the white colored A-150 I don't know.
Ralf