1983 Guild X175

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walrus said:
Al, I wonder if you are thinking of his "Maestro" album cover, but I don't think that's a Guild.

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Thanks buddy but the one I'm "remembering" was a full frontal and a "magazine" pic, not an album cover..
 
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I'd sell a few guitars, OK, not high end ones, for one. I like the NS model I have. Very cool sunburst ! I suspect the real McCoy would be even better.
 
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That is a beauty, no doubt!

GAD, I have a 1977 X-175 with the 5 piece neck. You are right about that. From what I can tell they used the 5 piece neck from 1977-78 and went back to the typical 3 piece construction.

Something else interesting, I didn't realized some x-175s had sound blocks? My 1977 X-175 does not have one nor did my 1975 X-175.

Thanks for yet another very informative review.
 
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adorshki said:
walrus said:
Al, I wonder if you are thinking of his "Maestro" album cover, but I don't think that's a Guild.
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Thanks buddy but the one I'm "remembering" was a full frontal and a "magazine" pic, not an album cover..
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AHA!!
2001 Fender Frontline, an X-170 not 175:
https://www.gad.net/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Guild-2001-Catalog-FenderFrontLine.pdf

Guild-2001-Catalog-FenderFrontLine-pg200_1600.jpeg

Last page, never scrolled down far enough last time I looked.

powerwagonjohn said:
I think it was the X-170 he played and endorsed for a short while but I could be wrong.
Thanks John
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And you were right!
Got sent down the X-175 rabbit hole due to Gary's review, he said the '83 catalog says Taj has/(had?) an X175 in his collection, so suspect he's had or still has both (or at least one of 'em).
https://www.gad.net/Blog/2020/02/16/1983-guild-x175/
 
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hansmoust said:
Bridge is on there the wrong way around!

Sincerely,

Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
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GAD said:
Well, crap. Consider it proof that I shouldn't be playing with jazz guitars. LOL.

My OCD won't let that stand and I'll need to reshoot those pics. Oy...
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A simple solution - works with extremely skinny strings - or you could shop piano-string to get right cauge.

Put Plain D-string there. :triumphant:
 
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