guitarhal Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Hi everybody! Are there any fans of GUILD archtop-guitars out there? In my opinion they are the best -and still underrated! By the way: I´m looking for a GUILD X-160 Rockabilly guitar in " fiesta red ". Has anybody one to sell or knows someone who might?! Thanks a lot Harald, from Germany Harald Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 hi there, welcome to the forum. i can't help you but i must say guild makes some great guitars, i like the bluesbirds. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jzgtrguy Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Hi! I used to have a Guild X500. I bought it in 1976 brandused. It was a great guitar. The neck was a little narrow for me so I had it refretted and had the frets pulled out over the binding on the neck. Really liked that guitar. One of the ones you wish you never would have sold. Oh well. I hear the new Guild/Benedetto's are real nice too. Cheers! Jeff Failure is the path of least persistence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Welcome to the place Guitarhal About Guild, haven't really looked at them for a while...but I (Also) love the bluesbird! I hope that the Fender takeover has been for the good (i was also worried when Ford took over Jaguar ) Lynn G http://www.teamtatham.com/lynntest/girl156.gif Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Guils has always built the best production archtop out there. Bar none. Not even Gibson, whose guitars always have been and continue to be criminally overpriced, can compete with Guild, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 Hey guitarhal, I purchased a Savoy X150 back in February and have been very happy with it. The craftsmanship is flawless. It was built at their new Corona facility (serial number 114). I tried a number of different archtops before deciding on this one. I wanted something that I could play both plugged in and acoustically. The X150 give very good volume by itself. It puts out enough volume to jam with flat top guitars while unplugged. I'm also using DR's Zebra strings which are made with alternating strands of bronze and steel. This allows me to get the best of both worlds, i.e., I can plug it in to get that Wes tone or leave it unplugged and try my hand at some Eddie Lang tunes. Zig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 I would truly like to play a Guild archtop. I'm a Guild flattop picker meself... "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 You can't hide money!!!!!!!!!! Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddynl Posted December 11, 2003 Share Posted December 11, 2003 Harald, Since you are in Germany, you might have a look to this one (he did not put a date, but looking at it I think this one is from 1954/1955) The seller is in Nijmegen which is close to the german border. http://muziek.2dehands.nl/markt/muz_instr/gitarenjazz/4042537.html?ses=oVOoSX6nMmbFZib gigging favorites at the moment LP Special order 1973 and PRS custom 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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