FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

Late in 1988, Guild introduced a less ornate version of the X-170 and dubbed it the X-160 Savoy and X-161 Savoy. Where the X-170 had a bound fingerboard with block markers and gold hardware, the X-160 had an unbound fingerboard with dot markers and chrome hardware. The X-160 was available with an optional Bigsby tailpiece and finished in exciting colors such as amber sunburst, cherry sunburst, transparent charcoal, and black as well as jazz-standard natural. Structurally the X-160 and X-170 were the same and, of course, sounded the same. The X-160 was made for a short time from 1988-94 with a total production of only around 350 guitars. The nomenclature for this particular model is very confusing because the Savoy name was used for the X-150 of the 1950s and 1960s as well as the re-imagined X-150 and X-150D of the late 1990s and early 2000s. To further add to the confusion, Guild also re-used the X-160 name in the late 1990s and early 2000s for a model completely different than the X-160 shown here. And then there's the X-161 which, in the catalogs, seemed to designate the guitar was fitted with a Bigsby, but this is not always the case. Very confusing.

 Body: Hollow; laminated 1-piece flame maple top, back, and sides; triple bound top and back

 Finish: Cherry Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck: 3-piece mahogany/maple/mahogany, set-in; black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay

 Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets: 20

 Pickguard: 5-ply black/white laminated plastic

 Bridge: Bigsby aluminum on rosewood base with Guild/Bigsby B-2 tailpiece

 Nut: Micarta

 Tuners: Grover Rotomatic, chrome

 Pickups: Two, Guild HB-1 humbucking with adjustable pole pieces, chrome

 Controls: Volume and tone for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector

 Scale Length: 24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout: 16 5/8 inches

 Body Depth: 2 1/2 inches

 Weight: 7.9 lb