FACTOIDS & TRIVIA
Guild’s 17-inch cutaway electric archtop line up started with the X-150. Introduced in 1954, it offered the quality of a professional level jazz guitar with a single pickup. Guild did not believe that a full-size jazz guitar with a single pickup would have less marketing appeal than a two pickup model since most jazz guitarists only use the pickup in the neck position anyway. The X-150 was, therefore, quite an economical alternative to the higher priced Gibsons of the day. The scale length on the X-series guitars was changed from 25 1/2 to 24 3/4 inches in late 1956. This was probably done to better compete with Gibson models which also had 24 3/4 inch scales. The X-150 was discontinued in 1965.
GUILD X-150 SAVOY (1961)
Body:
Hollow; laminated 2-piece spruce top, laminated 2-piece maple back, and
laminated maple sides; 3-ply bound top and back
Finish: Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck: 3-piece mahogany/maple, set-in; black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay
Fingerboard: Brazilian rosewood, single bound; pearloid block markers
Number of Frets: 20
Pickguard: Acrylic
Bridge: Rosewood on rosewood base with Guild harp tailpiece (chrome)
Nut: Plastic
Tuners: Grover Sta-Tite, nickel
Pickups: One, Franz single coil with adjustable pole pieces
Controls: Master tone, master volume
Scale Length: 24 3/4 inches
Neck Width at Nut: 1 11/16 inches
Body Width at Lower Bout: 16 15/16 inches
Body Depth: 3 1/16 inches
Weight:
6.7 lb
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