FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The X-170 Manhattan was made available with a Bigsby tailpiece beginning around 1995. The Bigsby version was originally called the X-170B in the 1995 and 1996 price lists, but then changed to X-170T. During the mid-1990s, the original Guild HB-1 pickups were changed to Seymour Duncan SD-1 pickups. By mid-1999, the pickups were changed to Fender/Guild HB-1 pickups. Also in 1999, Guild made a special edition of the X-170T for the now-defunct Mars Music big box chain of stores. The Mars model was only available in Tennessee Orange and the main feature is the addition of a coil splitter switch on the upper treble bout.

 Body:  Hollow with sound post; laminated 1-piece maple top and back, laminated flame maple sides; double bound top and back

 Finish:  Tennessee Orange, nitrocellulose

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

 Fingerboard:  Indian rosewood, bound; pearloid block markers

 Number of Frets:  20

 Pickguard:  Acrylic

 Bridge:  Gold Bigsby, Guild/Bigsby B-2 vibrato tailpiece, gold

 Nut:  Micarta

 Tuners:  Grover Rotomatic, gold

 Pickups:  Two, Fender/Guild HB-1 humbucking with adjustable pole pieces, gold

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

 Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 11/16 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  16 7/16 inches

 Body Depth:  2 1/2  inches

 Weight:  7.9 lb