FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The X-180 Park Avenue was a short-lived, low production model based on the X-150D, but with a 3-piece maple neck instead of mahogany and fancier appointments. Being a more upscale guitar, FMIC bestowed the X-180 with a more upscale name - the Park Avenue. The cosmetic makeover included gold hardware, engraved cast harp tailpiec, and a bound headstock. It's a shame that Guild did not bind the F-holes, as the overall aesthetic would have been more balanced. The Corona-built X-150 and X-180 models were fitted with a 1950's style, straight-compensated rosewood saddle instead of the stairstep-compensated saddle that Guild used for over 40 years. Guild probably did not sell many X-180s because, for the player, it was more economical to purchase the sonically-identical Corona-built X-150D. The Westerly-built X-150D was a slightly larger guitar (some makers would have called it a 17-inch archtop) and it sounded a bit different. The X-180 was re-booted, in name only, as a 2012 limited edition called the GSR X-180. So in summary, the X-180 is an X-150D with lipstick and a bit of bling.

 Body: Hollow; laminated 1-piece flame maple top, back, and sides; 3-ply bound top and back

 Finish: Antique Sunburst, polyurethane

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

 Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, bound; pearloid block markers

 Number of Frets: 20

 Pickguard: Acrylic

 Bridge: Rosewood on rosewood base with Guild harp tailpiece (gold)

 Nut: Plastic

 Tuners: Grover Rotomatic, gold

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

 Controls: Tone and volume controls for each pickup, 3-way pickup selector

 Scale Length: 24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut: 1 11/16 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout: 15 7/8 inches

 Body Depth: 3 inches

 Weight: 7.5 lb