Guild X-175 Manhattan (2013 reissue)
Guild X-175B Manhattan (2013 reissue with Bigsby)
Overview
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- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1954 to 1984
2013
GUILD manufactured the X-175 MANHATTAN between 1954 and 1984. It was a single cutaway hollow bodied electric. From 1954-1962 the X-175 had two soap bar single coils, but these were replaced by two humbuckers from then on. Finish was sunburst or more rarely blonde (the X-175B model).
The X-175 Manhattan was reissued in 2013 as part of the Korean made Newark Street Collection. It has most of the 1950s specifications (including a completely floating rosewood bridge) but has the modern Guild headstock and jumbo frets. Also available in Blonde finish with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece as the X-175B Manhattan.
Specifications (26)
Body
| Body back material | maple body back |
| Body shape features | archtop, single cutaway |
| Body sides material | maple body sides |
| Body style | archtop |
| Hollow body | hollow body |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
| Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Hardware
| Bridge | adjustable rosewood bridge |
| Hardware color | chrome hardware |
| Tailpiece | Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece, harp tailpiece |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | block fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | blonde finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish |
| Made in | Korea, USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
| Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 1 tone control |
| Volume controls | 1 volume control |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups, 2 soapbar pickups |
