GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO

  • Guild X700 Stuart, Benedetto Signature model electric guitar
    Guild X700 Stuart, Benedetto Signature model

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2001 to 2006

According to Guild, the Stuart X700 Benedetto Signature model (a redesign of the Guild X700 Stuart by Robert Benedetto) was the ultimate in electric jazz guitars, the pride of our sound engineers and wood craftsmen. Its distinctive fast action, 5-piece neck is fashioned of select flame Maple with an Ebony fretboard elegantly inlaid with deluxe two-tone Abalone and Mother-of-Pearl position markers. The Stuart’s full Venetian cutaway body is 17" wide by 3" deep and boasts the same graduated, carved solid Spruce top as the Artist Award. Gold plated hardware and engraved harp tailpiece add the final touch to this superb instrument. Available in Honey Blonde, Antique Burst or Opulent Brown nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Also available as a single pickup model (model #3609501).

The X700 Stuart, Benedetto Signature model differed from the regular X700 Stuart model in the following ways: it had a longer 25.5" scale length, an all maple neck, Benedetto A-6 pickups, inlaid Benedetto logo at the 12th fret and a hand carved solid European sruce top (not laminated like the preceeding X700) and the back and sides were solid figured German maple.

I am guessing this model was made until 2006 (when Benedetto ended his licensing agreement with Fender/Guild).

Specifications (33)

Controls

Tone controls2 tone controls
Volume controls3 volume controls

Electronics

Pickups brand and modelBenedetto A-6 pickup(s)
Pickups configuration2 humbucker pickups

General

Finish colorsblonde finish, brown finish, honey finish
Finish effectsgloss finish, sunburst finish
Finish materialnitrocellulose finish
Made inUSA
Bindingbody binding, neck binding
Number of strings6 strings
Scale length25.5 inches scale-length

Body

Body back materialflamed maple body back
Body depth3 inches body
Body shape featuressingle cutaway
Body sides materialflamed maple body sides
Body stylearchtop
Body top materialSolid spruce
Body width17 inches wide body
Hollow bodyhollow body
Pickguard materialblack pickguard
Pickguard shaperaised pickguard
Soundhole2 f-holes

Hardware

Bridgeadjustable rosewood bridge
Hardware colorgold-plated hardware
Tailpieceharp tailpiece
TunersGrover tuners

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialabalone fingerboard inlay material, mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialebony fingerboard
Fingerboard position markerstriangle-in-block fingerboard position markers
Inlay at 12th fretbrand logo inlay at 12th fret

Neck

Neck width1.69 inches wide at nut
Number of frets20 fret
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Prices (5)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
2001$9000newguitar-listMSRP from Guild 2001 price list.
2015$5500excellent
2016£3200good
2017€3250excellent
2004$4500excellentRich CohenI really love this guitar! It is all the things I want in a jazz guitar with additional capabilties.

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