Guild’s laminated archtop series of guitars are the workhorses of the jazz guitar world. The X500, X500T, X160 and X150 are direct descendants of models dating back to 1953 and 1954. Guild’s reputation was originally built on its jazz guitar roots and roster--including New York City session players like Johnny Smith, Carl Kress, and George Barnes. The X series of archtop electric Jazz style guitars runs from the early fifties to the present day.
No image yet | GUILD X-160 SAVOYGUILD produced the X-160 SAVOY between 1991 and 1995 |
No image yet | GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000)GUILD stopped making the X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) in 2003 |
No image yet | GUILD X-350 STRATFORDGUILD produced the X-350 STRATFORD between 1952 and 1973 |
No image yet | GUILD X-375 STRATFORDThe X-375 STRATFORD was made between 1952 and 1973 |
No image yet | GUILD X-400Read more |
No image yet | GUILD X-440Read more |
No image yet | GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800)Guild introduced the X-550P model in 2004 |
GUILD X150 SAVOYThe GUILD X150 SAVOY was a single cutaway archtop originally made between 1954 and 1965, but then reintroduced again in 1998 and made until around 2005. The X150 body is laminated curly maple; the neck is mahogany with a rosewood fretboard and block inlays. The Savoy had a single custom designed Guild chrome plated humbucking pickup (earlier 1950s and 1960s models had different pickups), with chrome Grover tuners and Guild harp tailpiece. | |
GUILD X150D SAVOYThe GUILD X150D SAVOY was the two pickup version of the X150 single cutaway archtop. The X150D was introduced in 1998 and made until around 2003. The X150D body is laminated curly maple; the neck is mahogany with a rosewood fretboard and block inlays. The Savoy had two custom designed Guild chrome plated humbucking pickup, with chrome Grover tuners and Guild harp tailpiece. Available in Blonde and Antique Sunburst, also in left handed configuration. | |
GUILD X160 RockabillyGUILD made the Rockabilly X160 between 1999 and 2003. The Guild X160 Rockabilly was an arch-top guitar with an all maple body. The X160 uses the same body and neck as the X150. Like the X150, the X160 had a classic style laminated maple body (16" wide x 3"deep), finished in high gloss polyurethane, and has a bound Mahogany neck with the Guild Chesterfield logo. | |
GUILD X170 MANHATTANGUILD manufactured the X170 MANHATTAN between 1988 and 2002. The Guild X170 is a typical archtop jazz style single cutaway guitar. It has a multi-laminate maple body in medium-full size: 16 5/8" wide by 2 1/2" deep. Its slightly slimmer design makes the X170 more comfortable to hold and to play than a full depth jazz box. Guild pitched the X170 Manhattan model as a highly versatile guitar- with rich, professional tone quality and excellence of workmanship at a moderate price. Finish options were Tennessee Orange, Antique Burst or Blonde | |
No image yet | GUILD X170B MANHATTANThe GUILD X170B MANHATTAN archtop was identical to the X170 Manhattan but with the addition of a gold Bigsby vibrato tailpiece for extra twang (instead of a harp tailpiece) and an extra $100 in cost. |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B)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). | |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA)GUILD introduced the X50 archtop in 1952. The X50 was a deep bodied non-cutaway archtop the equivalent of a Gibson ES-125 or Epiphone Century. It was intially called the Granada-50, then in 1959 it was renamed the Granada X-50 . In 1960 this model became the Guild Cordoba X-50 The X-50 had a single Guild "Frequency Tested" single coil soapbar pickup. This model was also available as an acoustic guitar (A-50) or as a thinline archtop (the T-50 model). | |
GUILD X500GUILD made the X-500 between 1953 and 1995. It is a hollow bodied electric - similar in design to the Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe Regent. This popular laminated archtop was one of Guild’s Stuart series guitars but was replaced by the carved top X700 in 1993. The X-550 was the blonde version of the X-500 and the X-550 designation was changed to X-500B around 1960. Pickups were changed to DeArmonds in 1961 and to humbuckers in 1963. The X-500 first had individual Kluson tuners, then Kolb in 1957 and Grover Rotomatic tuners in 1965. | |
GUILD X700 STUARTAccording to Guild, the Stuart X700 was the ultimate in electric jazz guitars, the pride of their sound engineers and wood craftsmen. Its distinctive fast-action neck was fashioned of 5-piece selected maple and mahogany. The choice ebony fretboard was elegantly inlaid with deluxe two-tone abalone and mother of pearl position markers. The Stuart's full "Venetian" cutaway body was 17 3/4" wide by 3 1/2" deep and boasted the same graduated carved solid spruce top as the Artist Award. | |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTOAccording 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. | |
No image yet | GUILD X770 STUARTThe Guild X770 model was advertised in 1998 but did not make it into full production, though there may be some prototype X770s out there somewhere. It was like the X700 but with a longer 25.5" scale length and a single humbucking pickup - some similarities to the Benedetto X700 Stuart design. |
Specifications:
Model | Image | Configuration | Finish colors | Made in | Number of strings | Scale length | Finish effects | Finish material | Binding |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | No image yet | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | left-handed configuration | blonde finish | USA | 6 strings | 24.75 inches scale-length | - | - | - | |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | left-handed configuration | blonde finish | USA | 6 strings | 24.75 inches scale-length | - | - | - | |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | - | black finish, blue finish, orange finish, red finish | USA | - | 24.75 inches scale-length | gloss finish | polyurethane finish | - | |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | - | blonde finish, orange finish | USA | 6 strings | 24.75 inches scale-length | sunburst finish | - | - | |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | No image yet | - | blonde finish, orange finish | USA | 6 strings | 24.75 inches scale-length | sunburst finish | - | - |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | - | blonde finish | Korea, USA | 6 strings | - | sunburst finish | - | - | |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | - | - | USA | 6 strings | - | sunburst finish | - | - | |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | - | blonde finish | USA | 6 strings | 25.5 inches scale-length | sunburst finish | - | - | |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | - | blonde finish, brown finish, honey finish | USA | 6 strings | 24.75 inches scale-length | gloss finish, sunburst finish | nitrocellulose finish | body binding, neck binding | |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | - | blonde finish, brown finish, honey finish | USA | 6 strings | 25.5 inches scale-length | gloss finish, sunburst finish | nitrocellulose finish | body binding, neck binding | |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | No image yet | - | blonde finish | USA | 6 strings | 25.5 inches scale-length | - | - | - |
Model | Body back material | Body shape features | Body sides material | Body top material | Hollow body | Pickguard shape | Soundhole | Body depth | Body material | Body style | Body width | Pickguard material |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | flamed maple body back | single cutaway | laminated maple body sides | flamed maple body top | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | flamed maple body back | single cutaway | laminated maple body sides | flamed maple body top | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | 3.375 inches body depth | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | - | single cutaway | - | - | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | 3 inches body | laminated maple body | archtop | 16 inches wide body | black pickguard |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | maple body back | archtop, single cutaway | maple body sides | maple body top | hollow body | - | 2 f-holes | - | - | archtop | 16.5 inches body | black pickguard |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | maple body back | archtop, single cutaway | maple body sides | maple body top | hollow body | - | 2 f-holes | - | - | archtop | 16.5 inches body | black pickguard |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | maple body back | archtop, single cutaway | maple body sides | - | hollow body | - | 2 f-holes | - | - | archtop | - | black pickguard |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | mahogany body back | archtop | mahogany body sides | spruce body top | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | 2.9 inches body depth | - | archtop | 16.75 inches body width | - |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | maple body back | archtop, single cutaway | maple body sides | laminated spruce body top | hollow body | - | 2 f-holes | - | - | archtop | - | tortoiseshell pickguard |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | flamed maple body back | single cutaway | flamed maple body sides | spruce body top | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | 3.5 inches body depth | - | archtop | 17.75 inches body width | black pickguard |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | flamed maple body back | single cutaway | flamed maple body sides | Solid spruce | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | 3 inches body | - | archtop | 17 inches wide body | black pickguard |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | maple body back | single cutaway | maple body sides | spruce body top | hollow body | raised pickguard | 2 f-holes | - | - | archtop | - | - |
Model | Bridge | Hardware color | Tailpiece | Tuners |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | adjustable rosewood bridge | chrome hardware | harp tailpiece | Grover tuners |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | adjustable rosewood bridge | chrome hardware | harp tailpiece | Grover tuners |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | - | chrome hardware | Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece | Grover tuners |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | adjustable rosewood bridge | chrome hardware, gold hardware | harp tailpiece | Grover Rotomatic tuners |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | adjustable rosewood bridge | gold hardware | Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece | Grover Rotomatic tuners |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | adjustable rosewood bridge | chrome hardware | Bigsby Vibrato tailpiece, harp tailpiece | - |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | adjustable rosewood bridge | nickel hardware | trapeze tailpiece | - |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | adjustable ebony bridge | gold hardware, gold-plated hardware | trapeze tailpiece | Grover Imperial tuners, Grover Rotomatic tuners, Kluson tuners, Kolb tuners |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | adjustable rosewood bridge | gold-plated hardware | harp tailpiece | Grover Imperial tuners |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | adjustable rosewood bridge | gold-plated hardware | harp tailpiece | Grover tuners |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | adjustable ebony bridge | gold hardware | harp tailpiece | - |
Model | Fingerboard inlay material | Fingerboard material | Fingerboard position markers | Inlay at 12th fret |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | - | rosewood fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | pearl fingerboard inlay material | rosewood fingerboard | dot fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | abalone fingerboard inlay material, mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material | ebony fingerboard | block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | abalone fingerboard inlay material, mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material | ebony fingerboard | triangle-in-block fingerboard position markers | - |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | abalone fingerboard inlay material, mother of pearl fingerboard inlay material | ebony fingerboard | triangle-in-block fingerboard position markers | brand logo inlay at 12th fret |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | abalone fingerboard inlay material | ebony fingerboard | - | - |
Model | Headstock inlays or logos | Neck material | Neck width | Number of frets | Tuner layout | Neck joint | Peghead (headstock) | Body fret |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | pearl headstock inlay/logo | mahogany neck | 1.69 inches wide at nut | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | - | - |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | pearl headstock inlay/logo | mahogany neck | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | - | - |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | - | mahogany neck | 1.69 inches wide at nut | - | three-each-side | set neck | - | - |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | pearl headstock inlay/logo | - | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | - | - |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | pearl headstock inlay/logo | - | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | - | - |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | pearl headstock inlay/logo | mahogany neck | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | black face headstock | - |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | - | - | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | black face headstock | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | - | - | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | bound headstock | - |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | - | maple/mahogany neck | 1.69 inches wide at nut | 20 fret | three-each-side | set neck | - | - |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | - | - | 1.69 inches wide at nut | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | - | - |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | - | - | - | 20 fret | three-each-side | - | bound headstock | - |
Model | Pickups brand and model | Pickups configuration |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | Guild HB-1 pickup(s) | 1 humbucker pickup |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | Guild HB-1 pickup(s), Guild SD-1 pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | DeArmond 2000 pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | Guild SD-1 pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | Guild SD-1 pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | - | 2 humbucker pickups, 2 soapbar pickups |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | Guild Frequency Tested pickup(s) | 1 single coil pickup |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | DeArmond pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups, 2 single coil pickups |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | Guild SD-1 pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | Benedetto A-6 pickup(s) | 2 humbucker pickups |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | Guild SD-1 pickup(s) | 1 humbucker pickup |
Model | Tone controls | Volume controls | Number of control knobs | Pickup selector controls |
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GUILD X-160 SAVOY 1991 to 1995 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-180 PARK AVENUE (NO. 360-8000) | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-350 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-375 STRATFORD 1952 to 1973 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-400 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-440 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X-550P (NO. 395-8800) 2004 | - | - | - | - |
GUILD X150 SAVOY 1954 to 19651998 to 2005 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | - | - |
GUILD X150D SAVOY 1998 to 2003 | 2 tone controls | 2 volume controls | 4 control knobs | - |
GUILD X160 Rockabilly 1999 to 2003 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | - | 3-way selector switch |
GUILD X170 MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | 2 tone controls | 2 volume controls | - | 3-way selector switch |
GUILD X170B MANHATTAN 1988 to 2002 | 2 tone controls | 2 volume controls | - | 3-way selector switch |
GUILD X175 MANHATTAN (X-175B) 1954 to 19842013 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | - | 3-way selector switch |
GUILD X50 (GRANADA, CORDOBA) 1952 to 1970 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | - | - |
GUILD X500 1953 to 19952008 | 2 tone controls | 2 volume controls | - | 3-way selector switch |
GUILD X700 STUART 1988 to 1999 | 2 tone controls | 3 volume controls | - | - |
GUILD X700 STUART BENEDETTO 2001 to 2006 | 2 tone controls | 3 volume controls | - | - |
GUILD X770 STUART 1998 | 1 tone control | 1 volume control | - | - |