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1999 Dead Mint Guild X-170 Blond Last Year Westerly Made All Original with OHSC

Posted by brian in ES on January 29th, 2012

1999 Dead Mint Guild X-170 Blond Last Year Westerly Made All Original with OHSC

Price: 810.0
THE PART I HATE–PLEASE DO NOT BID IF YOU HAVE A POST OFFICE BOX–UPS
WILL NOT DELIVER TO THEM–PLEASE DO NOT BID WITHOUT CONTACTING ME FIRST
IF YOU HAVE 1.) LESS THAN 10 PERFECT FEEDBACKS, 2.) LIVE IN CANADA, 3.)
DO NOT HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT WITH ENOUGH MONEY TO MAKE IMMEDIATE
PAYMENT–WE CAN WORK WITH THIS BUT I NEED T0 HEAR FROM YOU–THANKS.I’m open to overseas shipping but it is very expensive–please email if you’re interested–the box will be too large for usps.FREE SHIPPING WITH BUY IT NOW. NO RESERVE.I keep a core collection
of about 30 guitars and seldom sell out of it–then there’s another 20
or so guitars i buy just to play for awhile and re-sell–usually i lose
money on the re-sale so i look at the loss as the cost of renting the
guitar of my interest–once in a while i’ll clear a profit which is
great–but i’m not a re-seller–at least not in the classic sense and if
i were i’d probably be considered the world’s worse since i usually
lose money on the re-sale. But i do get to play a whole lot of
interesting instruments. Being retired has its advantages.This beauty has just come–as all my personal guitars do–right from the luthier prior to offering it–it has been set up–the strings are new–the electronics have been cleaned where necessary and pick up height has been optimized–fretboard has been oiled and the entire guitar has been cleaned and polished–it’s a big wow waiting to be appreciated.

This is about as perfect a guitar as you can find that isn’t brand new–it’s in immaculate collector’s condition–very very insignificant swirlings here and there as on the pickguard–none of which show up or barely show up in the scans–it sparkles and even the gold hardware has very close to zero tarnishing–just a drop dead gorgeous guitar.This X-170 was born in the final year of the old Guild Westerly Rhode Island plant–the Guild luthiers who worked in that plant as well as the players that play their instruments agree that the highest level of craftsmanship, attention to detail and quality of tone woods was at its zenith during the Rhode Island period. Good Guilds are still made but nothing compares to a Westerly made Guild.From Jazz where it is famous to rockabilly where it began to Blues where it is carving out a significant reputation–the Guild X-170 Westerly Made is a remarkable player’s guitar–the specs are–fingerboard
is Rosewood with mother of pearl block inlay and a bone
nut.   All hardware is 100% original and gold plated,
including Guild adjustable humbucking pickups. etched Guild harp
style tailpiece and Grover Rotomatic tuners.    The carved,
compensated bridge is in solid Ebony.    Body size at lower
bout:16″ x 2 1/2″ thick. Scale length: 24 3/4″   Nut width:
1 11/16′–this one is simply a masterpiece of the luthier’s art and sounds as good as the player–the pickups have that notorious … Click for more info
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