FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

Guild’s full-size 17 inch electric archtop line up started with the X-150. Introduced in 1954, it offered the quality of a professional level jazz guitar with a single pickup. Guild did not believe that a full-size jazz guitar with a single pickup would have less marketing appeal than a two pickup model since most jazz guitarists only use the pickup in the neck position anyway. The X-150 was, therefore, quite an economical alternative to the higher priced Gibsons of the day. The scale length on the X-series guitars was changed from 25 1/2 to 24 3/4 inches in late 1956. This was probably done to better compete with Gibson models which also had 24 3/4 inch scales. The X-150 was discontinued in 1965.

Body: Hollow; laminated 2-piece spruce top, laminated 2-piece maple back, and laminated maple sides; single bound top and back

Finish: Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer

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

Fingerboard: Brazilian rosewood, single bound; pearloid block markers

Number of Frets: 20

Pickguard: Black backed Lucite

Bridge: Rosewood on rosewood base with chrome Guild harp tailpiece

Nut: Plastic

Tuners: Grover Sta-Tite, open, nickel

Pickups: One, Guild single coil with adjustable pole pieces

Controls: Master tone, master volume

Scale Length: 24 3/4 inches

Neck Width at Nut: 1 11/16 inches

Body Width at Lower Bout: 16 15/16 inches

Body Depth: 3 1/16 inches

Weight: 6.7 lbs.