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Introduced at the Summer NAMM show iin 1999, the Guild X-160 Rockabilly was based on the X-150 Savoy platform.  Unlike the X-150 which had an unbound fretboard with dot markers, trapeze tailpiece and humbucking pickups, the X-160 Rockabilly sports a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and DeArmond 2000 single coil pickups.  As with the Starfire III-90, Guild fitted the Rockabilly with a Bigsby bridge compensated for a plain G string rather than a wound G string.  Compared to the fabulous DeArmond Dynasonic pickups made for Gretsch,  the DeArmond 2000 pickups sound brighter and are constructed a bit differently.  The early production examples were finished in nitrocellulose lacquer, but later Guild switched to polyurethane.  The X-160 certainly lives up to its name and is a fine instrument for rockabilly as well as jump jive.

Body: Hollow; laminated 1-piece flame maple top, back, and sides; triple bound top and back

Finish: Tennesse Orange, polyurethane

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

Fingerboard: Indian rosewood, single bound; pearloid block markers

Number of Frets: 20

Pickguard: Black backed Lucite

Bridge: Bigsby aluminum on aluminum base with Guild/Bigsby tailpiece

Nut: Plastic

Tuners: Grover Rotomatic, sealed, chrome

Pickups: Two, DeArmond 2000 single coil

Controls: Master tone, master volume, 3-way pickup selector

Scale Length: 24 3/4 inches

Neck Width at Nut: 1 5/8 inches

Body Width at Lower Bout: 16 1/4 inches

Body Depth: 2 7/8 inches

Weight: 6.7 lb.