ghamerinfrance Posted January 15, 2016 Posted January 15, 2016 Hello to everyone. Would like your advise on a possible Trade and have been proposed a guild x161 ?Did omeone put a hand on it ? If yes, how does it sound ? Thanks for your experience
ghamerinfrance Posted January 18, 2016 Author Posted January 18, 2016 Any idea on guild hb1 vs other humbuckers ? Not si much littérature on it ?
JohnnyB Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Looks like it's a luxury model that holds its value. ebay listings Current BIN of $2845.65
ghamerinfrance Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 Thanks for the update. Only one as a reference on the web....and let's say the BIN price is not really the market price.But apart from the price dimension, I think Guild is the same that Hamer and Market price is not related to the "sound" value and quality of the guitar itself....and I would have loved to hear from people who have had the chance to play one......or a X150/X160 maybe for defining the sound, neck feeling, etc....the dynamic of the guitar itself.Any other experience on Guild from the 80s without FMIC buy back ???
JohnnyB Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Willie G. Moseley (in the HFC) is a regular writer for Vintage Guitar mag and has also written books and articles about vintage guitars. If he can't answer your questions he may be able to point you to someone who could.There's also a guy named Greg Gagliano who was a writer for Twentieth Century Guitar magazine for about a dozen years until it folded in 2008. He was fairly easy to contact through the magazine but that option's gone now. But he still has a website including this page of Guild guitars and amps. It includes several of the archtops including the X-150, X-160 Rockabilly, and X-170.
JohnnyB Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Thanks for the update. Only one as a reference on the web....and let's say the BIN price is not really the market price.Although the X-161 is pretty rare, eBay has a number of USA-made Guild archtops from the '70s and '80s that are all listed in the $2500 range.Similar Gibson archtops (e.g., ES-175) of the same age go for $2500-3500, but older ones and fancier ones such as a Johnny Smith are sometimes listed much higher (5 figures).
it's me HHB Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 watch for tiny necks, if you like vintage neck carves or biggish necks at all try before you decide
ghamerinfrance Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 As always manu thanks for your time. It appears This a simpler version of the mini Manhattan with maple neck.http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vg7K4QueCD8Anyway a good choice for testing a hollow body with a good réputation. Vive le hfc
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Hello to everyone. Would like your advise on a possible Trade and have been proposed a guild x161 ?
Did omeone put a hand on it ? If yes, how does it sound ? Thanks for your experience
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