Description
Exceptional condition / SN: #AK171160
1-11/16″ width at nut / Beautiful blonde figured Maple
This 1998 Guild X-170 Manhattan is in great shape and it plays and sounds really nice.
The Ebony peghead overlay features a “Guild” pearl inlay at the top, with a crown and torch inlay below it. Truss rod cover above the nut reads “X-170”. Gold Grover tuners with gold buttons. The Rosewood fingerboard has pearl rectangle inlays, and black side dot position markers on the bass side of the cream fingerboard binding. The “C” profile neck in great shape with no wear, and it is shaped very nicely. Cream heelcap.
The Figured Maple top is in perfect shape with no dings or scratches. Rosewood bridge and saddle with gold adjusting screws. Two humbucking pickups. Four controls – 2 Volume and 2 Tone pots. Adjustable bridge. Gold stylized trapeze tailpiece. Original pickguard.
The body is entirely beautiful with the blonde figured Maple. The top and the back are one-pc Maple. The body is bound with white outer bindings and inside purflings of 2 black accent lines.
The gold hardware is the perfect complement to the blonde Maple.
This is a beautiful guitar with good set-up and in exceptional condition.
