![]() Guilds, and so the appearance of reissued DeArmond pickups (more on that later) should not in any way be considered a problem for this beautiful blue guitar. Historical accuracy has never been a requirement in Newark St. You can read more about the history of the X175 model in this review of my 1983 X175. That in no way means that none exist, but rather just that my ability to find one exceeded my attention span. Indeed, there are many excellent photographs of beautiful vintage Guilds with DeArmond 2000 pickups in that book, but I have been unable to find any with the iconic pickups in an X175. The X175 (or really any Guild) doesn’t seem to show up in the catalogs with DeArmond pickups, but according to The Guild Guitar Book by Hans Moust, the DeArmond 2000 pickups were outfitted on the Starfire line starting in 1961 and became available on other hollowbody models soon thereafter. ![]() ![]() The guitar would evolve a bit as time went on, but the basic shape of the instrument with its Venetian cutaway would remain basically unchanged over the years, and you can see the clear similarity in the shape of this guitar to the one in the catalog from 66 years ago. Back then the guitar was a bit different with its master volume and tone, it’s Franz pickups, and very ’50s-looking knobs, not to mention the obviously different M175 moniker. The X175 Manhattan model is one of the earliest Guild electric guitars and appears in the 1954 catalog as shown here.
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