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Guild X-79 ''Skyhawk'' amazing electric guitar c.1981 - USA made - with hardcase
Estimated price for orientation: 925 $
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Description Brand: Guild Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Right-/ Left-Handed: Right-Handed Body Type: Solid Body Colour: red String Configuration: 6 String Size: Full Size Model: X-79 Skyhawk
Guild X-79 SkyhawkMade between 1981 and 1985 these amazing Guild guitars were very futuristicshaped guitars. Made in the USA, they had a mahogany body and mahogany set neckwith a twenty-four fret ebony fingerboard and their big advantage over many otherunusually shaped guitars was that they were comfortable to play and only weighedjust under six and a half pounds with a twenty-four and three-quarter inch scale.The bridge is a tune-o-matic and the tailpiece, a stopbar all in chromeThere are two Guild XR-7 open humbuckers each with a volume control and one overalltone control, plus a three-way pickup selector switch. The great looking headstockcontains the ''X-79'' logo on the truss rod cover and the Guild three on a side tuners,plus the ''Guild'' logo and serial number.The knobs are correct type replacements but I do have two of the originals whichare included; and the case is a modern one but is fitted to take the X-79 shape. This lovelyguitar has been well used over the last thirty-five years and shows some knocks - mainlyto the points, and a few scratches but its a great guitar and a good player.
Description
| Brand: | Guild | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Right-/ Left-Handed: | Right-Handed | Body Type: | Solid |
| Body Colour: | red | String Configuration: | 6 String |
| Size: | Full Size | Model: | X-79 Skyhawk |
Guild X-79 SkyhawkMade between 1981 and 1985 these amazing Guild guitars were very futuristicshaped guitars. Made in the USA, they had a mahogany body and mahogany set neckwith a twenty-four fret ebony fingerboard and their big advantage over many otherunusually shaped guitars was that they were comfortable to play and only weighedjust under six and a half pounds with a twenty-four and three-quarter inch scale.The bridge is a tune-o-matic and the tailpiece, a stopbar all in chromeThere are two Guild XR-7 open humbuckers each with a volume control and one overalltone control, plus a three-way pickup selector switch. The great looking headstockcontains the ''X-79'' logo on the truss rod cover and the Guild three on a side tuners,plus the ''Guild'' logo and serial number.The knobs are correct type replacements but I do have two of the originals whichare included; and the case is a modern one but is fitted to take the X-79 shape. This lovelyguitar has been well used over the last thirty-five years and shows some knocks - mainlyto the points, and a few scratches but its a great guitar and a good player.