Stunning & pristine 1994 Guild X500T Paladin Style ‘Rockabilly/Jazz’ Archtop Guitar, Tennessee Orange & OHC

SOLD

  • 1994 Guild (Paladin Style) X-500T
  • Built in the Westerly, Rhode Island facility
  • Tennessee Orange Finish
  • 43mm Nut
  • Flamed Maple Back & Sides
  • 5 Piece Flamed Maple Neck
  • Sitka Spruce Top
  • Ebony Fingerboard
  • Genuine MOP & Jewelry Grade Abalone Block Inlays
  • Guild (Guildsby)Tremolo
  • Metal Compensated Floating Bridge
  • Seymour Duncan Antiquity Dog-Ear P-90 Pickups
  • Gold Grover Machine Heads
  • Bound Body, Neck, Head & ‘F’ Holes
  • Gold Hardware
  • Ser # AK500061
  • Weight: 8.4lb
  • Original Guild Plush Lined Case

Here we have for sale a stunning Guild X-500T Paladin styled archtop. Built in 1994 in the Westerly, Rhode Island facility in the heyday of Guild. This Rock ‘n’ Roll baby is in pristine all round condition & performs beautifully.

The X500T is a real Rockabilly masterpiece. A spruce top, maple body and neck and inlaid ebony fingerboard make up this model, which also comes with two vintage P-90 style pickups & gold plated hardware. It has a Guildsby on it! (For those not aware, Guildsby is the affectionate nickname given to Bigsby tailpieces that say Guild on them!)

It has a five-piece maple neck with an ebony fingerboard, which features inlays made from genuine pearl blocks and abalone inserts. This Guild is a timeless hollowbody, built in the classic Guild jazz guitar style. Its body is made with laminated maple, while its top is laminated sitka spruce. The two pieces of spruce which make up the guitar’s top are hand picked & matched.

The tuners are gold Grovers, the pickguard is the Guild-emblazoned stair-step design as used on Guilds of this era. Of course it has gold hardware to match the rest of the guitar.

The hardware is typical of high-end Guild electrics from this era & the bridge is all-metal, likely required due to the Rockabilly roots of a guitar like this, combined with the increased stress induced by the Guildsby

The P90 single-coil pickups (They appear to be Seymour Duncan Antiquity P90 Dog-Ears ) really brighten the guitar compared to its humbucker brethren and give it that sparkle. Since these are large guitars, their size contributes to a deeper sound than most other electric guitars, and that sound doesn’t generally work for Rockabilly, which is really what this guitar seems to be made for, hence the P90s are much brighter than humbuckers, there’s just something about single coils that even the best humbucker can’t replicate!

  • The neck pickup produces a delicious jazzy tone with all the woody overtones
  • The middle position, with both pickups selected, offers a wonderfully balanced sound where, again, the characteristics of the guitar shine through.
  • The bridge pickup has all the girth and snarl of an angry Les Paul Jr. or SG while also offering some of that wonderful woody tone of the big maple guitar.

This is a beautifully made instrument & the attention to detail is superb, as one would expect from such a high-end instrument. It had a list price of $3,599.99 in 2001 so at our price and given that this model was made at the Westerly, Rhode Island facility, not the newer (Fender) Corona, California factory, this is a steal!

This guitar weighs in at 8 lbs 4 oz which is a really nice weight.

In conclusion, it is an absolute joy to play, certainly in part because of it’s high quality and attention to detail, but definitely because of the amazing tones produced by the guitar.

Prices below taken from the 2001 Guild US retail price list!

Guild-2001-PriceGuide-X500T

 

 

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Note: All amps are preferably UK shipping or collection only. We rarely ship amps internationally, due to potential breakage, unless this is agreed separately. If you are outside Europe and are interested in any of our guitars or amps please contact us for a special shipping quote.

Returns

We operate a 48hr approval period for on-line mail order purchases only. Customers who buy goods in the RGG showroom can fully evaluate them prior to making the payment, and as such do not have this return and refund option available to them. The 48hr mail order returns period offered is with regard to either a problem with the guitar upon receipt, IE, the goods appear to have a defect that was not outlined in the sale listing or clearly not sold as advertised. If the purchaser wishes to return the goods for any other reason, then there will be a re-stocking fee of 10% of the original sale value & return carriage must be paid by the purchaser, there are no exceptions to these rules.

If you want to return an item please make contact for a returns authorisation. You have 2 days to try the instrument. We offer a full refund minus our shipping costs (including our cost of free shipping if applicable) It is the purchaser’s responsibility to organise the return promptly to the company in the condition it was received, using the original packaging and with a copy of the sales receipt. (We recommend you insure the item in transit). The item must be shipped back via a service comparable with which it was delivered, within 24 hours (Excluding weekends) upon receipt of the return authorization. Goods that have been altered from their original condition in any way cannot be returned.

Any items returned after the 48hr agreed approval period, and not exceeding more than two weeks, are subject to a 10% re-stocking fee, based on of the original sale value of the goods. PayPal, Credit/Debit card refunds will be processed immediately upon receipt of the returned goods and normally take 3-5 working days to show on the customer’s account. Bank transfer and cash purchase payments will be refunded by Bank transfer to your nominated bank.