{"product_id":"guild-x-500-special-arch-top-hollow-body-electric-guitar-1967-4903","title":"Guild X-500 Special Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1967)","description":"Guild X-500 Special Model Arch Top Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1967), made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # DA-140, sunburst lacquer finish, laminated maple body and neck; spruce top, ebony fingerboard, molded plastic hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a very lovely full-body Guild from the 1960's. The X-500 was quite a high end model, roughly equivalent to Gibson's L-5CES although built with laminated woods instead of a fully carved top. There is multiple binding on the body, neck and headstock and the fingerboard inlat is the elaborate split block Epiphone style. This guitar is marked a \"Special\"-the hardware is chrome instead of gold, which appears to be the only custom-ordered feature. Production figures for this model are very low (Guild was having far more success with the thinline Starfires by 1967) making this a fairly unusual guitar for this time.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 42 in. (106.7 cm.), 17 in. (43.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1\/8 in. (7.9 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3\/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11\/16 in. (43 mm.). Very little wear overall; some small dings and scratches but overall finish and plating still very clean. Frets taken down somewhat with a fairly flat crown, otherwise no alterations or repairs. A lovely and fairly rare Guild full-body guitar Overall Excellent Condition.","brand":"Guild","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853250973836,"sku":"4903","price":3750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_62bcc382-b0ea-4d67-af77-b5732889a74f.jpg?v=1774332174","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/guild-x-500-special-arch-top-hollow-body-electric-guitar-1967-4903","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}