Post by FLICKOFLASH on Mar 17, 2013 0:51:35 GMT -5
GUILD SKY HAWK X-79
In 1981 the Guild Sky Hawk X-79 emerged weighing in at less than six and a half pounds. Wow! And these feather weight, all mahogany guitars really sing! The first instruments came with traditional Guild headstocks, but they soon morphed into this version, which nicely replicates the lines of the body. This guitar is very comfortable to play sitting or standing and in terms of tone it has been compared to the Les Paul Special and Junior, but I think it sounds more like an SG. The originals all came with two humbucking pickups, and a 24 ¾ scale length with a 24 fret ebony board. Coil taps were a factory option. In an effort to revive sagging sales, a three single coil version (X 79-3) was later introduced. It could be argued that X-79 sales had always sagged as only 172 of them were ever constructed during their entire five years of production. That means this photo contains 2.3% of all the Guild X-79s ever built!
In 1981 the Guild Sky Hawk X-79 emerged weighing in at less than six and a half pounds. Wow! And these feather weight, all mahogany guitars really sing! The first instruments came with traditional Guild headstocks, but they soon morphed into this version, which nicely replicates the lines of the body. This guitar is very comfortable to play sitting or standing and in terms of tone it has been compared to the Les Paul Special and Junior, but I think it sounds more like an SG. The originals all came with two humbucking pickups, and a 24 ¾ scale length with a 24 fret ebony board. Coil taps were a factory option. In an effort to revive sagging sales, a three single coil version (X 79-3) was later introduced. It could be argued that X-79 sales had always sagged as only 172 of them were ever constructed during their entire five years of production. That means this photo contains 2.3% of all the Guild X-79s ever built!
