Vintage 1953 Guild Stratford X-375 Guitar Review Part 3 of 3

This is the third video in a three-part series of reviews featuring a 1953 Guild Stratford X-375 in blond (though these didn’t appear in the catalog until 1954). In this video I demonstrate the sound of the X-375 after its stock tone-sucking circuitry has been removed. I'm playing through a Sound City Concord amplifier that is turned up pretty high (but tamed with a BadCat Unleash). I probably went overboard with the playing, but I wanted to try playing the same riffs on a variety of settings so that you could get feel for what these guitars with Franz pickups really sound like. In the first section I revisit the fuzz tone I tried in the first video using a Plum Crazy FX Fuzzy Lady and an Analog Man Mini Chorus. Then I go clean, and start playing with the tone and volume wide open. Towards the end I play with the knobs to get a variety of tones. I won't be offended if you skip around just to sample the tones on offer lol. I first found out about this guitar because I was trying to figure out what the hell kind of Gibson Barry Gibbs was playing in all those cool shots of the Bee Gees. Of course it turned out not to be a Gibson at all, much to my surprise! In Part 1 I discussed the features of the guitar in detail and showed how it sounds stock going through some pretty severe effects. In Part 2 I demonstrated how the guitar sounds with the stock capacitors in it played through a clean amp. This is a limited edition color as the Stratfords were mainly produced in sunburst (and called the X-350). Measuring 17" wide the body has a rounded cut-away with laminated maple back and sides. The top is laminated spruce. There are 3 single-coil Franz pickups with white covers. You can find information more information about Franz pickups here: http://www.premierguitar.com/articles... There are 2 knobs and 6 pushbutton switches which enable the player to access a wide variety of sounds. With a 25 1/2" scale, the fingerboard is bound Brazilian rosewood with block inlay, unbound peghead and G peghead inlay with gold-plated hardware. Discontinued in 1965, this model is very special and a rare find. If you see one you should definitely check it out! The Concord was miked by a Shure SM-57 going into an MBox Pro 3. The audio was recorded in Logic and no external processing was applied. *The thumbnail picture was taken by Garrett Park Guitars in Maryland and is a picture of the guitar in the video.