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SOLD: Guild F-30 Vintage Acoustic Guitar 1966 Spruce Mahogany (000-18) Sunburst
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Vintage Guild F-30 from 1966.
A collectors dream. Comes with the original certificate/warranty and the original case.
The back and sides are solid mahogany
with a nice sitka spruce top. The back braces, lining, tail and head
block are all mahogany with spruce top braces. Mahogany neck with
Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge.This is a 000 sized guitar, as
good as if not better than Martin 000-18's from the same era. This one was
made in the Hoboken factory. Guild moved to Westerly in 1967 and the
guitars made before the move were vastly superior & lighter builds.
The aged top gives it a
warm tone. The guitar is well balanced and works equally well for
fingerstyle or for flat picking. The bracing is very finely done on
these earlier Guilds. The touch response and richness in tone even at
low volumes is a testament to that.
I did
an AB comparison with a modern Martin 000-18 which is a similar guitar.
Both are very nice of course, what I noticed was that the Vintage Guilds
top was more responsive, it requires less energy to get the same
volume. The bass is more open and the trebles are warmer and rounded.
Scale length 24 3/4" (Short scale)
Nut width 1 11/16 (42mm) Similar neck to an electric guitar, very easy to play.
String
spacing at the bridge 2 3/16 (55mm) (Really important when buying 60's
Guild, most have 50-51mm spacing which makes it really hard to play
fingerstyle on. 55mm is the prefered String spacing of Collings and
Santa Cruz because it allows you to play comfortably both fingerstyle
and with a pick)
I'm asking £2995 for this beauty.
Condition
report:
Original
finish
Original
pickguard
Original
bridge
Various battle scars and some crazing to the finish
No cracks
It's had a neck reset and the saddle has plenty of room
UPDATE: BRAND NEW FRETS!
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Comments
Jérôme Lair did the refret. I can ship anywhere in Europe. No problem shipping to Denmark!