Is the Guild F4ACE true acoustic construction or milled out body like the Songbird?
What are your thoughts on these? Comparable volume to a parlor or F20 style acoustic?
Hi Swiveltung:
I see a model number I don't recognize.
I DO see F4ce's (no "A") and those are fully traditional construction.
More info here:
http://westerlyguildguitars.com/guitars/f4ce.html
All those Fxxce's were actually based on the old F40 Valencia outline, and even the shallow ones like my F65ce give pretty good acoustic volume. I can't A/B with an F20 but I'd expect it to compare favorably due to larger outline and equal depth in some of the models.
They're also very comfortable if that's one of your goals, but you need to check on the scale length of a given model.
Some of 'em had 24-3/4" w/ 1-11/16 nut early on and 25-5/8" w/ 1-5/8 nut later.
Songbirds and S4ce's were actually based on the slightly different Bluesbird outline but I don't know what the lower bout width is on those, I think it's a little smaller.
