First Big Guild!

Some of you may have noticed this one for sale. I kept coming back to it because I've always wanted a big
Guild but just hadn't stepped up to the plate yet. F50's can be really up there in price and then there is the solid wood F150 which is a bit more my ball park.
My last visit I noticed it had a 1 3/4 inch nut with the 25.5 scale so that pulled the trigger.

Nice one! I didn’t know these were 1-3/4.

I sure hope so because it was one of the reasons I bought it. I haven't receive it yet.

This is what he listed with the sale:

SPECIFICATIONS:

Body Top Solid Sitka Spruce

Body Back Solid Rosewood

Body Sides Solid Rosewood

Body Shape Jumbo

Bracing Westerly Jumbo Sitka Spruce Scalloped X Brace

Rosette Black/White Striped with MOP Ring

Finish Natural Gloss Polyurethane

Body Depth Upper Bout 4″ (101 mm)

Body Depth Lower Bout 4.5″ (114 mm)

Body Length 21″ (533 mm)

Body Width Lower Bout 16.625″ (422 mm)

Body Width Upper Bout 12″ (305 mm)

Overall Guitar Length 43″ (1092 mm)

Guitar Weight 5 lbs 4 oz

Body Binding Ivory ABS

Top Purfling Black/Ivory/Black/Ivory

Neck Material Mahogany

Neck Shape C Shape

Scale Length 25 1/2″ (648 mm)

Nut Width 1 3/4″ (44.5mm)

Nut Material Bone

Fingerboard Material Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius 16″

Fingerboard Inlays Mother-of-Pearl Dot

# of Frets 20

Tuning Machines Guild Die-Cast Closed-Gear

Hardware Finish/Plating Nickel-Plated

Truss Rod Single Action

Truss Rod Wrench 4mm Hex Key

Bridge Rosewood

Bridge String Spacing 2 1/4″ (57 mm)

Saddle Graph Tech

Bridge Pins Ivory Colored Plastic with Black Dot

Strings D’Addario EXP16 Coated Phosphor Bronze, Light, 12-53

Case Guild Jumbo Polyfoam Case

Electronics Guild/Fishman AP1 with Sonicore pickup, Volume and Tone controls

Pickguard Tortoiseshell

Strap Buttons Nickel

Congrats on the purchase! I have the non-cutaway version - it's a very comfortable 1 3/4" nut.
Great guitar! Although had been holding out for a similar earlier model, the F150R,
as I loved the vintage-Westerly-F40-esque neck block inlays.
But this one came along and I happily snagged it

Wow, that's a nice one!! Nicely shaped cutaway on that one!! Congrats. Can't wait to hear what you think.

F30 said:

Some of you may have noticed this one for sale. I kept coming back to it because I've always wanted a big Guild......

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Nice one! Major congrats! Um, what is it?

An F150CE

So as much as I like the F150CE...I'd rather play the F30R.
Now granted this is not an apples to apples comparison.
The F150CE is amazing for the price and would make many guitarist real happy.
Although the F150CE is solid wood and has the wider nut like the F30R is is a different animal. In size obviously.
They are made overseas which shouldn't be the end all of respect but I feel the Hartford F30R exceeds in
overtones, intonation, feel and comfort. I did try an OM140 which was great guitar for the price but again the F30R
just seems to be the Guild for me. Spoiled
WHY did Guild stop making the F30 and F30R standards?
NOW having said that I'd still like to try out an F50 or D55 - but haven't had the opportunity.
So in the end the F150CE went back - but please don't take it off your list if it is something you'd like to explore.
It is nice and for the money pretty hard to beat and used is a real deal.

BTW that F150 non cutaway above is stunning