SFIV1967
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I was just wondering what the "N" in "D55N" should mean? Or was this supposed to be "NT" for natural top?
Ralf
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I've always thought an "Artist Award" was a high-end archtop (which it is), but I certainly didn't know the name also referred to an acoustic. I learn something all the time on this forum!
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I'm a little confused but think the only time Guild used the term "Artist Award" was in reference to a high end archtop.
People are trying to apply the term "Artist Award" to a Frankenguild with an Artist Award neck and a F50 (?) body, as was made for and played by John Denver but I'm not convinced doing so is correct.
Precedent exists by not calling Jack Casady's Flying V body with a JetStar neck a "Guild Flying V" bass. Some people do but we know better, don't we?
mavuser
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Denver's guitar is an Artist Award, simply because it says so on the headstock. but it was just that- an award for the artist. this one did not go into production for retail units, like the archtop Artist Award.
An Artist Award headstock is larger, and was likely used on Denver's F-50R for structrual/scale legnth/mathmatical reasons, primarily.
But the Denver's has a different scale legnth, and his guitar has a flat top...you cannot simply "stick an Artsit Award neck on an F-50R," or any flat top, I don't think, at least not without some sort of compensating or modification. those necks are for an archtop with a different scale, and different top geometry. it is just the headstock that is the same as Denver's guitar.
An Artist Award headstock is larger, and was likely used on Denver's F-50R for structrual/scale legnth/mathmatical reasons, primarily.
But the Denver's has a different scale legnth, and his guitar has a flat top...you cannot simply "stick an Artsit Award neck on an F-50R," or any flat top, I don't think, at least not without some sort of compensating or modification. those necks are for an archtop with a different scale, and different top geometry. it is just the headstock that is the same as Denver's guitar.