Bought a Mark III !!

[Flipperz]

From what I can tell this would be a 1979 from the SN on the headstock? VG condition from original owner. Interesting how they didn’t put the correct SN on the label. The original owners manual and original case came with it to clear up the SN on the label. I’ve never played classical so I guess I need to get to work. Really happy with this purchase.

 

[GGJaguar]

Very nice, congrats!!

 

[Westerly Wood]

Yes, congratulations! Looks fantastic.

 

[HeyMikey]

Yeah, congrats. That really does look super clean. Enjoy!

 

[fronobulax]

We have seen cases where an internal model got written on the label. My guess, while I wait to get Hans'd, is that N740 is an internal model number. The hang tag just tries to capture what is on the guitar. It would be interesting to know whether the factory, dealer or owner, filled out the hang tag.

 

[hearth_man]

Hans will have more insight but 1979 was a transition year for Guild serial numbers. They went from a running count of all guitars produced back to have the two letter prefix for model and then a serial number. The other thing I think is interesting is that the "3" of Mark III is not a roman numeral.

 

[Flipperz]

I was curious about that as well, 3 or III ? The accompanying owners manual reflects the n740 as the strings that were used as shown in the photo as opposed to n740 being shown as the SN on the label. Interesting. Thanks all for the input

 

[fronobulax]

I've never heard of a string set called "N740". I'm sticking with employee error

 

[Flipperz]

This is the front and back of the owners manual and the last two pages of the owners manual. I’m guessing n740 string were possibly available back then from guild or perhaps another guild supplier and the n740 was mistakenly entered onto the label.

 

[walrus]

Nice! Congratulations!

walrus

 

[SFIV1967]

I've never heard of a string set called "N740". I'm sticking with employee error

It doesn't matter if you heard about them just check the catalog or pricelist! (In this case a 1979 one.) But yes, it was an error by the person who wrote the number on the label and on the booklet.

Ralf

 

[Flipperz]

Wow, thanks for the info on the strings, that was what I guessed! Any suggestions on learning classical? How difficult is it to begin to pick up classical from being a beginner/intermediate steel stringer? Learn fingerpicking and arpeggios to begin with I imagine. I’m essentially a rhythm guy at this point in my journey. Thanks to all!

 

[SFIV1967]

In the 1970 catalog they also gave the gauges of the 6 strings for the N-740 set:

Ralf