Jim: Here are the full GAD-40CE specs you can give to your friend:
The Guild GAD-40CE cutaway mahogany dreadnought produces a well-balanced sound with a clear bass and lively top end. Applicable to all musical styles, this guitar also features design appointments such as wood binding and mother-of-pearl inlays. The Fishman Matrix VT pickup system provides for excellent reproduction of the natural sound of the instrument.
Guild GAD-40CE Features:
BODY STYLE: Dreadnought
TOP: Solid Sitka Spruce
BRACING: Scalloped Spruce
BACK: Solid Mahogany
SIDES: Solid Mahogany
SCALE LENGTH: 25.5" (64.8 cm)
NECK: 1-Piece Mahogany
FRETBOARD: Indian Rosewood
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 16" (40.64 cm)
NO. OF FRETS: 20
POSITION INLAYS: Mother-of-Pearl Position Inlays
NUT: Bone
NUT WIDTH: 1.6875" (43 mm)
BRIDGE: Indian Rosewood Bridge
SADDLE: Bone Saddle
BRIDGE PINS: Ebony Bridge Pins with MOP Dots
BODY FINISH: Gloss Polyester Body Finish
NECK FINISH: Gloss Neck Finish
HARDWARE: Chrome
MACHINE HEADS: Grover® Rotomatic™ Die-Cast Tuners
STRINGS: D'Addario® EXP 16 Coated Phosphor Bronze (.012-.053 Gauges)
CASE: Deluxe GAD Hardshell Case
PICKUPS: Fishman® Acoustic Matrix VT™ System with Under Saddle Pickup and End Pin Mounted Active Preamp
CONTROLS: Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone Controls
UNIQUE FEATURES:
Dovetail Neck Joint
Ornate Mother-of-Pearl Position Inlays
Strap Button with Internal Block Reinforcement
Abalone Side Dot Position Inlays
Mother-of-Pearl Headstock Logo
Ebony Bridge Pins with MOP Dots
Ebony End Pin with MOP Dot
Bone Nut and Saddle
Dark Mahogany Body Bindings
Tortoise Shell Pickguard
Back Center Wood Mosaic Inlay
Introduced: 1/2005
List Price in 2005 pricelist: $1,099.99
List Price in 2008 pricelist: $1,231.99
List Price in 2009 and 2010 pricelist: $1,399.99
If you want to know the month/year of manufacture of the guitar you can't use the number on the label but have to look inside at the neckblock!
All GAD instruments are stamped with a 10 digit internal manufacturing number located in the soundhole, at the base of the heel block. This number embodies production information about the instrument. As an example, we’ll use a random number 1104330026.
The first two digits of this number identify the production year. In this case, 11 would stand for 2011.
The second two digits identify the production month. In this case, 04 would stand for April.
The next two digits, 33, are of no significance and are an internal number used by the vendor to identify their order number.
The last four digits identify the unit number of the order. In this case, 26 would stand for the 26th instrument made to the 33rd order.
Ralf
