SFIV1967
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The laminated arched back is a signature item for Guild since the very beginning of Guild.It just doesn't make sense for a guitar with laminated back and sides to cost close to $1,000.
High end maple F-50/F-55s or F-412 with list prices > $4,000 all come with laminated backs. Don't think "laminated" as "have to be cheap".
Even high end archtops like the X-500 are laminated since the 1950ies!
The American Patriarch X-500 Stuart had a listprice of $8,000 in 2014 and was fully laminated.
X-500 Stuart (2014) | Guild Guitars
The Guild X-500 Stuart is the ultimate in vintage-crafted electric guitar artistry. The pride of Guild's engineers and craftsmen, it has a graceful hollow body with a resonant spruce top and beautifully figured maple back and sides, distinctive fast-action neck and dual "frequency tested"...
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