F30s - can you tell me the difference between these two?

[SFIV1967]

That is a Traditional series model, you are right, they didn't have a standard at that time. High gloss lacquer. She was made on Sept 28, 2006.
Looks fine to me except the upside down TRC which is easily changed...
She also has an Adirondack (Red Spruce) top, not Sitka as the site shows! (Well don't tell them...)
And yes, that's a good price for UK! (or Europe).

Ralf

 

[HeyMikey]

So, I have a chance on a F-30 from Tacoma, 2006 which is being sold by GuitarGuitar (a national chain here in the UK). They've described it as a Standard but the 2006 catalogs don't show a Standard, just the Traditional - is this correct? It seems to have the tort binding.

I've sent them a message asking about whether it has a case as they don't mention it but at £999 that seems like a good price for the UK.

Here it is: https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/px201216365066001--guild-2006-f-30-pre-owned

Looks good. That Adi top is nice. Should have some nice headroom. Maybe if you call you’ll get a quicker response or hold it for you pending confirmation.

 

[Timeline88]

Thanks @HeyMikey and @SFIV1967 I just pulled the trigger on it first thing. I'm pretty confident it will ship with a case and I don't really mind whether it's a soft case, hard case or not original as I'm not playing out (neither is anyone else...). Also, I kind of didn't want to give them time to realise it might be worth a little bit more than what they've listed it for! It should be here by tomorrow too which is amazing. NGD thread pending... Cheers!

 

[gibsonjunkie]

I have a NH F-30 that I picked up during the closeout sale when Fender sold Guild. It quickly became one of my favorite guitars.

 

[Timeline88]

So, here it is! NGD Guild F-30 from Tacoma and it's a beauty. I had pretty high expectations for it but it's exceed all of them. I can't believe how light and how loud it is but I must admit, when you've been used to an overbuilt EKO Ranger VI for so long, the quality difference was always going to be remarkable. The larger nut width (44.5mm) took a little bit of adjusting to but it's making fingerstyle playing much easier to handle.

Thanks again to all here for your help along the way!

 

[HeyMikey]

Congratulations! She looks like a beauty. I’m surprised it has a 44.5 (1-3/4) nut width. I didn’t think that was done in Tacoma and was only available on the New Hartford made F30x Standard. Is there a label or model number?

 

[Budha]

Very nice.

 

[Timeline88]

Just double-checked it and it measures 43mm, so not the wider but I thought it was. I think the shop wrote up the specs wrong but it definitely feels a lot bigger overall than my ES-330 which has the same nut width. Perhaps the string spacing is more generous?

 

[Canard]

I have not played a huge number of F-30s, but I have never played one I did not like. Each seemed to have a slightly different character, all lovely in their own ways.

My absolute favourite guitar is my 70's F-30 NT, made at a time when Guild was cutting back on the bling and went with stencilled head stock logos. It is a beat-up road warrior and looks like nothing on earth. The neck is quite chunky even for me. But the sound, the sound. A sweet, dark, complex moody, almost super clean electric sound, rich in harmonic resonance. Sounds amazing with lower tunings. Shines with medium gauge strings. And because it is not a crashy/chimey guitar, it tolerates old strings really well without losing its tone. Lovely balance between bass and treble strings. Made for finger picking.

At jams, other players have offered me much more expensive guitars in trade when we have swapped guitars. Not a chance.

 

[Rayk]

That’s nice congrats . My type of guitar .

 

[adorshki]

Just double-checked it and it measures 43mm, so not the wider but I thought it was. I think the shop wrote up the specs wrong but it definitely feels a lot bigger overall than my ES-330 which has the same nut width. Perhaps the string spacing is more generous?

2 possibilities: wider pin spacing on bridge coupled with a fretboard that widens to accommodate it, and/or a "thicker" overall neck profile.
Lots of shops get specs wrong with Guilds. Think Guild changed specs frequently just to mess with people's heads.

Oh yeah, congrats!!