NGD 1989 GF60-R

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New member here, first post. Just picked up a GF60. It's been used hard and shows it, but sounds glorious! Left it with the luthier for inspection, setup, and replace the missing piece of binding on the right side of the headstock.


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The R is for Rosewood. The GF60 is the maple version.

Label errors are not too uncommon, but yours is inconsequential.

The fact that yours shows some wear just proves that it was played a lot for a reason. These are great guitars.
 

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The R is for Rosewood. The GF60 is the maple version.

Label errors are not too uncommon, but yours is inconsequential.

The fact that yours shows some wear just proves that it was played a lot for a reason. These are great guitars.


Ah, I get it. What is the meaning of the "-NT"?
 

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Before I get Hans’d, I believe the maple version is the GF60M.

In case you don’t know, Hans Moust literally wrote the book on Guild guitars and frequently corrects us when we provide inaccurate or incomplete information in our posts.
 

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Before I get Hans’d, I believe the maple version is the GF60M.

In case you don’t know, Hans Moust literally wrote the book on Guild guitars and frequently corrects us when we provide inaccurate or incomplete information in our posts.


😄😄 Hans is pretty quick on the draw, already heard from him. He'd like some info to add to his database.
 
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Welcome Soul Tramp! Congrats that’s an awesome Guild. One that I’d love to try someday. Nice score!
 

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Looks like a beauty. Major congrats and welcome to LTG!
 

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Thanks, guys! It's a wonderful feeling to own a Guild again. Many years ago I traded my Ovation for a Guild which I then sold about 15 years ago. I've been without an acoustic since. Going to have to learn how to finger pick all over again.
 

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Finally picked up the Guild after it having spent the last three weeks with the luthier. He did a setup, finish buff, replaced missing piece of headstock binding, and stabilized a crack on the top. Excellent work, you'd never know the new binding is new!

It really is a beautiful sounding guitar. Every note rings and there's nice punch on the low freqs.

It's a shame the guitar was so abused and neglected. I can't understand how someone would buy what had to be a flagship Guild guitar at the time and treat it like a beater. It spent at least one Maine winter in the trunk of a car. The case looks like something from Spinal Tap. Surprisingly there are not scratches on the back and side. The horizontal marks in the picture are reflections or some sort of camera artifact. The action is good, but the bridge is just about bottomed out so it will need a neck reset in a few years.


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