Neal
Senior Member
https://reverb.com/item/15324450-guild-f30r-w-ohc-2012
A nice little box appeared at my doorstep this evening.
I have been patiently waiting for a New Hartford F-30R Standard to come up for sale at the right price for a couple of years now. Well, here it is!
it is in virtually unplayed condition. Nice, silky sitka top, deep golden in color. I was expecting some runout from the Reverb photos, but no. Perfectly quartersawn and lovely. Some really attractive rosewood on back, sides, fretboard, bridge, and faceplate. Little bit of purple running through it. Nice!
The entire guitar, for some reason, is gloss nitro, including the neck, which is spec'ed with a satin finish.
The tone is chimy, loud, balanced, resonant. In a word, great! And the playability, with the 1 3/4" nut, is superb. Drop D, in particular, is just a joy.
So much fun to A/B against my '55 Martin 000-18, which is exactly the same body shape, but a half inch narrower, short scale, mahogany B&S, and 57 years older. As one might suspect, they sound nothing alike!
A nice little box appeared at my doorstep this evening.
I have been patiently waiting for a New Hartford F-30R Standard to come up for sale at the right price for a couple of years now. Well, here it is!
it is in virtually unplayed condition. Nice, silky sitka top, deep golden in color. I was expecting some runout from the Reverb photos, but no. Perfectly quartersawn and lovely. Some really attractive rosewood on back, sides, fretboard, bridge, and faceplate. Little bit of purple running through it. Nice!
The entire guitar, for some reason, is gloss nitro, including the neck, which is spec'ed with a satin finish.
The tone is chimy, loud, balanced, resonant. In a word, great! And the playability, with the 1 3/4" nut, is superb. Drop D, in particular, is just a joy.
So much fun to A/B against my '55 Martin 000-18, which is exactly the same body shape, but a half inch narrower, short scale, mahogany B&S, and 57 years older. As one might suspect, they sound nothing alike!