Sorry, no pics yet. It's going to be well below zero here thru most of next week so I won't be having it shipped quite yet. It is a 1974 F-48 Navarre. It's a big Jumbo guitar with a 17" lower bout. Solid Sitka Spruce top and solid Mahogany and sides. It looks to be in prettyy nice shape with no cracks etc.
I've owned a few of these but had to let them go for various reasons. I've always preferred the larger bodied Dreads and Jumbos and this fil;ls that need. I may be wrong but I think it's the only Jumbo Mahogany acoustic Guild ever made up until the NH Orpheum Jumbo and now the Oxnard F 40.
Interesting story here. The seller was in Merritt Island Florida, same location as our own Tom Jacobs. I talked to the guy and it turns out Tom sold him the guitar a while back. Tom graciously agreed to play middle man here so I could avoid Sales Tax and the seller could avoid Reverb fees. Tom will set it up to my liking and ship it off when it's ready and the temps are a bit more humane..
As a side note, i was also chasing a 70's D 50 in a Detroit Suburb. The guitar looked like NOS, it was pristine. I talked to the guy and asked him about neck angle etc. He said it had a neck reset, professionally done by (you guessed it) Tom Jacobs. It seems "fixit" is known far and wide.
Pics coming after the guitar arrives.
I've owned a few of these but had to let them go for various reasons. I've always preferred the larger bodied Dreads and Jumbos and this fil;ls that need. I may be wrong but I think it's the only Jumbo Mahogany acoustic Guild ever made up until the NH Orpheum Jumbo and now the Oxnard F 40.
Interesting story here. The seller was in Merritt Island Florida, same location as our own Tom Jacobs. I talked to the guy and it turns out Tom sold him the guitar a while back. Tom graciously agreed to play middle man here so I could avoid Sales Tax and the seller could avoid Reverb fees. Tom will set it up to my liking and ship it off when it's ready and the temps are a bit more humane..
As a side note, i was also chasing a 70's D 50 in a Detroit Suburb. The guitar looked like NOS, it was pristine. I talked to the guy and asked him about neck angle etc. He said it had a neck reset, professionally done by (you guessed it) Tom Jacobs. It seems "fixit" is known far and wide.
Pics coming after the guitar arrives.