Guild D-40 Special Flat Top Acoustic-Electric Guitar (1967)
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Guild D-40 Special Model Flat Top Acoustic-Electric Guitar (1967), made in Hoboken, natural lacquer finish, mahogany back and sides, spruce top; laminated mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, black tolex hard shell case.
This unusual 1960's Guild flat-top is a standard model mahogany Dreadnought fitted with factory electronics. The single pickup is mounted under a rosewood cover just below the fingerboard, with tone and volume controlled by mini-pots on the uper treble bout. This was a system used by the Hoboken company in the '60's, but is very rare on a D-40. The label reads "D-40 Special" and the guitar dates to mid-1967; it remains an excellent instrument and a very versatile guitar.
Overall length is 42 in. (106.7 cm.), 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). Very nice original condition; tuners changed to Grover Rotomatics early on but all else appears original-knobs are an unusual style for Guild but are Daka-Ware correct for the period. Some finish wear overall but no major loss; an excellent playing guitar with a very fine full acoustic sound and a suprizingly good amplified tone as well. Excellent - Condition.
This unusual 1960's Guild flat-top is a standard model mahogany Dreadnought fitted with factory electronics. The single pickup is mounted under a rosewood cover just below the fingerboard, with tone and volume controlled by mini-pots on the uper treble bout. This was a system used by the Hoboken company in the '60's, but is very rare on a D-40. The label reads "D-40 Special" and the guitar dates to mid-1967; it remains an excellent instrument and a very versatile guitar.
Overall length is 42 in. (106.7 cm.), 15 7/8 in. (40.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). Very nice original condition; tuners changed to Grover Rotomatics early on but all else appears original-knobs are an unusual style for Guild but are Daka-Ware correct for the period. Some finish wear overall but no major loss; an excellent playing guitar with a very fine full acoustic sound and a suprizingly good amplified tone as well. Excellent - Condition.