Guild F-30NT Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1966)
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Guild F-30NT Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1966), made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # AI-434, natural lacquer finish, mahogany back and sides, spruce top; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, black hard shell case.
The often very fine sounding Guild flattops of the 1960's are surprisingly hard to find these days, despite being a rather popular choice in their day. This is a 1966 natural-top F-30, the midline, mid-size model in Guild's line, above the all mahogany M-20 (famously regarded as the "Nick Drake" guitar) and F-20, the same size and shape with a spruce top. The larger F-30 is more similar in size to a Martin 000, and is a smooth finger-or-flatpicking guitar with a vibrant midrange sound which works equally well as a strummed chord machine. This is an extremely well-built guitar, much lighter than 1970's Guilds and easily on par with similar size Martin or Gibson offerings from the same era.
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). This example has been fairly heavily played but remains a very playable and well preserved instument overall. The neck has been reset, probably a while back-a good solid job but visible. The bridge has been lowered somewhat but still has a nice contour. There is a decent amount of finish wear overall- the back of the neck is down to the wood from the first to 7-9th fret area. There is a spot of missing lacquer worn away on the back/side edge on the lower treble bout and a couple of spots of pickwear into the finishon the top. There are a few small repaired top cracks, one near the pickguard on the top edge and two just under the fingerboard by the soundhole rim that are solid but not cleated. The original VanGent tuners have been replaced with Mini Schallers, and there is an old under-top contact pickup with the attendant endpin jack installed. This is a light and very responsive guitar, an excellent player with a powerful somewhat dry and rather woody sound. Overall Very Good + Condition.
The often very fine sounding Guild flattops of the 1960's are surprisingly hard to find these days, despite being a rather popular choice in their day. This is a 1966 natural-top F-30, the midline, mid-size model in Guild's line, above the all mahogany M-20 (famously regarded as the "Nick Drake" guitar) and F-20, the same size and shape with a spruce top. The larger F-30 is more similar in size to a Martin 000, and is a smooth finger-or-flatpicking guitar with a vibrant midrange sound which works equally well as a strummed chord machine. This is an extremely well-built guitar, much lighter than 1970's Guilds and easily on par with similar size Martin or Gibson offerings from the same era.
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). This example has been fairly heavily played but remains a very playable and well preserved instument overall. The neck has been reset, probably a while back-a good solid job but visible. The bridge has been lowered somewhat but still has a nice contour. There is a decent amount of finish wear overall- the back of the neck is down to the wood from the first to 7-9th fret area. There is a spot of missing lacquer worn away on the back/side edge on the lower treble bout and a couple of spots of pickwear into the finishon the top. There are a few small repaired top cracks, one near the pickguard on the top edge and two just under the fingerboard by the soundhole rim that are solid but not cleated. The original VanGent tuners have been replaced with Mini Schallers, and there is an old under-top contact pickup with the attendant endpin jack installed. This is a light and very responsive guitar, an excellent player with a powerful somewhat dry and rather woody sound. Overall Very Good + Condition.