Guild M-20 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1958), made in Hoboken, dark mahogany finish, mahogany top body and neck, rosewood fingerboard, brown tolex hard shell case.
The M-20 was Guild's least expensive guitar in the 1950's and 60's but has become one of the company's most sought-after vintage models in recent years. The highly influential English singer/songwriter Nick Drake is known to have played the M-20 and so the model is linked in the popular imagination to his legend, but the guitar itself has much to recommend it. A small body all-mahogany instrument, the M-20 has a different tonal character from any other Guild and excels particularly as a fingerpicking instrument.
This is an early model and particularly lightly built, especially for a Guild! An early gold script Guild logo adorns the plain headstock along with the small "teardrop" truss rod cover; the tuners are openback Waverly strips with plastic buttons. With no binding and only the plainest inlay, this model has a very austere look but a typically well-rounded, expansive sound. This M-20 dates to the late 1950's and is much rarer than the typical 1960's model, as well as somewhat more lightly built. A lovely little guitar, and one we have received many requests for.
Overall length is 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm.), 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 in. (10.2 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
Some overall finish wear, lots of tiny dings and flakes in the finish; a small area of overspray on the face near the pickguard but overall a nicely preserved original guitar. Very good player with a sweet and responsive sound. Generally Excellent Condition.
