Guild M-20 Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1964)
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Item #5471
Guild M-20 Model Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1964), made in Hoboken, serial # 38493, natural mahogany finish, mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard.
The often very fine sounding Guild flattops of the 1960's are surprisingly hard to find these days; examples this well preserved are far from common! The M-20 was Guild's least expensive guitar in the 1950's and '60's and while not a rare model per se has become one of the company's most sought-after vintage instruments 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 even apart from this the guitar itself has much to recommend it. A small body all-mahogany guitar, the M-20 has a different tonal character from any other Guild and excels particularly as a fingerpicking instrument. The neck is slim and comfortable, somewhat in between typical Martin and Gibson spec, and arguable is a better guitar of this type than either company was producing in 1964.
This mid-60's model is still very lightly built, especially for a Guild! With no binding and only the plainest inlay the M-20 has a very austere look but a typically smooth, expansive sound. Tuners are the original Waverly strips and the headstock is faced with the typical Guild plastic overlay, with none of the usual shrinkage. This M-20 dates to late 1964 and is much rarer than the more typically encountered typical late 1960's/early '70's model, with a somewhat more responsive sound. A lovely little guitar, this is an exceptionally nice example of an instrument we receive many requests for.
Overall length is 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm.), 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 1/2 in. (622 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). A nice original guitar-the finish has small dings and chips overall, but no major areas of loss; the original bridge has been taken down somewhat and the top edges rounded off (very common on this model) but all else is original. This is a very well preserved guitar with a nice straight neck, good frets and not a lot of use over the past 45+ years. An extremely fine sounding and playing example of this now much sought after model. Excellent - Condition.
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The often very fine sounding Guild flattops of the 1960's are surprisingly hard to find these days; examples this well preserved are far from common! The M-20 was Guild's least expensive guitar in the 1950's and '60's and while not a rare model per se has become one of the company's most sought-after vintage instruments 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 even apart from this the guitar itself has much to recommend it. A small body all-mahogany guitar, the M-20 has a different tonal character from any other Guild and excels particularly as a fingerpicking instrument. The neck is slim and comfortable, somewhat in between typical Martin and Gibson spec, and arguable is a better guitar of this type than either company was producing in 1964.
This mid-60's model is still very lightly built, especially for a Guild! With no binding and only the plainest inlay the M-20 has a very austere look but a typically smooth, expansive sound. Tuners are the original Waverly strips and the headstock is faced with the typical Guild plastic overlay, with none of the usual shrinkage. This M-20 dates to late 1964 and is much rarer than the more typically encountered typical late 1960's/early '70's model, with a somewhat more responsive sound. A lovely little guitar, this is an exceptionally nice example of an instrument we receive many requests for.
Overall length is 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm.), 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 24 1/2 in. (622 mm.). Width of nut is 1 11/16 in. (43 mm.). A nice original guitar-the finish has small dings and chips overall, but no major areas of loss; the original bridge has been taken down somewhat and the top edges rounded off (very common on this model) but all else is original. This is a very well preserved guitar with a nice straight neck, good frets and not a lot of use over the past 45+ years. An extremely fine sounding and playing example of this now much sought after model. Excellent - Condition.
