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Guild DS-240 Memoir Demo by Devon Geyer

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The Guild DS-240 Memoir, a slope-shoulder dreadnought acoustic guitar inspired by instruments from the 1920s. Built with a solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides, the DS-240 Memoir produces a full, balanced tone that evokes memories of gatherings around the fire. Its vintage esthetics, including a mother-of-pearl rosette and Guild's signature script logo, transport players to a simpler time. The DS-240 Memoir's tone seems instantly aged and perfected, as if it's been passed down through generations of music-makers.

Solid Woods Create a Lifetime of Tonal Evolution

The DS-240 Memoir's solid spruce top and mahogany back and sides provide a resonant, woody tone that blossoms over years of playing. As the woods age and settle, the tone becomes richer, warmer and more complex. The combination of spruce and mahogany is a hallmark of classic American acoustics, producing a balanced frequency range with articulate highs, warm mids and full low end.

Vintage-Inspired Esthetics Transport Players to Another Era

With a mother-of-pearl rosette, tortoiseshell pickguard and Guild's script logo, the DS-240 Memoir is a vision of craftsmanship from the 1920s. Its satin finish allows the natural beauty of the tonewoods to shine through, while the slope-shoulder body shape harkens back to an earlier Guild design. The vintage-inspired esthetics, along with the DS-240 Memoir's aged tone, provide an immersive experience of a simpler time.

Comfortable Playability Keeps Music Makers Inspired

A comfortable C-shaped mahogany neck and pau ferro fingerboard keep players' hands happy during long sessions. The neck has a familiar, mainstream feel, while the fingerboard provides a smooth playing surface. Together, they enable effortless slides, bends and chord changes so musicians can lose themselves in the music.

Guild DS-240 Memoir Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst
Guild DS-240 Memoir Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst
Guild DS-240 Memoir Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst

collapse expand iconFeatures

  • Slope shoulder design
  • Multi-rosette with black, ivory, mother-of-pearl
  • Ivory ABS body binding
  • Black and white ABS top purfling
  • 3 mm pearloid dot fingerboard inlays
  • Chrome hardware
  • Ivory colored plastic bridge pins with black dots
  • D'Addario EXP16 Coated Phosphor Bronze Light strings
warning

WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde (gas), which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov

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Body
  • Body type: Slope shoulder dreadnought
  • Cutaway: No
  • Top wood: Solid Sitka spruce
  • Back and sides: Mahogany
  • Bracing pattern: Scalloped X
  • Body finish: Gloss Polyurethane
  • Orientation: Right handed
Neck
  • Neck shape: C
  • Nut width: 1-11/16"
  • Fingerboard: Pau ferro
  • Neck wood: Mahogany
  • Scale length: 24.75"
  • Number of frets: 20
  • Neck finish: Satin polyurethane
Electronics
  • Pickup/preamp: No
Other
  • Headstock overlay: Pau ferro
  • Tuning machines: Nickel Guild GBB2 Butterbean 18:1
  • Bridge: Pau ferro
  • Saddle and nut: Bone
  • Number of strings: 6
  • Special features:
  • Case: Sold separately
  • Accessories: None
  • Country of origin: China

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Limited lifetime warranty.

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