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The Guild GAD-F40 guitar has an original grand orchestra all solid wood body based on the 1955 F-40 Valencia body shape, with a 16" lower bout, Sitka spruce top, flame maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, ebony bridge pins, wood binding and 1-11/16" nut.
Guild GAD-F40 Acoustic Guitar Blonde
Guild GAD-F40 Acoustic Guitar Blonde
Guild GAD-F40 Acoustic Guitar Blonde

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  • Model Name: GAD-F40
  • Model Number: 381-0600
  • Category: Guild Acoustic Design Grand Orchestra
  • Body Style: Grand Orchestra
  • Top: Solid Red Spruce
  • Bracing: Guild Scalloped Spruce
  • Back: Solid Flamed Maple
  • Sides: Solid Flamed Maple
  • Bridge: Ebony
  • Neck: One-Piece Mahogany
  • Fretboard: Ebony(12" Radius)
  • Width at Nut: 1-11/16"
  • No. of Frets: 20
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Hardware: Chrome
  • Machine Heads: Grover G-98
  • Finish: High Gloss (Nitrocellulose Lacquer)
  • Neck/Body Joint: 12th Fret
  • Lower Bout: 16"
  • Neck Joint: Dovetail
  • Top Brace: Special Spruce Scalloped
  • Bridge Pins: Ebony
  • Pickguard: Tortoise Shell
  • Binding: Wood
  • Nut: Bone
  • Saddle: Bone
  • Position Inlay: Mother-Of-Pearl Position Inlays
  • Headstock Inlay: Mother-Of-Pearl
  • Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
  • Strings: Replace with Guild L350 Phosphor Bronze, p/n 3500350000, Gauges .012, .016, .025, .032, .042, .053
  • Introduced: 1/2007