1988 Guild® Artist Award™

$4,450.00

  • Year: 1988
  • Manufacturer: Guild®
  • Model: Artist Award™
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Sunburst
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: (Serial No. JA100163) Excellent near mint condition. This is the top of the line for Guild®, who were always known for their achtops. Made in the Westerly, RI plant. 17 inch lower bout, cherry sunburst finish, spruce top with cutaway, maple back and sides, mult-ply top and side binding, maple neck, bound ebony fingerboard with abalone triangle in pearloid block inlays, pearl Guild® logo and ''Artist Award™ Model'' inlays, gold Grover imperial tuners, floating DeArmond™ pickup with volume control mounted on the tortoise pickguard, ebony bridge, gold harp style tailpiece. Has a 1-11/16'' nut and a 25-1/2'' scale length. Very clean showing only some wear on the edge of the pickup and one tiny ding near the endpin. Has a factory finish flaw in the waist on the bass side. Big sounding guitar, just set up so it plays like butter. Comes with the original Guild® hard shell case.