Description: The Guild® Company began its rise from a small Manhattan Guitar workshop to one of the world's premier makers of high-quality acoustic (and several popular electric) guitars. Registered in October 1952, the fledgling Guild® Guitars Company set up a 1,500-square-foot manufacturing facility on the second floor of a factory at 536 Pearl St., not far from where Al Dronge's Park Row Music store used to be in the 1930s and '40s. Sagman & Dronge opened at 130 Park Row in New York, near Silver & Horland and Harry Newcorn's Music, also on Park Row. J&R Music Instruments has the distinction of being at 33 Park Row, near the birthplace of Guild® Guitars.
An affordable grand orchestra guitar from more than 50 years ago that gives exceptional balance and volume. Original grand-orchestra guitar based on the 1955 Valencia™ model, all solid wood, 16 in. lower bout, Sitka spruce top, flame maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, ebony bridge pins, wood binding, 1 11/16 in. nut. A workhorse of a guitar that fits any genre of music.
12th-Fret Neck/Body Joint
16 in. Lower Bout
Strap Button with Internal Block Reinforcement
Dovetail Neck Joint
Special Spruce Scalloped Braced Top
Ebony Bridge Pins
Tortoise Shell Pickguard
Wood Bindings
Bone Nut and Saddle
Mother-of-Pearl Position Inlays
Pearl Headstock Inlay
Guild Acoustic Design Grand Orchestra
Body Style Grand Orchestra
Top Solid Spruce
Bracing Guild® Scalloped Spruce
Back Solid Flamed Maple
Sides Solid Flamed Maple
Bridge Ebony
Neck 1-Piece Mahogany
Fretboard Ebony, 16" Radius, (406.4 mm)
Width at Nut 1-3/4" (44.45mm)
Number of Frets 20
Scale Length 25-1/2"
Hardware Chrome
Grover Vintage Style Chrome-Plated Open-Back Tuners
Case Includes Deluxe GAD Hardshell Case
Strings D’Addario Phosphor Bronze, Light .012 to .053