1978 Guild® JF65

$1,749.99

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  • Year: 1978
  • Manufacturer: Guild®
  • Model: JF65
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Natural Gloss
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: 1978 Guild® JF-65 in excellent condition and perfect playing order. This guitar comes with a Fishman soundhole pickup installed. The JF-65 is a great sounding and playing American made guitar! Case: Includes the original hard case. Details: Jumbo body shape, 17" lower bout, 12 1/2" upper bout, 20 3/4" body length, 4 1/8" body depth, 1 11/16" nut width, 25 5/8" scale length, 6 lbs 12 oz Materials/Construction: Double bound (7 ply) construction with a solid spruce top, maple sides, laminate arched maple back, maple neck with a (5 ply) bound ebony fingerboard, 20 frets, black truss rod cover, ebony bridge, pearloid block inlays with abalone triangles, 1 ply black pickguard, bone nut and saddle, concentric circle rosette Hardware/Electronics: Gold hardware, Guild® tuners, Fishman soundhole pickup installed Playability: Medium C shaped neck with a gloss finish, setup with 12-53 strings with the action at 5/64" at the 12th fret Cosmetics: light scratches and dents throughout, some that do penetrate the finish (mostly on the top near the lower bout) Brief History: The Guild® Guitar Company is a USA-based guitar manufacturer founded in 1952 by Alfred Dronge, a guitarist and music-store owner, and George Mann, a former executive with the Epiphone Guitar Company. The brand name survives as a brand of the Fender® Musical Instruments Corporation.