This Guild Bluegrass F47 is sold with its original hard shell case. I’m finding it a very comfortable and fun guitar to hold and play. The neck is a bit narrower than many modern guitars, which to my hands makes it a bit easier to play. It is a Bluegrass model after all, meant to be played with banjos and mandolins. A new bridge sub plate has been added and the guitar set up by The Twelfth Fret repair shop.Īs with many Guild models, it’s not a quiet guitar. The guitar is in solid structural condition. The top has a repaired and cleated crack in the upper treble bout at the outside edge of the pickguard. This very frequently resulted in cracks in the top near the pickguard, and there is such a crack along the inner edge of the pickguard. At the time this guitar was made (and for some companies until recently), it was common practice to glue the pickguard directly to the top, rather than to the finish. No buzz or issues.The bridge pickup surround has been repla. Either way it’s a cool guitar that plays and sounds great.Features an ebony fretboard and a nice straight neck with good action and playability.
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The finish of this Guild Bluegrass F47 shows expected wear, with pick marking around the soundhole and a few other marks on the top. Serial number indicates guitar was made in September, 1978. As With Many Guild Models, It’s Not A Quiet Guitar The fingerboard and bridge are rosewood and the headstock features the traditional mother of pearl ‘Chesterfield’ logo. This design helps keep the neck stable and twist-resistant.
The neck is Guild’s typical three-piece neck – two mahogany sections with a slim center maple strip.
The Guild Bluegrass F47, here seen as a one-owner-since-new 1972 model, is based on what’s currently referred to as a ‘Grand Orchestra’ body shape, with solid spruce top and solid mahogany back and sides. In 1972, the year this guitar was built, Guild’s President Alfred Dronge was killed in a plane crash and was succeeded by Leon Tell. In 1966, production moved from Hoboken NJ to Westerly RI. Introduced in 1963, the Guild Bluegrass F47 model was aimed at the exploding folk and bluegrass boom.
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