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Condition Used, Very Good (two small areas of finish damage on the headstock, pictured)
While some all-mahogany guitars have a simple, effective look, the M-25E from Guild features a very sweet bursted top, giving this humble 'hog' parlor guitar a slick, vintage look all its own. With plenty of midrange bark and projection, this guitar is right at home as a punchy fingerstyle blues box or cleans up well for more subtle strumming work.
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The original M-20 was the first guitar off the production line in 1967 when manufacturing was based in Hoboken, New Jersey. Today, the M series are an iconic piece of the Guild name—manufactured in Oxnard, California in a state-of-the-art facility. The M-25E expands on the M-20, featuring added appointments and a gloss finished top and headstock. This concert size acoustic guitar is built with a solid mahogany top, back, and sides. It features a rosewood bridge and fingerboard, and bone nut and saddle. The M-25E’s updated appointments include a fully bound body, a vintage style rosette, Guild’s peak logo inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the headstock, gloss nitrocellulose top and headstock with satin body and neck, and an exquisite California Burst finish. Each M-25E comes with a hand-signed, numbered certificate of authenticity, and ships with a hardshell case. Available in California Burst with LR Baggs Element VTC pickup.
Model: M-25e
Serial: C205820
Year: 2020
Top: Solid African Mahogany
Back & Sides: Solid African Mahogany
Body Shape: M - Concert
Bracing: Scalloped X
Rosette: ABS Ring
Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Binding: White ABS
Purfling: None
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Shape: "C" Shape
Neck Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Nut Width: 1 3/4"
Nut Material: Bone
Neck Binding: None
Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Fingerboard Inlays: Pearloid Dots
# of Frets: 20
Tuning Machines: Guild Deluxe Vintage Open Gear with Cream Oval Buttons
Hardware Finish/Plating: NA
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4"
Saddle: Compensated bone
Bridge Pins: Ivory Colored Plastic
Strap Buttons: Endpin Jack
Pickguard: NA
Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC
Body Depth Upper Bout: 3 1/4"
Body Depth Lower Bout: 4 1/8"
Body Length: 18"
Body Width Lower Bout: 13 3/4"
Body Width Upper Bout: 10 1/8"
Overall Length: 38 3/4"
Case: Hardshell
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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