1997 Guild Finesse
$ 1,999.00
VG condition. recent neck reset/fret dress/new saddle. Lots of finish crazing, lacquer dents, etc. All cosmetic. Finish is worn away on side of neck. Guild produced 10 (2 of series to 11 of series) with serial numbers 5197039 to 5487069. Featuring a herringbone rosette, the solid spruce top is hand-tuned. Custom Shop luthiers shave and scallop the tone bars into Guild's special "Floating X" pattern. The Finesse has a back and sides of solid Indian rosewood, bound in tortoise-shell celluloid. The 3-ply mahogany/maple/mahogany neck is 1.70" at the nut to accommodate anything from bluegrass to finger-style jazz, and is faced with a bound ebony fingerboard inlaid with delicate Paua abalone dots. The peghead of the Finesse is faced in solid rosewood, and the traditional "Chesterfield" inlay is interpreted in engraved abalone. An inlaid rosewood truss rod cover completes the understated peghead ornamentation. The bridge of the Finesse is ebony, carved in the crisp lines of a 1966 original, and is fitted with a compensated bone saddle. Standard electronics include a high-performance Fishman copolymer pickup and Matrix Natural 11 preamp.
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