1967 Guild Mark III Classical Guitar

Guild classicals are not the easiest guitars to find out there in the wild and whenever one turns-up at the shop I get folks asking after them. This one's a nice instrument, for sure, and has a sound that fits well into a flamenco or folkie atmosphere ideally. It's got a bit of that "breathy" thing going when you nail-bite into it on the strums.

As you might expect, construction is well-done and as a result it's a lightweight guitar with a responsive feel. It doesn't take a lot of power to get decent volume out of it. The neck has a "medium" heft to it but feels slimmer and faster (front to back) than most classicals and it's comfy and easy to play.

Ancel went through this one and gave it the glorified setup it needed to be a nice player. It's ready to go.

Repairs included: a fret level/dress, restring, light bridge shave and saddle shave, minor hairline crack repair on the back, and setup work. It'd previously had nice-grade classical tuners (replacements) fit at the headstock and a "main ladder brace" reglue at the bass side of the soundhole.

Weight: 3 lbs 5 oz

Scale length: 25 1/2"

Nut width: 2"

Neck shape: medium/slimmer D

Board radius: flat

Body width: 14 3/8"

Body depth: 4 3/4"

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid mahogany

Bracing type: fan

Bridge: rosewood

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” overall (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: medium tension nylon

Truss rod: non-adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium-modern

Condition notes: it's in good shape overall though there's picking-wear on the upper bout that's hard to see (just light scratching in the clearcoat) and mild usewear/tiny scratches and scuffs throughout the rest of the guitar. The back has a couple of repaired hairline cracks, too, but they're quite non-obvious. There's a pearl dot added to the middle of the bridge for some reason, too. The bridge and saddle have been shaved (by us) but only a little bit. It works best to have ball-end strings to keep a good back angle over the saddle (you can either buy ball-end nylon strings or just make looped-knots to make your own "balled-ends" like we do). It's original throughout save that pearl dot and some modern, replacement tuners.

It comes with: a gigbag.

Consignor tag: JB