1966 Guild Mark I Classical Guitar

Who can fault the tone on a Mark I classical? It's bright and clean and balanced-sounding with a flamenco-style lilt to the voice. I find it a perfect "folk-fingerstyle" companion guitar, much like the middle-rung Swedish-made Goyas of the same time.

A local consignor brought this guitar in for resale and, while it needed a bit of work, it arrived in pretty decent shape. Jose did most of the work on this one and, post-repairs, it's playing spot-on and ready to serve.

Repairs included: a heavy-handed fret level/dress, bridge modification (lowered saddle and slot), setup, etc.

• Weight: 3 lbs 2 oz
• Scale length: 25 1/2"
• Nut width: 2"
• Neck shape: slim-medium D
• Board radius: flat
• Body width: 14 3/8"
• Body depth: 3 3/4"
• Top wood: solid mahogany
• 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 (classical)
• Truss rod: non-adjustable
• Neck relief: hair of upbow
• Fret style: wider/lower

Condition notes: it's actually fairly clean throughout save minor scuffs/scratches mostly confined to the edges of the body and headstock and some usewear on the back of the neck. There's finish weather-check here and there throughout, too. The worst bit on this guitar is that it had a bit of warp to the neck (and a ski-jump at the fretboard extension) when it arrived. We ameliorated that by leveling/dressing the frets with a heavy hand-- so the extension frets and frets 1-2 are fairly low in profile while the rest are more or less "normal." It feels normal to play it, and this is a non-obvious unless you're looking for it, but is nonetheless there. The bridge also needed to be modified to bring the action down and so we've balled the string-ends rather than using the "tie-off" classical-style ends so as to give better downpressure/back-angle on the saddle.

It comes with: sorry, no case.

Consignor tag: CD