1984 Guild F-42 George Gruhn-Designed Mini Jumbo Acoustic Guitar Sunburst w/ Case
$2,879.99
$2,879.99
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Up for sale, a 1984 Guild F-42 George Gruhn-designed acoustic guitar in excellent, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case. An exceedingly rare Guild model produced only from 1984-1985, the F-42 is a distinctly voiced Guild model with a spruce top and mahogany back and sides, co-designed by George Gruhn and Kim Walker, the shop foreman at Gruhn's shop.
This F-42 has multiple hallmarks, from its narrow, snakehead-style peghead and scalloped bracing on the spruce soundboard to its notched diamond fretboard inlay. Weighing 4lbs 10oz with a 16” lower bout width and 4 1/2” of depth, this guitar has a big, bold sound, with tons of projection. An excellent strummer that’s particularly balanced sounding, the F-42 delivers a broad dynamic range, producing a sweet and detailed tone when picked softly. This Guild F-42 benefits from a professional setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with 12-53 strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
- Neck: Mahogany
- Shape: Slender C, measuring .795” at 1st fret, .935” at 9th fret
- Fretboard: Rosewood, small diamond inlays
- Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-3
- Scale Length: 25 1/2”
- Nut width: 1 11/16”, bone
- Tuners: Waffle-back
- Serialization: KG-prefix, stamped into headstock
Body Specs:
- Body: Spruce, mahogany
- Bracing: X, scalloped
- Hardware: Rosewood bridge, bone saddle
- Plastics: Tortoise pickguard
- Marquetry: Simple black-and-white rosette and top purfling
- Label: Serialized oval, ‘Westerly, R.I.’
The Sunburst gloss nitro lacquer finish is extremely clean, with broad checking, some faint marks in the clear coat and a few tiny dings on the lower bout on top.
The original hardshell case is included.
This F-42 has multiple hallmarks, from its narrow, snakehead-style peghead and scalloped bracing on the spruce soundboard to its notched diamond fretboard inlay. Weighing 4lbs 10oz with a 16” lower bout width and 4 1/2” of depth, this guitar has a big, bold sound, with tons of projection. An excellent strummer that’s particularly balanced sounding, the F-42 delivers a broad dynamic range, producing a sweet and detailed tone when picked softly. This Guild F-42 benefits from a professional setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with 12-53 strings and easy-playing action.
Neck Specs:
- Neck: Mahogany
- Shape: Slender C, measuring .795” at 1st fret, .935” at 9th fret
- Fretboard: Rosewood, small diamond inlays
- Frets: Slender, light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-3
- Scale Length: 25 1/2”
- Nut width: 1 11/16”, bone
- Tuners: Waffle-back
- Serialization: KG-prefix, stamped into headstock
Body Specs:
- Body: Spruce, mahogany
- Bracing: X, scalloped
- Hardware: Rosewood bridge, bone saddle
- Plastics: Tortoise pickguard
- Marquetry: Simple black-and-white rosette and top purfling
- Label: Serialized oval, ‘Westerly, R.I.’
The Sunburst gloss nitro lacquer finish is extremely clean, with broad checking, some faint marks in the clear coat and a few tiny dings on the lower bout on top.
The original hardshell case is included.
