Guild F-40E Antique Burst (055)

Achieve incredible clarity, balance and volume with our jumbo-shaped F-40, made in Southern California. Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top and solid African mahogany back and sides, this jumbo acoustic checks all the boxes for players who prize outstanding projection and enhanced mid-range. Its predecessor, the F-48 Navarre, was only produced from 1972 to 1976 and original versions are a rare treasure. Today’s reissue manifests the same vintage charm with timeless and tasteful appointments such as a tortoiseshell pickguard, white ABS binding, and Guild’s peak logo inlaid on the headstock. Premium materials such as an East Indian rosewood bridge and fingerboard, 20:1 open-gear tuners, and a hand-cut bone nut and saddle all match today’s standards for fine acoustics. A satin varnish finish gives this guitar its familiar broken-in look and feel, while allowing the tone woods to “breathe” and reach their sonic potential. Each F-40 ships with a Guild archtop wood case with a built-in Humicase® humidification system. Finish options include satin varnish in Natural, or Antique Burst with Cabernet back, sides and neck. A discreet, USA-made LR Baggs Element VTC pickup is also available (F-40E).

Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
Body Back: Solid Mahogany
Body Sides: Solid Mahogany
Body Shape: Jumbo
Bracing: Scalloped Sitka Spruce
Rosette: ABS Ring
Body Binding: ABS
Purfling: Black and Cream ABS
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Shape: C Shape
Neck Joint: Mortise and Tenon
Scale Length: 25 1/2″ (648 mm)
Nut Width: 1 11/16″ (43 mm)
Nut Material: Bone
Fingerboard Material: Indian rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12″
Fingerboard Inlays: Pearloid Dots
# of Frets: 20
Tuning Machines: Guild Vintage Style Open Gear in Nickel with Cream Buttons, 20:1 Ratio
Truss Rod: Single Action
Truss Rod Wrench: 5/16″ / 8mm Socket Wrench
Bridge: Indian Rosewood
Saddle Spacing: 2 1/8″ / 54mm
Saddle: Compensated Bone
Bridge Pins: Ivory Colored Plastic
Case or Gig Bag: Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case
Endpin: Ivory Colored Plastic
Pickguard: Double Pickguard
Electronics: L.R. Baggs Element with Volume and Tone Control