Benny, if this is your listing on reverb
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You say the sides and back are maple. I see where they made some with rosewood or mahogany sides and back but I haven't seen maple other than this one. Are you sure of the maple body?
The original F30's had arched maple backs, until '59 IIRC.
I dunno Benny that looks more like rosewood to me, and they did make some rosewood F30s in 1964. Do you have a shot of the label?
Nope, no rosewood F30's until '67 when Mark Dronge took their first prototype to Paul Simon.
This one's hog, as Chaz said.
I have a 1964 Hoboken made F-30NT and the neck has a few things that seem different. 1) there is a stripe down the middle which I assume means its a 2 piece neck? The strip is pretty thin. 2) the headstock looks like a Gibson open scroll design instead of the more common Guild Crown. 3) the color of the neck and body are not that well matched. The body is typical Guild redish finish while the neck is more brown. And finally the joint between the body and neck has a kind of white line. It looks more noticeable in pics than in person. Maybe the result of a neck reset?
any insights appreciated
You know as I look at those pics "Something just doesn't look right", and I'm usually right about that.
Pickguard's not correct.
Yes, the white lines could be evidence of cut lacquer at the neck joint.
Yes, the neck and body finish should match although I've seen necks with "fade" from playing or a sunburst pattern.
Yes there should be a headstock overly that the inlays were set in.
I think that neck was stripped when it was off the body and the overlay removed at same time, inlays re-moved and re-set.
At first thought it was actually a replacement neck, but I don't think Guild would have re-finned it that way.