Anyone playing a small body F 20 or M 20?
I received an F 20 a couple years ago, a gift from a lady. . . She & I have have been involved intimately from day one. As a matter of fact, I have one arm draped around her pretty little neck right now.
She & I spend countless hours cuddled up in a comfortable chair, or leaned back against the pillows. Her trim little body hardly takes up any room at all, and except for being uncommonly loud, you would never know she was there, light as a feather, weighs nothing at all. My first Guild.
My F 20 is a fun little guitar to play, it has a nice voice & plenty loud enough to play with the big boys. Always gets a thumbs up, or at least a nod from other pickers when you get her fired up. It takes more than one Dreadnaught to overpower this little guitar. I understand most all of the M 20 & F 20 series are similar, loud little devils with nice voices.
It's fun to watch reactions when the little Guild comes out of the case. Folks are always interested because, of course, it's a Guild, a little bitty one, cute maybe, not very pretty, never was, but still in nice shape. Interest changes to appreciation & respect when they hear or play it.
I had the neck reset, a fret job, the bridge reglued & a bone saddle about 6 months after it was given to me. Gene did a $1,000 job on a $150.00 guitar & charged me $600.
By now you can tell just how astute this guitar trader is, doesn't matter, it's a sweet player all the way up the neck to the body. I bought a Taylor T5 last year & the fingerboard on the F 20 is pretty much it's equal. The Taylor hangs on the wall, pretty, bit of a wallflower, it gets asked to dance once in a while, collects a bit of dust, The Guild gets played all the time. A couple frets are almost gone again.
The Taylor is nice, but you could probably talk me out of it with a reasonably generous offer, (or trade?). The F 20 is gonna cost ya!
Sorry about the Taylor guys, I was looking for a vint Starfire & the only one I could find withn 110 miles at the time had a crude headstock repair & they wanted $1495 for it. The shop still has it, now offered at $995.
I have never heard an M 20 and am curious how the sound differs. Also curious if Guild ever built other small body guitars, maybe a little higher end. A rosewood "R 20" would be interesting.
I received an F 20 a couple years ago, a gift from a lady. . . She & I have have been involved intimately from day one. As a matter of fact, I have one arm draped around her pretty little neck right now.
She & I spend countless hours cuddled up in a comfortable chair, or leaned back against the pillows. Her trim little body hardly takes up any room at all, and except for being uncommonly loud, you would never know she was there, light as a feather, weighs nothing at all. My first Guild.
My F 20 is a fun little guitar to play, it has a nice voice & plenty loud enough to play with the big boys. Always gets a thumbs up, or at least a nod from other pickers when you get her fired up. It takes more than one Dreadnaught to overpower this little guitar. I understand most all of the M 20 & F 20 series are similar, loud little devils with nice voices.
It's fun to watch reactions when the little Guild comes out of the case. Folks are always interested because, of course, it's a Guild, a little bitty one, cute maybe, not very pretty, never was, but still in nice shape. Interest changes to appreciation & respect when they hear or play it.
I had the neck reset, a fret job, the bridge reglued & a bone saddle about 6 months after it was given to me. Gene did a $1,000 job on a $150.00 guitar & charged me $600.
By now you can tell just how astute this guitar trader is, doesn't matter, it's a sweet player all the way up the neck to the body. I bought a Taylor T5 last year & the fingerboard on the F 20 is pretty much it's equal. The Taylor hangs on the wall, pretty, bit of a wallflower, it gets asked to dance once in a while, collects a bit of dust, The Guild gets played all the time. A couple frets are almost gone again.
The Taylor is nice, but you could probably talk me out of it with a reasonably generous offer, (or trade?). The F 20 is gonna cost ya!
Sorry about the Taylor guys, I was looking for a vint Starfire & the only one I could find withn 110 miles at the time had a crude headstock repair & they wanted $1495 for it. The shop still has it, now offered at $995.
I have never heard an M 20 and am curious how the sound differs. Also curious if Guild ever built other small body guitars, maybe a little higher end. A rosewood "R 20" would be interesting.