My 1958 f 20
- Thread starter it-roubadour
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What a jewel of a guitar. Looks to be in great condition.
it-roubadour
Junior Member
i love it. long sustain very clear and thin is in good shape
Cougar
Enlightened Member
1958? Wow!
AcornHouse
Venerated Member
Nice! My ‘62 is the next iteration.
jedzep
Senior Member
We're lucky to have scored one of Hoboken's finest.
Sweet!
PreacherBob
Member
Wow that’s very nice. I bet it has a great dry woody crispy tone, and light. It’s a ‘58 for sure Because it has maple back and sides. The F20 went to a mahogany body in ‘59-60 and on after I believe. Though the maple back and sides were normal stained a dark red like mahogany, yours may have been refinished natural. Looks nice. I have a ‘72 Guild that was refinished that way, no stain. Looks like it’s had some desirable upgrades. These early Guild bridges had slide in (glue in saddles) which not very convenient. To service the saddle you had to break loose the glue, sometimes cracking the bone. It is not uncommon for these early guitars to be retrofitted by folks with easier drop in saddles like today. The smaller teardrop Pickguard was changed out for the newer contemporary shape which is fine, I like the dark ”tortoise brown” color choice. Action is nice and low, tall saddle. Looks like a neck reset might’ve been done, looks like a very thin spruce shim under the fretboard over the body, but hard to tell in the photo. I’ve got some with the same shim. All in all it’s in fantastic condition with a lot of life. Be proud to own it.
it-roubadour
Junior Member
plaidseason
Senior Member
This is incredible.
plaidseason
Senior Member
I'm betting my cup of quarters that it's not.
jfilm
Member
Here's my '57 Vinny Roberts to get an idea of what the pickguards and bridges looked like on these- as mentioned, yours has been refinished, looks like an oil finish on the top, maybe tung oil or Tru oil, and the brown stain has been removed from the back and sides. Like just about every one of these I've seen, all of the binding has also been replaced. The binding on my VR is replacement too. The maple b&s makes these guitars much louder than the mahogany versions. These are great guitars.
Rich Cohen
Senior Member
Wowza. 1950's Guilds rule! I don't mind refinishing when it's done appropriately; especially with much older Guilds like the 50's axes.
adorshki
Reverential Member
Ghost in the guitar. Photographic evidence of the paranormal.Is that a imprint of a smiling face?! LOL!
