iamarobotman:
Did you buy the F50R?
Did you buy the F50R?
For what it’s worth, the Vintage Guitar Price Guide range for a 1976-79 F50R is $1,900 - $2,500.
So to summarize, the guitar may be good for many years. May not. The neck is obviously moving otherwise the saddle would not have been shaved down. So at $1950 you'll be good for a while. Depending on where you are in the world neck resets run (from what they say) $400 (not in my neck of the woods) to $900 or more..... so saying it's $700? That puts you in $2650 all in for a really nice F50R with a neck reset so you're near the top of the range. That's just for you to ponder. In So. California you'd NEVER get a neck reset for $900 but that's one reason I don't live there anymore. Depends on if you have someone you trust with a Guild neck reset and ... you go from there. Good luck!! Those are nice guitars...... :encouragement:
That saddle is pretty low.
Upon talking to my luthier friend, he said the neck shouldn't shift or change for years and years (meaning lots of play time before a neck reset is needed). Guild bracing and construction makes these guitars incredibly well built machines. I knew that from just looking at it. I think I'm definitely going to buy it and have this old friend for life! This will be my only and main acoustic actually, so hopefully it makes sense for my writing and workhorse mentality. Just trying to be practical, since I love vintage instruments the most.
I've been looking at a newer Martin 000-15 Special too, but it might end up sounding stiff compared to this Guild F50R?
The Vintage Price Guide lumps the F50 and F50R together from 2002-2016.... The value range is $1,700 - $2,200. The Blue Book gives a range of $1,550 - $1,950 for F50Rs from 2002 - Present....
....I think I'm definitely going to buy it....
Just to help tilt the scale a bit, a low saddle does NOT automatically mean it's been lowered to compensate for neck angle problems.Upon talking to my luthier friend, he said the neck shouldn't shift or change for years and years (meaning lots of play time before a neck reset is needed). Guild bracing and construction makes these guitars incredibly well built machines. I knew that from just looking at it.