frettedamericana | 1 decade ago
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One of a very few Carved Spruce-Top hollow body semi-solid sunburst M-75 Aristocrats shipped in 1959. This 13 1/2-inch-wide featherweight guitar weighs just 4.90 lbs. and has a nut width of just over 1 5/8 inches, a scale length of 24 3/4 inches and a wonderful medium-to-thick neck profile. Two and a quarter inch thick Honduras mahogany body and sides, body with triple binding on the top edge, carved spruce top, three-piece mahogany/maple/mahogany neck, and bound rosewood fretboard with 22 original medium frets and inlaid pearl block position markers. Headstock with Inlaid pearl "Guild" logo, pearl "Chesterfield" inlay and four layer black/white/black/white plastic truss rod cover. Individual single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval Keystone buttons (with "D-169400 / Patent No." stamped on the underside). Two white plastic single-coil P-90 style pickups with outputs of 6.19k and 6.01k. Original black "Lucite" four layer black/white/black/white rounded pickguard. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch on bass bout. Transparent plastic 'gold-painted' barrel knobs with grub screws. Rosewood bridge with pre-set compensating saddle with two separate feet. Guild 'Harp' tailpiece. This near mint example is by far the finest 'Aristocrat' that we have ever seen. There are just a few very miniscule surface marks on the back and some very fine finish checking on the top. The original frets and Brazilian rosewood fretboard show virtually no signs of playing wear whatsoever. Complete with it's original 'hang-tag' with matching serial number and also the original Guild cream guitar cord. Housed in the original Guild imitation brown leather soft-shell case with crimson plush lining (9.00).
