Achieve incredible clarity, balance and volume with our jumbo-shaped F-40, made in Southern California. Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top and solid African mahogany back and sides, this jumbo acoustic checks all the boxes for players who prize outstanding projection and enhanced mid-range. Its predecessor, the F-48 Navarre, was only produced from 1972 to 1976 and original versions are a rare treasure. Today’s reissue manifests the same vintage charm with timeless and tasteful appointments such as a tortoiseshell pickguard, white ABS binding, and Guild’s peak logo inlaid on the headstock. Premium materials such as an East Indian rosewood bridge and fingerboard, 20:1 open-gear tuners, and a hand-cut bone nut and saddle all match today’s standards for fine acoustics. A satin varnish finish gives this guitar its familiar broken-in look and feel, while allowing the tone woods to “breathe” and reach their sonic potential. Each F-40 ships with a Guild archtop wood case with a built-in Humicase® humidification system. Finish options include satin varnish in Natural, or Antique Burst with Cabernet back, sides and neck. A discreet, USA-made LR Baggs Element VTC pickup is also available (F-40E).
Body
- Body Shape: F - Jumbo
- Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: Scalloped X
- Soundhole Diameter: 4" (102mm)
- Rosette: ABS Ring
- Top Purfling Inlay: Black and White ABS
- Body Sides: Solid African Mahogany
- Body Back: Solid African Mahogany
- Body Binding: White ABS
- Upper Bout Width: 12 1/2" (318mm)
- Lower Bout Width: 17 1/4" (438mm)
- Body Depth Upper Bout: 3 3/4" (95mm)
- Body Depth Lower Bout: 4 3/4" (119mm)
- Body Length: 20 1/2" (521mm)
- Overall Length: 42.5" (1080mm)
Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Scale Length: 25 5/8" (651mm)
- Neck Shape: C Shape
- Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43mm)
- Neck Thickness 1st Fret: 21mm
- Neck Thickness 9th Fret: 22.5mm
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Truss Rod Wrench: 8mm Socket Wrench
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: Pearloid Dots
- Frets Total: 20
- Fret Type: Jescar 43080
Finish
- Color: Natural (NAT)
- Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Hardware
- Bridge Material: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8" (54mm)
- Bridge Pins: Ivory Colored Plastic
- Saddle Material: Compensated Bone
- Hardware Finish / Plating: Nickel Plated
- Nut Material: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Guild Deluxe Vintage Open Gear with Cream Oval Buttons
- Endpin: Ivory Colored Plastic
- Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Miscellaneous
- Strings: D'Addario EXP16 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
- Included Case: Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case
- Item #: 3853400821
The above photos may not be of the exact guitar you'll receive. Figured tops, serial numbers, and instrument weights may differ. Please feel free to reach out for these and other in-hand details.
Condition | New |
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SKU | GUILD-3853400821 |
UPC | 809870305495 |