Description
Jumbo shape at a player's price, the F-240E is an affordable tone cannon. Built with a solid spruce top, mahogany sides, and an arched mahogany back, the full-bodied and powerful voice of this Guild Jumbo provides guitarists with historically-Guild acoustic tone and voicing. Guild’s signature arched back design allows for enhanced volume and projection, long sustain, and a lush, full sound. The F-240E features Guild’s Fishman-designed AP-1 electronics, a pau ferro fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, mother-of-pearl rosette, period-correct tortoiseshell pickguard, and a satin polyurethane finish. Available in Natural.
Specifications:
| Body |
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| Body Shape | F - Jumbo |
| Body Top | Solid Sitka Spruce |
| Top Bracing Pattern | Scalloped X |
| Soundhole Diameter | 3 7/8"(98mm) |
| Rosette | Mother-Of-Pearl / ABS |
| Top Purfling Inlay | Black/White/Black ABS |
| Body Sides | Mahogany |
| Body Back | Mahogany |
| Body Binding | Ivory ABS |
| Neck |
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| Neck Material | Mahogany |
| Scale Length | 25 1/2" (648mm) |
| Neck Shape | C Shape |
| Nut Width | 1 11/16" (43mm) |
| Neck Thickness 1st Fret | 20mm |
| Neck Thickness 9th Fret | 24mm |
| Truss Rod | Dual Action |
| Truss Rod Wrench | 4mm Allen Key |
| Fingerboard Material | Pau Ferro |
| Fingerboard Radius | 16" (406mm) |
| Fingerboard Inlays | 5mm Dots - Mother-Of-Pearl |
| Frets Total | 20 |
| Finish |
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| Color | Natural (NAT) |
| Finish | Satin Polyurethane |
| Hardware |
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| Bridge Material | Pau Ferro |
| Bridge String Spacing | 2 1/4" (56mm) |
| Bridge Pins | Ivory Colored Plastic with Black Dot |
| Saddle Material | Compensated Bone |
| Hardware Finish / Plating | Nickel |
| Nut Material | Bone |
| Tuning Machines | Guild GBB1 Butterbean Tuning Machines 16:1 Nickel |
| Endpin | Strap Button - Nickel |
| Pickguard | Tortoiseshell |
| Electronics |
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| Electronics | Guild/Fishman Sonitone GT-1 with Volume and Tone controls |
| Other |
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| Strings | D'Addario XTAPB1253 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053) |
| Included Case | Case Sold Separately |
| Upper Bout Width | 12 1/2" (318mm) |
| Lower Bout Width | 17" (432mm) |
| Body Depth Upper Bout | 4" (101mm) |
| Body Depth Lower Bout | 4 3/4" (121mm) |
| Body Length | 20 3/4" (527mm) |
| Overall Length | 42.5" (1080mm) |