1976 Guild D-50 Bluegrass Special Vintage Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Sunburst w/ Case, USA Westerly

Up for sale, a 1976 Guild D-50 “Bluegrass Special” in excellent condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case. This premier Guild flattop was introduced in 1963, and the D-50 model has a broad appeal for open tunings, fingerpicking, DADGAD, and a variety of other applications.

Made in the USA at Guild's Westerly, Rhode Island factory, tonewoods include a Sitka spruce top, bookmatched Indian rosewood back and sides, and a mahogany neck capped by a slab ebony fretboard. Tonally, this Guild offers tons of projection and power with a woody, percussive cut. The bass register is rich and resonant, with exquisite clarity and a high volume ceiling, while the trebles have a present, round quality with a sparkling snap. This D-50 weighs 5lbs 10oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 12-53 bronze strings and easy-playing action.

Neck Specs:

• Wood: Mahogany
• Shape: Medium C, measuring .840” 1st fret, 1.005” 9th fret
• Fretboard: Ebony, dot inlays
• Frets: Slender, leveled/crowned, faint wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-5
• Scale Length: 25 1/2”
• Nut: 1 11/16”
• Headstock: Chesterfield inlay
• Tuners: Guild-branded (Schaller)
• Serialization: Six-digit stamp dates to 1976

Body Specs:

• Wood: Sitka spruce, Indian Rosewood
• Bracing: X
• Bridge: Ebony, bone saddle (reglue, bridge plate repaired)
• Marquetry: Multi-ply ivoroid binding and rosette
• Label: Serialiazed, Westerly, RI
• Factory Markings: Model stamp on neck block

This is a crack-free, well-kept example: the gloss Sunburst nitro lacquer finish exhibits broad checking on top, and cosmetic wear is limited to a bit of buckle rash on the back central to the waist, faint pick scuffing across the soundhole, and a scant few lesser marks on the rest of the body. The nitro gloss on the neck profile is smooth and clean.

The original Guild-branded black tolex hardshell case is included.