The Guild D-40 Standard Natural's legendary dreadnought design meets Vintage Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer - a silky, ultra‑thin finish that feels worn‑in and sings with vintage warmth.

Vintage Gloss Nitro Finish
Guild's new 40 Standard Series introduces our new Vintage Gloss nitro finish. This all-new finish is an ultra-thin nitrocellulose lacquer with both satin and gloss qualities that highlight the natural beauty of the tonewoods.

With an even smoother texture than a nitro satin finish, the Vintage Gloss features a hand-sprayed soft, silky coating that gives each guitar a worn-in vintage feel and tone, with a modern sleek appearance.

Solid Sitka Spruce Top with Solid African Mahogany Back and Sides
This new iteration of the D-40 Standard provides the ultimate dreadnought sound. With it's solid Sitka Spruce top with solid African Mahogany back and sides, the D-40 Standard serves up remarkable volume, clarity, and sustain that's perfect for anything from vocal accompaniment to solo work, and many other "unplugged" applications. The D-40 Standard manifests vintage charm with timeless appointments such as a tortoiseshell celluloid pickguard, white ABS binding, and Guild's peak logo inlay on the headstock.

Scalloped Adirondack Spruce Bracing
Guild adds forward-shifted scalloped Adirondack bracing for power, nuance and responsiveness. Combined with a Sitka Spruce top and African Mahogany back and sides, this bracing provides a punchy tone with smooth top end.

Indian Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge
An Indian Rosewood fingerboard caps the comfortable C-profile Mahogany neck. Premium materials such as an Indian Rosewood bridge, 20:1 open-gear tuners, and a hand-cut bone nut and saddle finish off the D-40 Standard.

Available in Natural and New Pacific Sunset Burst Finish Options
In addition to the classic Natural finish, Guild's new 40 Standard Series debuts the new Pacific Sunset Burst. Inspired by Guild's Southern California home, this new finish embodies casual elegance with a subtle edge burst. Each D-40 Standard ships with a Guild archtop wood case with built-in Humicase® humidification system.

Body:

• Body Shape: D - Dreadnought
• Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
• Top Bracing Pattern: Scalloped X
• Soundhole Diameter: 3 7/8" (98mm)
• Rosette: ABS Rings
• Body Sides: Solid African Mahogany
• Body Back: Solid African Mahogany
• Body Binding: White ABS

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: 5mm Dots - Pearloid
• Fingerboard Inlay Location: 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (x2), 15, 17
• Frets Total: 20
• Fret Type: Jescar 43080
• Fingerboard Binding: N / A

Finish:

• Color: Natural (NAT)
• Finish: Vintage Gloss 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: N / A
• Nut Material: Bone
• Tuning Machines: Guild Deluxe Vintage Open Gear
• Endpin: Ivory Colored Plastic
• Pickguard: Tortoiseshell

Other:

• Strings: DR Dragon Skin+ Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .054)
• Included Case: Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case
• Upper Bout Width: 11 5/8" (295mm)
• Lower Bout Width: 16" (406mm)
• Body Depth Upper Bout: 4" (101mm)
• Body Depth Lower Bout: 5" (127mm)
• Body Length: 20" (508mm)
• Overall Length: 41 3/4" (1061mm)

Paired with Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, and 20:1 open‑gear tuners, it's built for tone, stability, and style.

CITES/LACEY Information

As of Dec. 31, 2021 many products have been affected by the Lacey Act.  All manufactured products containing wood of any species, are no longer eligible to ship outside of Canada.  This change affects many types of musical instruments and products containing wood of any type.  Guitars, drums, drumsticks, and wood based hardshell cases are amongst many products that are affected by new laws aimed at protection of wood species across the globe. If you have a question or a concern regarding a product shipping outside of Canada, please call, email or chat with our team to get more information.

CANADIAN MANUFACTURER WARRANTY

Limited Lifetime Warranty - Guild Guitars warrants Guild instruments to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for as long as it is owned by the original retail purchaser, except that pickups, switches, jacks, controls, all other electronic components, tuning machines, hardware, pickguards, plated surfaces, cases and case hardware are warranted for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase. This warranty applies only to the original retail purchaser when this instrument is purchased as new from an Authorized Guild Dealer