Guild’s iconic M-20 was the first guitar off the production line in 1967, when the company had grown so much that they relocated to a new factory in Westerly, RI. Nearly 50 years later, history has repeated itself in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility in California. The M-20 is a concert size acoustic guitar built with solid mahogany top, back, and sides, informally nicknamed “the Nick Drake guitar” for its inclusion on the album art for Drake’s album, Bryter Layter. It features a rosewood bridge and fingerboard, bone nut and saddle, and an extremely light satin finish that allows this guitar to truly sing. The M-20’s modest appointments include a vintage style rosette and Guild’s peak logo inlaid in mother-of-pearl on the headstock. Each M-20 comes with a hand-signed, numbered certificate of authenticity, and ships with a hardshell case.
Body
- Body Shape: M - Concert
- Body Top: Solid African Mahogany
- Top Bracing Pattern: Scalloped X
- Soundhole Diameter: 3 11/16" (93mm)
- Rosette: ABS Ring
- Top Purfling Inlay: N / A
- Top Binding: N / A
- Body Sides: Solid African Mahogany
- Side Purfling Inlay: N / A
- Body Back: Solid African Mahogany
- Body Binding: N / A
Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Scale Length: 24 3/4" (628mm)
- Neck Shape: C Shape
- Nut Width: 1 3/4" (44.5mm)
- Neck Thickness 1st Fret: 21mm
- Neck Thickness 9th Fret: 22.5mm
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm Allen Key
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: Pearloid Dots
- Frets Total: 20
- Fret Type: Jescar 43080
Finish
- Color: Natural
- Finish: Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Hardware
- Bridge Material: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/4" (57mm)
- 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
Other
- Strings: D'Addario EXP16 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
- Included Case: Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case
- Upper Bout Width: 10 1/8" (257mm)
- Lower Bout Width: 13 3/4" (350mm)
- Body Depth Upper Bout: 3 1/4" (83mm)
- Body Depth Lower Bout: 4 1/8" (105mm)
- Body Length: 18" (457mm)
- Overall Length: 38 3/4" (984mm)
