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Guitar Value Package Buyer’s Guide

If you are considering buying a guitar pack for yourself or someone else, you’ve probably been inspired to do so by a musician you admire. For example, you may like Sheryl Crow or Sarah McLachlan. On the other hand, your son or daughter might like Green Day, Jet, or Mastodon. It’s vital to determine the preference of the self you’re buying for. The value pack description must tell you who the pack is for—what kind of music it’s best suited for.

Acoustic Guitar Buying Guide

First you must consider what your plans are for your new acoustic guitar. Then you must choose how much you can afford to spend on one. Are you an experienced player looking to go up to a higher-quality instrument? Perhaps you are a beginner who wants an inexpensive instrument to gather on. Most likely, the more you invest in an acoustic guitar, the higher the quality of the instrument will be.

Electric Guitar Buying Guide

How to buy an electric guitar – So you’re looking for an electric guitar? Where do you start? First of all, keep in mind why you’re buying the guitar.

Buying Guitars Online – What You Should Know

A lot of people are interested in buying guitars these days, and it’s no surprise seeing how the popularity of this versatile instrument continues to skyrocket. If you want to buy these guitars then there are many ways by which you can buy them, though be warned that not all guitar shops are made equal.

Guild Guitars 381-0905-821 GAD-5N Acoustic Design Guitar

May 20th, 2012

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Guild Guitars 381-0905-821 GAD-5N Acoustic Design Guitar

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List Price: $1,399.99
Sale Price: $899.00
Availability: unspecified

Product Description

The Guild company started its rise from a small Manhattan guitar workshop to one of the world's premier makers of high-quality acoustic (and several standard electric) guitars. Registered in October 1952, the fledgling Guild Guitars company set up a 1,500-square-foot manufacturing facility on the second floor of a factory at 536 Pearl St., not far from where Al Dronge's Park Row music store used to be in the 1930s and '40s. Sagman & Dronge opened at 130 Park Row in New York, near Silver & Horland and Harry Newcorn's Music also on Park Row. J&R Music Instruments has the distinction of being at 33 Park Row, near the birthplace of Guild Guitars. The Guild Guitar GAD series acoustic guitars extend a tradition in nylon thread acoustic guitars that helped make New York City a center of strumming folk music. Now it's ready to help you carve your grooves into the music vista. Features: Bracing Special Guild Classical Spruce Back Solid African Pad auk Sides Solid African Padauk Bridge Indian Rosewood with Compensating Bone Saddle Neck 1-Piece Mahogany with Rosewood Insert Fretboard Ebony (Flat Radius) Width at Nut 1-3/4 (44.45mm) Number of Frets 20 Scale Length 25.59 (650mm) Hardware Chrome Machine Heads Guild Special 3-In-Line Tuners with Black Buttons Pickups D-TAR Timber-line Raise up System with End Pin Mounted Active Preamp Close High Gloss (Polyester) Unique Features - Dovetail Neck Joint, Cutaway Nylon Thread Instrument, Wood Body Bindings, Wood Purfling, Wood Mosaic Rosette, Special Guild Classical Spruce Bracing, Mother-Of-Pearl Side Dot Position Inlays, Bone Nut and Saddle, Rosewood Headcap, Strap Button on Upper Bout Includes Deluxe GAD Hardshell Case Strings D'Addario Classic EJ30 (Normal Tension), Gauges - E -. 028, B -. 032, G -. 040, D -. 029, A -. 035, E -. 043

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Model Name GAD-5N
Model Number 381-0905-(821)
Category Guild Acoustic Design Series Nylon Thread
Body Style Hauser Classical Shape with Cutaway
Top Solid Western Red Cedar

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Guild GAD-M20 Acoustic Guitar, Natural

May 19th, 2012

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Guild GAD-M20 Acoustic Guitar, Natural

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List Price: $899.99
Sale Price: $599.99
Availability: unspecified

Product Description

Built on a concert body style, the guitar is designed to minimize overtones, boomy bass, and reverberation, with a more focused sound and projection in a slightly less vital body size. While particularly well suited for fingerpicking, the concert body design fits into any musical setting. The solid mahogany top, back, and sides offer crisp, clear tone, with balanced projection right out of the case. The rosewood bridge and fretboard produce lasting sustain and the Grover vintage-style chrome-plated open-back tuners offer precise tuning. Other unique features contain 24-3/4" scale length, 13-3/4" lower bout, dovetail neck joint, scalloped spruce braced top, mother-of-pearl headstock logo, mother-of-pearl dot position inlays, cream colored bridge pins with black dots, bone nut and saddle, tortoise shell pickguard, and a factory installed forward strap button with internally braced help. Dressed in a high-gloss polyester close, the GAD-M20 acoustic guitar will instantly become a favorite in your musical collection. Guild Acoustic Design (GAD) series instruments are designed to be the right tool for the job. They are high quality, all-solid wood instruments that offer exceptional value. Experience the legendary sound of Guild at a more affordable price than ever, and get the instrument that will help you craft the perfect performance.

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Body Style: Concert
Top: Solid Mahogany
Bracing: Guild Scalloped Spruce
Back: Solid Mahogany
Sides: Solid Mahogany

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Guild GAD-G212 Acoustic Guitar, Antique Burst

May 19th, 2012

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Guild GAD-G212 Acoustic Guitar, Antique Burst

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List Price: $1,249.99
Sale Price: $829.99
Availability: unspecified

Product Description

From Guild comes the GAD-G212E acoustic-electric guitar. Built on a standard dreadnought body design, this shape features strong sonic balance and projection, fantastic for any musical setting. The acoustic guitar starts with a solid Sitka spruce top for warm, balanced tone right out of the box. The solid mahogany back and sides, continue this quality with a wonderful look, adding deepness and projection to the 12-thread's full sound. The Indian rosewood bridge and fretboard offer clear, lasting sustain, and the Grover rotomatic chrome-plated die-cast tuners offer precision tuning. Other unique features on the Guild GAD-G212 guitar contain dovetail neck joint, dual truss rods, strap button with internal check reinforcement, lavish Mother-of-Pearl Position Inlays, Abalone Side Dot Position Inlays, Mother-of-Pearl Headstock Logo, Ebony Bridge Pins with Mother-Of-Pearl Dots, Ebony End Pin with Mother-Of-Pearl Dots, bone nut and saddle, dark mahogany body bindings, tortoise shell pickguard, back center wood mosaic hatch and dressed in a high-gloss polyester close.The Guild GAD-G212 guitar and other Guild Acoustic Design (GAD) series instruments are designed to be the right tool for the job. They are high quality, all-solid wood instruments that offer exceptional value. Experience the legendary sound of Guild at a more affordable price than ever, and get the acoustic guitar that will help you craft the perfect performance.

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Body Style: 12-Thread Dreadnought
Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
Bracing: Guild Scalloped Spruce
Back: Solid Mahogany
Sides: Solid Mahogany

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Guild GAD-F20 Acoustic Guitar, Natural

May 18th, 2012

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Guild GAD-F20 Acoustic Guitar, Natural

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List Price: $1,099.99
Sale Price: $729.99
Availability: unspecified

Product Description

From Guild Guitars comes a vintage-style GAD-F20, with a solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, flame maple binding, mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, and mother of pearl dot inlays.Built on a concert body style, the guitar is designed to minimize overtones, boomy bass, and reverberation, with more focused sound projection in a slightly less vital body size than a dreadnought body. While particularly well suited for fingerpicking, the concert body design fits into any musical setting. The solid spruce top contributes balance in tone, and the solid mahogany back and sides offer crisp attack, with plenty of projection right out of the case. The rosewood bridge and fretboard produce lasting sustain, and the Grover vintage-style chrome-plated open-back tuners offer precise tuning. Other unique features contain 24-3/4" scale length, 13-3/4" lower bout width, dovetail neck joint, scalloped spruce braced top, mother-of-pearl headstock logo, mother-of-pearl dot position inlays, cream colored bridge pins with black dots, bone nut and saddle, tortoise shell pickguard, and a factory installed forward strap button with internally braced help. Dressed in a high-gloss polyester close, the GAD-F20 acoustic guitar will instantly become a favorite in your musical collection.Guild Acoustic Design (GAD) series instruments are designed to be the right tool for the job. They are high quality, all-solid wood instruments that offer exceptional value. Experience the legendary sound of Guild at a more affordable price than ever, and get the instrument that will help you craft the perfect performance.

Details

Category: Guild Acoustic Design
Body Style: Concert
Top: Solid Spruce
Bracing: Guild Scalloped Spruce
Back: Solid Mahogany

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Guild Gad-50 Acoustic Design Series Dreadnought Guitar With Case, Antique Burst

May 18th, 2012

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Guild Gad-50 Acoustic Design Series Dreadnought Guitar With Case, Antique Burst

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List Price: $1,199.99
Sale Price: $789.99
Availability: unspecified

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GAD50All of Guild's dreadnoughts are 15-3/4" wide and feature all solid woods. All use Guild's time-proven "X" bracing pattern. Their hand-shaped dreadnought necks measure 1-11/16" width at the nut with a 25-5/8" scale length and are equipped with Grover Rotomatic tuners. In addition, All Guild guitars are accompanied by a deluxe archtop case. The Guild GAD-50 was designed utilizing a body shape that is the most standard acoustic body shape in the world and has been used for over 70 years. Guild uses solid Indian Rosewood for the back and sides, a solid spruce top that features scalloped bracing, and then tied the one piece mahogany neck with the traditional dovetail neck joint. For other appointments on the GAD-50 they use Indian Rosewood for the fingerboard and bridge. They continued the use of high quality tone woods by featuring ebony for the pearl dot inlayed bridge and strap pins, then added wood bindings, and Grover Rotomatic tuning gears. For the best in tone and intonation, they installed a bone nut and bone paid saddle. For the finishing touches they inlayed classic pearl fingerboard inlays and then pack the instrument in a wooden arched case. A guitar creditable of representing over 50 years of fine guitar building by Guild Guitars.

Details

Body style: Dreadnought
Top: Solid Sitka spruce
Bracing: Guild scalloped
Back: solid Indian rosewood
Sides: solid Indian rosewood

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Guild GAD-30PCE Acoustic Guitar, Natural

May 17th, 2012

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Guild GAD-30PCE Acoustic Guitar, Natural

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List Price: $1,529.99
Sale Price: $999.99
Availability: unspecified

Product Description

The GAD-F30PCE guitar from Guild has an orchestra body, with all solid wood, cutaway, Sitka spruce top, African padauk back and sides, Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, ebony bridge pins, wood binding, Fishman Matrix 1 raise up and 1-3/4"-width nut.