Guild F-50-SB Navarre Westerly RI Sunburst 1981 w/ OHSC

Description

For sale is a 1981 Guild F-50-SB Navarre in good condition with original hardshell case. This is a the top-of-the line model offered by Guild originally from 1957 until 1990 before Fender's acquisition in 1993. It is a truly sonorous player that competes with the sweet and wholesome tone of a J200 but with a bit of its own warm, complex character. The guitar shows signs of age but has a ton of playability as well as a fairly clean aesthetic. The bone saddle is about as low as it can properly go before needing a neck reset, however, there is a fair amount of mass left in the bridge to be taken down as well as some healthy geometry or an instrument of this age/calibur (see measurements below).There are many many years of play left in this guitar before giving it surgery!
Cosmetically, there is a piece of finish missing on the heel as well as a repaired top crack (see photos) along with some finish checking/etc.
Finish: Vintage Sunburst
Origin: Made in Westerly, RI USA
Scale length: 25.5 inches
Body: Spruce top/Figured maple back and sides
Pickguard: Black
Neck: 14th fret set neck joint
Nut width: 1.69 inches wide at nut
Number of frets: 20 fret
Bridge: Ebony bridge
Fretboard: Ebony
(Action @ 12th fret with first fret depressed: Treble side 3/64" Bass side 5/64")
(Top condition: 65 cents deflection over a 17" lower bout)
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