Achieve incredible clarity, balance and volume with our jumbo-shaped F-40, made in Southern California. Featuring a solid Sitka spruce top and solid African mahogany back and sides, this jumbo acoustic checks all the boxes for players who prize outstanding projection and enhanced mid-range. Its predecessor, the F-48 Navarre, was only produced from 1972 to 1976 and original versions are a rare treasure. Today’s reissue manifests the same vintage charm with timeless and tasteful appointments such as a tortoiseshell pickguard, white ABS binding, and Guild’s peak logo inlaid on the headstock. Premium materials such as an East Indian rosewood bridge and fingerboard, 20:1 open-gear tuners, and a hand-cut bone nut and saddle all match today’s standards for fine acoustics. A satin varnish finish gives this guitar its familiar broken-in look and feel, while allowing the tone woods to “breathe” and reach their sonic potential.
Each F-40 ships with a Guild archtop wood case with a built-in Humicase® humidification system. Finish options include satin varnish in Natural, or Antique Burst with Cabernet back, sides and neck. A discreet, USA-made LR Baggs Element VTC pickup is also available.
Made in USA
Features
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F-40 Natural:
- Style: Jumbo Acoustic Steel String
- Top Wood: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides Wood: Solid African Mahogany
- Electronics: LR Baggs Element VTC (F-40E)
- Case: Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case Included
- Made in USA
Guild USA
Body
Body Shape | F - Jumbo |
Body Top | Solid Sitka Spruce |
Top Bracing Pattern | Scalloped X |
Soundhole Diameter | 4" (100mm) |
Rosette | ABS Ring |
Top Purfling Inlay | Black and White ABS |
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 | 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 (NAT) |
Finish | Satin 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 | Nickel Plated |
Nut Material | Bone |
Tuning Machines | Guild Deluxe Vintage Open Gear with Cream Oval Buttons |
Endpin | Ivory Colored Plastic |
Pickguard | Tortoiseshell |
Electronics
Electronics | LR Baggs VTC - (F-40E) |
Other
Strings | D'Addario EXP16 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053) |
Included Case | Guild Deluxe Humidified Wood Case |
Upper Bout Width | 12 1/2" (318mm) |
Lower Bout Width | 17 1/4" (438mm) |
Body Depth Upper Bout | 3 3/4" (95mm) |
Body Depth Lower Bout | 4 3/4" (119mm) |
Body Length | 20 1/2" (521mm) |
Overall Length | 42.5" (1080mm) |
Item # | 385-0400-821 |
Due to ongoing product development efforts, specifications are subject to change without notice.