Guild F-55E Maple – Blonde

The ultimate Guild jumbo is here: the F-55 Maple, featuring a tight grained solid Sitka spruce top with arched flamed maple back and maple sides. Created on the same arch press that’s been a part of Guild manufacturing since 1985, the F-55 Maple provides sharply focused trebles and an articulate mid-range, perfect for a full, centralized, harp-like sound. Performers have long revered maple for its ability to sing over a crowded room and resist the feedback problems of boomier, bassier tonewoods, and the F-55 Maple does not disappoint. Elegant cosmetic appointments include classic Guild “V-block” inlays, gold Gotoh hardware, and a beautiful Nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Exceptional build quality and premium specifications make it a worthy heir to the historic Guild jumbo legacy. Equipped with LR Baggs Electronics.

Other features include:

• Body Shape F – Jumbo
• Body Top Solid Sitka Spruce
• Top Bracing Pattern Scalloped X
• Soundhole Diameter 4″ (100mm)
• Rosette Abalone and ABS RingTop Purfling Inlay Black and White ABS
• Body Sides Flamed Maple
• Body Back Arched Flamed Maple
• Body Binding White ABS
• Neck Material Mahogany with a Walnut Center Strip
• 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 Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius 12″ (305mm)
• Fingerboard Inlays V-Blocks – Mother-Of-Pearl and Abalone
• Frets Total 20
• Color Blonde
• Finish Satin Polyurethane
• Finish – Top Gloss Nitrocellulose
• Finish – Back and Sides Gloss Nitrocellulose
• Finish – Neck Gloss Nitrocellulose
• Bridge Material Ebony
• Bridge String Spacing 2 1/8″ (54mm)
• Bridge Pins Bone
• Saddle Material Compensated Bone
• Hardware Finish / Plating Gold
• Nut Material Bone
• Tuning Machines Gotoh SE700 Open-Gear in Gold
• Endpin Ivory Colored Plastic
• Pickguard Tortoiseshell
• Electronics LR Baggs
• Strings D’Addario EXP16 – Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 – .053)
• Included Case Guild Premium 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)
• Guild Part # 385-3654-801
• 5 lbs 1 oz
• C231257