1978 Guild D - 40NT Vintage Acoustic Guitar With Case And B - Band Pickup
Item History & Price
Beautiful 1978 Guild D-40NT with B-Band pickup installed, includes original case. If you are looking at this, you will know how great these guitars sound. Vintage warmth and mojo all the way.
This is an old instrument, and so it has a few minor, age-appropriate dings and scratches that I tried to show in the pics. The tuning machines show a little pitting of the chrome. There were a couple of hairline cracks near the sound hole when I first bought it. Bay Area luthier Steven Wh...ite braced them in 2003 and they have been stable ever since. Overall, this is a beauty and a workhorse all in one. Served me well for going on 20 years and was used in many recordings. The frets have plenty of life left in them and everything works just the way it should.
Also, a B-Band transducer pickup was installed by L.A. guitar builder Toru Nittono. I will include the installation manual. This was not an invasive installation, which leaves the guitar almost untouched, in case you prefer it back to it's original state. The pickup sounds very natural (unlike most others I have heard) and has two tiny control wheels inside the sound hole, one of which controls the volume of a piezo under the saddle and a transducer mounted on the sound board inside the body. The other one controls the balance between the two pickups. They are hidden and therefore don't show in the pics.
The original case is in excellent shape. I do not have any keys for it and the stand shown in the pics is not included. Reasonable offers will be considered.
This is an old instrument, and so it has a few minor, age-appropriate dings and scratches that I tried to show in the pics. The tuning machines show a little pitting of the chrome. There were a couple of hairline cracks near the sound hole when I first bought it. Bay Area luthier Steven Wh...ite braced them in 2003 and they have been stable ever since. Overall, this is a beauty and a workhorse all in one. Served me well for going on 20 years and was used in many recordings. The frets have plenty of life left in them and everything works just the way it should.
Also, a B-Band transducer pickup was installed by L.A. guitar builder Toru Nittono. I will include the installation manual. This was not an invasive installation, which leaves the guitar almost untouched, in case you prefer it back to it's original state. The pickup sounds very natural (unlike most others I have heard) and has two tiny control wheels inside the sound hole, one of which controls the volume of a piezo under the saddle and a transducer mounted on the sound board inside the body. The other one controls the balance between the two pickups. They are hidden and therefore don't show in the pics.
The original case is in excellent shape. I do not have any keys for it and the stand shown in the pics is not included. Reasonable offers will be considered.
