Overview
Guild M-40 Standard Concert Acoustic Guitar
The concert-sized M-40 Standard Natural acoustic guitar is handcrafted in the USA* and showcases a premium Natural Vintage Gloss finish, delivering rich tone and timeless visual appeal.
- Guild M - Concert body shape design for balanced tone and comfort
- Solid Sitka spruce top with solid African mahogany back and sides construction
- Natural Vintage Gloss nitrocellulose finish for enhanced resonance and durability
- Mahogany C-Shape neck paired with Indian rosewood fingerboard for smooth playability
- Indian rosewood bridge, compensated bone saddle, and bone nut for improved sustain
- Tortoiseshell pickguard with white binding and Guild Peak headstock inlay
- Guild Deluxe Vintage open-gear tuners featuring cream oval buttons for tuning stability
- Guild Deluxe humidified hardshell case included for secure storage and protection
Finance
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Features
Concert Body Shape
The concert-sized body is smaller and less deep than a standard guitar body and is ideal for guitarists who prefer a more compact instrument, including smaller players and those seeking a high-quality travel guitar. Concert-sized guitars are especially suited for fingerstyle guitarists and also popular with singer-songwriters and folk guitarists. Their sound is somewhat more focused than with larger bodies, emphasizing the upper registers, and the M-40 Standard Natural guitar’s forward-shifted scalloped Adirondack spruce top bracing enhances those qualities while also increasing responsiveness. The guitar’s ultra-thin Natural Vintage Gloss nitro lacquer finish has both satin and gloss qualities that highlight the natural beauty of the tonewoods and give it a vintage look and feel.
Premium Tonewoods
The M-40 Standard Natural is meticulously constructed of the finest quality tonewoods. Wood choices and combinations contribute significantly to an acoustic guitar’s sound, and qualities such as hardness, density, and flexible strength distinguish different tonewoods. The M-40 Standard Natural guitar’s solid African mahogany back and sides provide warmth and an earthy richness, while a solid Sitka spruce top adds brightness and clarity, resulting in a powerful, well-balanced sound. The guitar’s mahogany neck topped with an Indian rosewood fingerboard and the Indian rosewood bridge complement the other tonewoods.
Specs
Body:
- Body Shape ~ M - Concert
- Body Top ~ Solid Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern ~ Scalloped X
- Soundhole Diameter ~ 3 11/16" (93mm)
- Rosette ~ ABS Rings
- Top Purfling Inlay ~ Black and White ABS
- Top Binding ~ N/A
- Body Sides ~ Solid African Mahogany
- Side Purfling Inlay ~ N / A
- Body Back ~ Solid African Mahogany
- Back Purfling Inlay ~ N / A
- Body Binding ~ White ABS
Neck:
- Neck Material ~ Mahogany
- Scale Length ~ 24 3/4" (629mm)
- Neck Shape ~ C Shape
- Nut Width ~ 1 3/4" (44.5mm)
- 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" (406mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays ~ 5mm Dots - Peraloid
- Fingerboard Inlay Location ~ 3, 5, 7, 9, 12 (x2), 15
- Frets Total ~ 20
- Fingerboard Binding ~ N/A
Finish:
- Colour ~ Natural
- Finish ~ Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Hardware:
- Bridge Material ~ Indian Rosewood
- Bridge String Spacing ~ 2 1/4" (57mm)
- Bridge Pins ~ Ivory Coloured Plastic
- Saddle Material ~ Compensated Bone
- Hardware Finish / Plating ~ N/A
- Nut Material ~ Bone
- Tuning Machines ~ Guild Deluxe Vintage Open Gear
- Endpin ~ Strap Button - Ivory Coloured Plastic
- Pickguard ~ Tortoiseshell
Electronics:
- Electronics ~ N/A
- Controls ~ N/A
Other:
- Upper Bout Width ~ 10 1/8" (257mm)
- Lower Bout Width ~ 13 3/4" (350mm)
- Body Depth Upper Bout ~ 3 1/4" (83mm)
- Body Depth Lower Bout ~ 4 1/8" (105mm)
- Body Length ~ 18" (457mm)
- Overall Length ~ 38 3/4" (984mm)