Name: Guild D-240E Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Natural
SKU: 3756
Price: 379.00 USD
Availability: InStock

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ITEM: 383-0404-821
BODY TOP: Solid Sitka Spruce
BODY BACK: Mahogany
BODY SIDES: Mahogany
BODY SHAPE: Dreadnought
BRACING: Scalloped X
ROSETTE: Pearloid/ABS
FINISH: Matte polyurethane
BODY DEPTH UPPER BOUT: 3 3/4″
BODY DEPTH LOWER BOUT: 4 3/4″
BODY LENGTH: 20″ (508 mm)
BODY WIDTH LOWER BOUT: 16″
BODY WIDTH UPPER BOUT: 11 3/4″
OVERALL GUITAR LENGTH: 42″ (1067 mm)
GUITAR WEIGHT: 5 lbs
BODY BINDING: ABS
TOP PURFLING: Black/White ABS Purfling

NECK

NECK MATERIAL Mahogany
NECK SHAPE: Slim C Shape
SCALE LENGTH: 25 1/2″ (648 mm)
NUT WIDTH: 1 11/16″
NUT MATERIAL: Bone
FINGERBOARD MATERIAL: Rosewood
FINGERBOARD RADIUS: 16″
FINGERBOARD INLAYS: Pearloid Dots
# OF FRETS: 20
TUNING MACHINES: Guild Vintage-Style Open-Gear
HARDWARE FINISH/PLATING: Chrome
TRUSS ROD: Single Action
TRUSS ROD WRENCH: 4mm Hex Key

FEATURES

BRIDGE Rosewood
BRIDGE STRING SPACING: 2 3/16″
SADDLE: Compensated Bone
BRIDGE PINS: Ivory Colored Plastic with Black Dot
STRINGS: Coated Phosphor Bronze Light Gauge
ENDPIN: Endpin Jack
ELECTRONICS: Guild AP-1 Active Acoustic Piezo Pickup
PICKGUARD: Tortoiseshell

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Category: ACOUSTIC GUITAR

Description

Guild’s iconic arched back makes its return in the Westerly D-240E dreadnought acoustic-electric. The purpose of this trademark feature is twofold: principally, it reduces weight and increases live projection. But it also pays tribute to some of Guild’s popular models, such as the D-25 and F-30. The result is a great-playing, easy-traveling guitar with Guild’s unmistakable look. The Westerly D-240E harks back to Guild’s golden-era flat tops with some exciting vintage specs, including a body made from premium woods, a classic Guild C-shaped neck, and a retro red tortoiseshell pickguard. The D-240E includes the AP-1 pickup for a clean sound that plugs straight into a PA.

The Guild D-240E Acoustic-Electric Guitar is now available from Je Matt Guitar, online and in our Los Angeles store. We are Los Angeles’ longest-established guitar specialist, subjecting every instrument we sell to a rigorous checkover and full professional setup. We ship fast to the US, Europe and Worldwide.

Guild Acoustics: a heritage built on great woods and features

Guild’s heritage as one of America’s premier early guitar makers is acknowledged in the D-240E. Solid Sitka spruce and mahogany meet in a traditional dreadnought body with an arched back for a big sound and great playing experience. A real bone nut and saddle deliver golden-era sustain and clarity. And a 1960s red tortoiseshell pickguard gives this guitar a look that was made to be seen.

Guild AP-1 pickup captures this Westerly’s natural acoustic voice

The Westerly series’ AP-1 piezo pickup is one of the better options Je Matt Guitar has seen in this price range. The sound is full and dynamic onstage, and it pairs great with a microphone for recording parts at home or in the studio. Volume and tone controls are mounted directly in the soundhole for easy access, and for a look that won’t detract from your guitar’s natural beauty.

Engineered for a comfortable playing experience

The D-240E’s clean playability will help channel all your creative ideas into beautiful music. Seasoned players will notice right away the D-240E’s slinky string action all along the 25.5″ scale length C-shaped neck. The 1-11/16″ nut width spaces out strings suitably for strumming, flatpicking, or fingerstyling, with a good amount of real estate that neither feels cramped nor causes you to reach uncomfortably.