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This Guild A-50 has a serial number from 1959. It is a Granada A-50, the most affordable acoustic archtop offering from Guild. This guitar came to me caked in decades of grime and dust. A thorough cleaning has restored this instrument to much of its former beauty.This guitar has seen a lot and has the battle scars to prove it. The headstock has had a major break, but the repair is solid. You can see the outline of the dowels that secure the repair. The guitar has d'Addario XL 10-46 strings on it right now, and it the neck and headstock have no trouble supporting standard tuning. The fretboard has a slight hump where the neck meets the body, and that produces some buzzing on the lower strings above the 9th fret. I tried to demonstrate that in the attached video. Raising the action at the bridge helps, but at the cost of proper intonation.The tuners are vintage, but non-original. I removed them, disassembled them, and thoroughly cleaned the assemblies and surfaces. They now shine and hold tune extremely well.The original owner did a very neat job wiring this acoustic archtop as an electric guitar. The pickups are vintage (50s or 60s) DeArmond Dynasonic single coils. The bottoms read "DeArmond (in script) Reg. U.S. PAT. OFF. ROWE INDUSTRIES TOLEDO, O. U.S.A." The pots, selector switch, and output jack were filthy and produced nothing but crackle and hum when I purchased the guitar. A through solvent cleaning, wire brush scrubbing, and patient application of Deoxit have made them as good as new. Hear the attached sound sample in the video.I will ship in the pictured aftermarket hardshell case. I am selling this guitar as is. After years of neglect, this 65 year old guitar is ready to make beautiful music once again. Because this instrument has a Brazilian rosewood fretboard, I will not ship out of the US. I am only a hobbyist and lack the necessary CITES certificate to ship outside my own country.

The Guild D-50 NT is an acoustic guitar recognized for its balanced sound and sturdy construction, featuring a solid spruce top and rosewood body.