Guild OM-240E Orchestra Archback Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Natural
GUI-LDOM240E
$869
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Derringers Music are pleased to present the Guild OM-240E Orchestra Archback Acoustic-Electric Guitar with Natural Finish and Gig Bag included.
This mid-sized orchestra shaped acoustic is equally suited for strumming and fingerpicking, and produces a sweet, balanced tone that guitarists here at Derringers Music are loving!
The perfect choice for the versatile musician, the OM-240E features a solid Sitka spruce top, mahogany sides, and arched mahogany back. Guild's signature arched back design allows for great volume and projection, long sustain, and a lush, full sound.
The OM-240E features Guild's Fishman-designed AP-1 electronics, a pau ferro fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, pearloid rosette, period-correct tortoiseshell pickguard, and a matte polyurethane finish. This model is available in a Natural finish.
Guild began its legacy in 1953 by producing archtop electric guitars for the Jazz market in New York city; these guitars were built with arched backs made from pressed laminate maple, a low-cost alternative to hand-carved maple backs typical in Jazz guitar construction. As the company grew and began offering flat-top acoustics in 1954, the first models such as the F-30, F-40 and F-50 shared this pressed laminate arched back construction, which became a Guild trademark. Other classic Guilds like the D-25 and F-412, icons of the brand's history to this day, represent this unique combination of acoustic flat top and arched back guitar construction.
In addition to its classic look and ergonomic comfort, an arched back design prevents the need for the added support of back braces, reducing weight while increasing projection and volume, contributing to the revered Guild sound for which these historic models are so well loved.
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Body
- Body Shape: OM - Orchestra
- Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: Scalloped X
- Soundhole Diameter: 3 7/8" (98mm)
- Rosette: Mother-Of-Pearl / ABS
- Top Purfling Inlay: Black/White/Black ABS
- Body Sides: Mahogany
- Body Back: Mahogany
- Body Binding: Ivory ABS
Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Scale Length: 25 1/2" (648mm)
- Neck Shape: Slim C
- Nut Width: 1 11/16" (43mm)
- Neck Thickness 1st Fret: 20mm
- Neck Thickness 9th Fret: 24mm
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm Allen Key
- Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
- Fingerboard Radius: 16" (406mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: 5mm Dots - Mother-Of-Pearl
- Frets Total: 20
Finish
- Colour: Natural (NAT)
- Finish: Satin Polyurethane
Hardware
- Bridge Material: Pau Ferro
- Bridge String Spacing: 2 1/8" (54mm)
- Bridge Pins: Ivory Coloured Plastic with Black Dot
- Saddle Material: Compensated Bone
- Hardware Finish / Plating: Nickel
- Nut Material: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Guild GBB1 Butterbean Tuning Machines 16:1 Nickel
- Endpin: Strap Button - Nickel
- Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Electronics
- Electronics: Guild/Fishman Sonitone GT-1 with Volume and Tone controls
Other
- Strings: D'Addario XTAPB1253 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)
- Upper Bout Width: 11 1/2" (292mm)
- Lower Bout Width: 15 1/2" (394mm)
- Body Depth Upper Bout: 3 3/8" (85mm)
- Body Depth Lower Bout: 4 1/8" (105mm)
- Body Length: 19 1/2" (495mm)
- Overall Length: 41" (1041mm)