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1964 Guild M65 Electric Archtop Guitar, All Original with Original Case
Estimated price for orientation: 1 650 $
Category: Electric Guitar
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Description String Configuration: 6 String Dexterity: Right-Handed Brand: Guild Body Type: Hollow Model: M65 Exact Year: 1964 Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
1964 Guild M65. Sweet little hollow body archtop electric. Serial number 30988. Light as a feather, very nice to play all night without back and neck strain. Please look at my pictures and ask questions if you have any. The guitar has a Maple top, Mahogany back and sides, Mahogany neck, Rosewood fretboard, a bound top, chrome plated hardware, 24 ¾” scale, and was just professionally set up and outfitted with a new set of strings, so it’ll be ready to play, right out of the case! Of course, everybody has their own idiosyncrasies and preferences, so if you do feel the need to tweak or change the way the guitar is set up, or want lighter or heavier strings, that’s on you! The guitar will be as I said, but you can’t please everybody, so if I didn’t set it up exactly as YOU would have, please don’t blame me for that, and please don’t use that as an excuse to leave negative feedback! The set up will satisfy 90% or more of the guitarists on the planet, and if you have your own way of doing things, more power to you, but understand that I am not to blame for that! You want to change the strings or lower or raise the action, go right ahead! It’ll be your guitar by then! But should you unexpectedly have to use the guitar on the day it arrives for a gig that night, it will be up to the task! That much is guaranteed! As a full hollow body, the guitar weighs next to nothing! It’s dimensions are 13½ x 17 x 2 1/8, and it’s full length is 39 inches. It’s somewhere between a Les Paul and an ES-175, sizewise. The original case is a very sturdy chipboard, designed for an archtop. The case is much sturdier than the typical acoustic chipboard cases that you see, which are very flimsy. This is not like that at all. It’s still chipboard, but it’s a good case that works and you can use it, if you want. If it were me, I’d put the case away in a closet, and replace it with a modern hardshell, for protection, if I were taking the guitar out for gigs, and, also, to preserve the original case. As far as I can tell, the guitar seems all original. If something looks out of place in my pics, please bring it to my attention, and we can take a look at it and determine what’s up. Pick up is a single coil, but very quiet, and sounds awesome! There is some finish wear on the back where the guitar lay against the player. It’s minor, but in some of the pics, it kinda looks like there might be some seam separation or even a crack, but that is just a trick of the camera. There are none of that! There are the usual knicks and scratches and such that you would expect from a 50 year old instrument, particularly on the neck, but it is all what I would consider normal wear and tear. Look at the pictures and see for yourself. I think it’s pretty damn nice! The guitar is being sold “as is”, and I don’t accept returns on vintage guitars, unless there is some major egregious issue that is not mentioned in the description.
Description
| String Configuration: | 6 String | Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
| Brand: | Guild | Body Type: | Hollow |
| Model: | M65 | Exact Year: | 1964 |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
1964 Guild M65. Sweet little hollow body archtop electric. Serial number 30988. Light as a feather, very nice to play all night without back and neck strain. Please look at my pictures and ask questions if you have any. The guitar has a Maple top, Mahogany back and sides, Mahogany neck, Rosewood fretboard, a bound top, chrome plated hardware, 24 ¾” scale, and was just professionally set up and outfitted with a new set of strings, so it’ll be ready to play, right out of the case! Of course, everybody has their own idiosyncrasies and preferences, so if you do feel the need to tweak or change the way the guitar is set up, or want lighter or heavier strings, that’s on you! The guitar will be as I said, but you can’t please everybody, so if I didn’t set it up exactly as YOU would have, please don’t blame me for that, and please don’t use that as an excuse to leave negative feedback! The set up will satisfy 90% or more of the guitarists on the planet, and if you have your own way of doing things, more power to you, but understand that I am not to blame for that! You want to change the strings or lower or raise the action, go right ahead! It’ll be your guitar by then! But should you unexpectedly have to use the guitar on the day it arrives for a gig that night, it will be up to the task! That much is guaranteed! As a full hollow body, the guitar weighs next to nothing! It’s dimensions are 13½ x 17 x 2 1/8, and it’s full length is 39 inches. It’s somewhere between a Les Paul and an ES-175, sizewise. The original case is a very sturdy chipboard, designed for an archtop. The case is much sturdier than the typical acoustic chipboard cases that you see, which are very flimsy. This is not like that at all. It’s still chipboard, but it’s a good case that works and you can use it, if you want. If it were me, I’d put the case away in a closet, and replace it with a modern hardshell, for protection, if I were taking the guitar out for gigs, and, also, to preserve the original case. As far as I can tell, the guitar seems all original. If something looks out of place in my pics, please bring it to my attention, and we can take a look at it and determine what’s up. Pick up is a single coil, but very quiet, and sounds awesome! There is some finish wear on the back where the guitar lay against the player. It’s minor, but in some of the pics, it kinda looks like there might be some seam separation or even a crack, but that is just a trick of the camera. There are none of that! There are the usual knicks and scratches and such that you would expect from a 50 year old instrument, particularly on the neck, but it is all what I would consider normal wear and tear. Look at the pictures and see for yourself. I think it’s pretty damn nice! The guitar is being sold “as is”, and I don’t accept returns on vintage guitars, unless there is some major egregious issue that is not mentioned in the description.