Guild A500 1956 Archtop Carved Jazz Guitar Archtop Guitar

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Rare 1956 Guild A500 Jazz Guitar  #3321 built in the Hoboken Guild factory in 1956, full 3 3/8′ depth 17″ at the rims. Guilds lineup began with the A500, intoduced in 1956,  the first year of the A 500 model.  Shortly afterwards, this model became the prototype for the Guild  Johnny Smith, and the Artist Award which is based on the A 500, and also the prototype for the George Barnes Lectric Guitar, which evolved into e a combination of the A500 and the Artist Award with 2 set humbucker that never touched the top of the guitar. The A 500 has more acoustic tone than the Artist Award and is much lighter in weight. Great jazz guitar due to it’s clarity and chordal note separation, great acoustic tone and projection which  lends itself to swing tunes, and very chunky clean comping tones .  Very comfortable 1 11/16″ neck which widens out nicely to the 12th fret.  Refinished long ago in a traditional Gibson Sunburst finish. “G” shield inlaid headstock inlay , solid carved, perfectly graduated spruce top that gives that chunky highly sought tone, complimented w/a super figured maple back & sides, engraved Harp Tailpiece, w/cool Lollar Gold Foil floating pickup mounted on a Gibson style pickguard assembly, These are one of the finest acoustic archtops ever made and  virtually impossible to fine, it is excellent  condition, it comes with hard case of the same era.

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