Guild GAD50 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar (with Case)

Solid Indian Rosewood back and sides, solid spruce top with scalloped bracing, one piece mahogany neck with the traditional dovetail neck joint.

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43 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

5 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"great guitar...great price....great company...ordered the guitar on monday nite late...and had it thursday....can beat it!!!"

Feature:
nice looking guitar and sounds great

Quality:
just got the guitar but it looks great and really well built....

Value:
have several friends that have martins and gibsons......would take this guitar over any of the ones Ive played....you wont beat it for the price nor the sound

Desirability:
no bells and whistles on this....just a great looking gluitar that sounds good....nice pearl inlay on neck and the guild logo

Ease of Use:
slim neck and low action.....can play all day

Support:
fast shipping and product was exactly as described and presented...

Overall:
this most likely will be my last guitar....no need for another....had a yamaha fg240 and an fg 275....have sold both

Submitted: 2/12/2008

Style of Music: country

* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"Love my Guild"

Feature:
The guitar is not fancy looking but is made with top quality materials all around: grover tuners, bone nut and bone compensated saddle, solid woods, ebony pins, etc. I removed the stupid clear pickguard and eventually will put a Guild pickguard on it. Case is a nice tweed hsc, probably couldn't stand getting run over by a truck but is nice hard case at a price point that often means a gig bag.

Quality:
This thing is made from top quality materials. If it were made in the US it would probably cost as much as a Gibson because it's made from all the same stuff. Looks like it's going to last forever.

Value:
A great deal if you're loooking for max sound on a real all-solid acoustic. Clearly outplays the Epiphone masterbuilts and the lower-end Martins. Only thing close was a Breedlove Atlas, which was also great but just a different sound.

Desirability:
Awesome, just what I needed. I'm not sure how an orange acoustic guitar can be 'sexy' in the absence of a sexy person playing it, but I think it's awesome nonetheless.

Sound:
This was easily the best-sounding acoustic I played under $1000 and I played a lot, which is why I picked it. It has tons of character, great harmonics, and huge volume. Not a Martin sound or a Taylor sound, but something else entirely and very nice. Very well suited for banging away with a pick, it also does a surprisingly good job with more folk and classical stuff.

Ease of Use:
Ease of Use? What a weird question. It's a freaking acoustic guitar. It's easy to use if you can play the guitar and hard to use if you can't. It came with a pretty low action but needed a setup as usual. Intonation was perfect out of the box.

Support:
No idea.

Overall:
9 not a 10 because it didn't come with stap buttons, and it still needs a real pickguard. Before you go hating on Asian (this is Chinese made!) guitars even one more time, pick this up, get tuned up, and check it out.

Submitted: 11/29/2006

Style of Music: Rock, Country, Blues, Folk

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The Guild GAD-50 was designed utilizing a body shape that is the most popular acoustic body shape in the world and has been used for over 70 years. They use solid Indian Rosewood for the back and sides, a solid spruce top that features scalloped bracing, and then joined the one piece mahogany neck with the traditional dovetail neck joint.

For other appointments on the GAD-50 they use Indian Rosewood for the fingerboard and bridge. Guild continued the use of high quality tone woods by featuring ebony for the pearl dot inlayed bridge and strap pins, then added wood bindings, and Grover Rotomatic tuning gears. For the best in tone and intonation, they installed a bone nut and bone compensated saddle.

For the finishing touches they inlayed classic pearl fingerboard inlays and then pack the instrument in a wooden arched case. A guitar worthy of representing over 50 years of fine guitar building by Guild® Guitars.

Technical Info

Body Style: Dreadnought

Top: Solid Spruce

Bracing: Scalloped

Back: Solid Indian Rosewood

Sides: Solid Indian Rosewood

Neck: 1-Piece Mahogany

Width at nut: 1-11/16 in.

Fretboard: Indian Rosewood (12 in. Radius)

Scale Length: 25 1/2 in.

No. of Frets: 20

Machine Heads: Grover Rotomatic Die-cast Tuners

Bridge: Indian Rosewood Pin Bridge

Hardware: Chrome

Finish: High Gloss (Polyester)

Unique features: Dovetail Neck Joint, Pearl Dot Position Inlays, Pearl Headstock Logo, Ebony Bridge Pins, Bone Nut and Saddle, Wood Bindings, Clear Pickguard

Strings: Replace with Guild L350 Phosphor Bronze, Gauges .012, .016, .025, .032, .042, .053

Case: Includes Deluxe Hardshell Case
Available in Amber Sunburst, Antique Sunburst and Natural.

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