Guild Benedetto Johnny Smith Award electric guitars

Model:

360-9800

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Overview

Brand name:

Guild

Product:

electric guitars

Series name:

GUILD BENEDETTO SIGNATURE SERIES

Dates of manufacture:

1999 to 2006

Robert Benedetto updated the design of the Guild Johnny Smith Award archtop in 1999 - changing the carve of the top and back, the bracing, the shape of the f-holes and pickguard. This model was initially made in limited numbers in the Guild Westerly Rhode Island factory and has a "Benedetto" inlay in the fingerboard. The headstock has a pearl "GUILD" logo and engraved abalone and pearl "Artist Award Model" inlay on the front, and typically are signed by Johnny Smith on the back.

Production carried on in the Fender Corona facility up until around 2006, when Benedetto parted company with Fender/Guild. Bob Benedetto has a photo of Johnny Smith signing a run of Guild Benedetto Signature Johnny Smith Awards (on the back of the headstock) at the Fender, Corona, plant - (link: Johnny Smith signing Guild guitars).

Specifications (27)

General

Binding	body binding, neck binding
Made in	USA
Number of strings	6 strings
Scale length	25.6 inches scale length

Body

Body back material	flamed maple body back
Body shape features	carved top, single cutaway
Body sides material	flamed maple body sides
Body style	archtop
Body top material	spruce body top
Pickguard material	black pickguard
Pickguard shape	pickguard, raised pickguard, stepped pickguard
Soundhole	2 f-holes

Neck

Body fret	Neck joins body at 14th fret
Headstock inlays or logos	Brand name logo or inlay on headstock
Neck joint	set neck
Neck material	maple neck
Neck width	1.69 inches wide at nut

Hardware

Bridge	adjustable ebony bridge
Hardware color	gold hardware
Tailpiece	harp tailpiece
Tuners	Grover Imperial tuners

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay material	abalone fingerboard inlay material, pearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard material	ebony fingerboard
Fingerboard position markers	triangle-in-block fingerboard position markers

Electronics

Pickups brand and model	Benedetto S-6 pickup(s)
Pickups configuration	1 humbucker pickup

Controls

Volume controls

1 volume control

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Guild Benedetto Johnny Smith Award reviewed by Anonymous

Anonymous

Average: 5 (1 vote)

Hi. I have 2 Super 400'S, a 175, an L-5 Lee Ritenour, Gretsch White Falcon, a 335, and numerous Les Pauls, &tc : The point is that this Guild-Benedetto has the most astonishing sound ( is maybe tied with 1 Super 400) , the hands down best acoustic sound ; I have to turn it up loud to hear the amplified sound over the acoustic sound of what is sitting in my lap. The scale length is a challenge, as is the neck width or radius or something, it is all adaptable. I traded a Lincoln MARK VIII with 50,000 miles, and some cash for this guitar, and have never looked back. The only comparable experience in my 66 years of playing was my first "real" guitar. I tried to find "THE" sound for a year, and gave up - nothing sounded like my teacher's guitar - so she sold me her Guild. If you ever get a chance to own one, consider it seriously, they are RARE (around 80 made) and are utterly superlative in sound.

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