Guild F-50 Navarre
Overview
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Product:
- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1953 to 1990
2003
The Guild F-50 Navarre was made from 1953 until 1990 and then reintroduced in 2003 following the Fender aquistiion of Guild. With figured maple sides and back the F-50 was the top of Guild's acoustic flat-top range. In 1965 Guild introduced a version with rosewood back and sides F-50R. Al Kooper of the Blues Project and Eric Clapton both have them as a result of Don Johnston.
Specifications (21)
General
| Finish colors | natural finish, red finish |
| Finish effects | sunburst finish, transparent finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body back material | figured maple body back |
| Body sides material | maple body sides |
| Body top material | spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | black pickguard |
| Soundhole rosette | 3-stripe rosette |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Neck width | 1.69 inches wide at nut |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | bound headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge pins | white with black dot pins |
| Bridge | ebony bridge |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
Prices (2)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | $450 | excellent | Serial number 51373 | |
| 1964 | €1000 | good |
