The classy and powerful GAD-40CE features a dreadnought body with cutaway, solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, mahogany neck, wood binding, special pearl inlay, and Fishman® Matrix™ under-saddle pickup with endpin jack. Available in Natural (821).
Model Name GAD-40CE
Model Number 381-0405-(821)
Category Guild® Acoustic Design
Body Style Single Cutaway Dreadnaught
Top Solid Sitka Spruce
Bracing Guild® Scalloped Spruce
Back Solid Mahogany
Sides Solid Mahogany
Bridge Indian Rosewood Pin Bridge
Neck 1-Piece Mahogany
Fretboard Indian Rosewood, 16" Radius, (406.4mm)
Width at Nut 1-11/16� (43mm)
No. of Frets 20
Scale Length 25 1/2"
Hardware Chrome
Machine Heads Grover® Rotomatic™ Chrome-Plated Die-Cast Tuners
Pickups Fishman® Acoustic Matrix VT™ System with Under Saddle Pickup and End Pin Mounted Active Preamp
Controls Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone Controls
Pickup Switching None
Finish High Gloss (Polyester)
Colors (821) Natural
Unique Features Dovetail Neck Joint,
Ornate Mother-of-Pearl Position Inlays,
Strap Button with Internal Block Reinforcement,
Abalone Side Dot Position Inlays,
Mother-of-Pearl Headstock Logo,
Ebony Bridge Pins with MOP Dots,
Ebony End Pin with MOP Dot,
Bone Nut and Saddle,
Dark Mahogany Body Bindings,
Tortoise Shell Pickguard,
Back Center Wood Mosaic Inlay
Case Includes Deluxe GAD Hardshell Case
Strings D'Addario® Phosphor Bronze, Light .012 to .053
Introduced 1/2005