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“The M Concert body shape has stood the test of time for nearly 70 years”: Guild’s M-260E Deluxe brings one of acoustic guitar’s most iconic designs – and USA features – to a new $599 model
Guild has introduced the Guild M-260E Deluxe Archback, a modern take on the company's classic “M” design that harks back to 1957. Equipped with premium upgrades, Guild promises the new model is the definition of “stage-ready”.
At first glance, the “M” design takes after the brand's flagship USA-made M-20, with a shorter 24.75" scale length plus smaller body dimensions, making it more playable for fingerstyle guitar players and guitarists with a smaller frame.
It also features Guild's signature back arching, which, according to Guild, produces a “deeper and contoured body chamber that increases projection” and delivers a “surprisingly powerful voice.”
Moreover, the new model features a “deluxe” trim package that Guild guarantees is a step up from specs of the standard 200 series.
This includes a gloss body with satin neck, a solid spruce top with striped ebony back and sides, a real bone nut and saddle, a bound rosewood fingerboard, mother-of-pearl headstock and rosette inlay, and Guild Vintage 18 Open Gear tuning machines.
The volume and tone come by way of Guild's Fishman-designed GT-1 pickup system, with the controls conveniently mounted inside the sound hole for easier access. Finally, the guitar comes in an Edge Burst finish only.
Priced at $599, the Guild M-260E is now available from all Guild partner retailers. For more information about this new model, visit Guild.
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Janelle is a staff writer at GuitarWorld.com. After a long stint in classical music, Janelle discovered the joys of playing guitar in dingy venues at the age of 13 and has never looked back. Janelle has written extensively about the intersection of music and technology and how it is shaping the future of the music industry, and has a special interest in shining a spotlight on traditionally underrepresented artists and global guitar sounds. She also had the pleasure of interviewing Melissa Auf der Maur, Yvette Young, Danielle Haim, Fanny, and Karan Katiyar from Bloodywood, among others. When she's not writing, you'll find her creating layers of delicious audio lasagna with her Anglo-Maltese, art-rock band ĠENN.
