Guild USA D-40E w/ L.R. Baggs Pickup Antique Sunburst, Spruce/Mahogany Body Antique Sunburst

Crafted in Guild's Oxnard, California, factory, the D-40E brings back the glory days when dreadnoughts ruled. Designed by Guild master luthier Ren Ferguson with scalloped Sitka spruce bracing for power, articulation, and responsiveness, this all-solid-tonewood acoustic guitar delivers huge tone and volume. The D-40E's large dreadnought body, with its Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides, serves up a robust tonal palette that's perfect for vocal accompaniment, solo work, and many other "unplugged" applications. Plug-in onstage or in the studio, and the onboard LR Baggs Element VTC electronics amplify that potent tone flawlessly. The comfortable C-profile mahogany neck is topped with an Indian rosewood fingerboard. Premium appointments include an Indian rosewood bridge and fingerboard, bone nut and saddle, tortoiseshell pickguard, and a thin satin varnish finish that imparts a timeless, played-in look and feel while allowing the sound of the Guild D-40E to bloom unimpeded.

LR Baggs Element VTC active acoustic pickup system

The Guild D-40E comes with LR Baggs's popular Element VTC active acoustic pickup system, which features a low-profile under-saddle transducer that's proven more stable and durable than many standard ribbon-type pickups. Combined with an onboard preamplifier with an unobtrusive removable volume control mounted just inside the soundhole, the Element VTC is a tremendous performer. Its sleek and effective design removes unnecessary internal components to enhance the coupling between the pickup and the guitar and improves the sensitivity of the transducer for a robust, lively, and natural acoustic sound with excellent dynamics and delicate high end. The Element VTC works with a standard 9-volt battery, which is housed inside the guitar in LR Baggs' "Battery Bagg."

Guild USA Acoustics: a heritage of quality

Since the 1950s, the Guild name has been synonymous with premium acoustic guitars. See the D-40E's genuine mother-of-pearl Guild peak logo headstock inlay? That's your assurance of Guild quality — along with the included numbered, hand-signed certificate of authenticity. Guild quality is evident throughout this commanding acoustic guitar, from the premium solid tonewoods to the genuine bone nut and saddle to the vintage-style satin varnish finish.

Guild D-40E Acoustic Guitar Features:

All-solid-tonewood guitar in the tradition of vintage Guild dreadnoughts

Designed by Guild master luthier Ren Ferguson

25.625" scale length

Solid Sitka spruce top

Scalloped Sitka spruce bracing

Solid mahogany back and sides

Comfortable C-profile mahogany neck

Indian rosewood fingerboard with 12" radius

Indian rosewood bridge and fingerboard

Bone nut and saddle, 1.6875" nut width

Tortoiseshell pickguard

Guild vintage-style open-gear nickel tuning machines with cream buttons, 20:1 ratio

Thin satin varnish finish

LR Baggs Element VTC electronics

Crafted in Guild's Oxnard, California factory

Humidified hardshell case and numbered, hand-signed certificate of authenticity