Guild DS-240 Westerly Memoir Westerly Dreadnought Wine Red A

Guild DS-240 Westerly Memoir Westerly Dreadnought Wine Red Acoustic Guitar
Product no: 9000-0132-6925 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

If you're looking for a slice of nostalgia as well as played-in tone, but don't want to spend an eye-watering pile of cash for it, the Guild DS-240 Memoir brings it all. This sloped-shoulder dreadnought model comes retro-dressed in traditional colours and sports a vintage-style soundhole rosette and slick Guild Script logo stamped on the headstock, paying homage to the antique instruments played all the way back in the 1920s. Sound-wise, the DS-240 Memoir fits the picture, with a voice that's as invitingly warm as it is transparent.

A Rich History

This guitar also features the forceful projection and rich resonance of a solid spruce soundboard. This model is part of the Westerly Collection: a series of guitars that builds on Guild's rich history. Back in 1967, Guild moved its production to Westerly, Rhode Island where they started honing and perfecting their approach to building guitars. Thanks in part to the highly skilled Guild luthiers, it didn't take long for the factory to be recognised for its well-designed and solidly-built acoustic guitars and today, this DS-240 faithfully proves that not much has changed since.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	20
Number of strings	6
Body construction	solid top
Cutaway	no
Sustainable product	not specified
Electro-acoustic	no
Acoustic guitar size	mid
Wood type (back)	mahogany
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Wood type (soundboard)	spruce
Wood type (sides)	mahogany
For playing style	plectrum-based styles
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Acoustic sound	rich and deep
Colour	red
Left-handed	no
Body type	sloped shoulder

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	3,8 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	113,0 x 44,5 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

Guild acoustic guitar
- model: DS-240
- series: Westerly Collection 'Memoir' Series
- colour: Wine Red
body:
- top: solid Sitka spruce
- sides and back: laminated mahogany
- finish: high-gloss
- binding: ivory coloured
- soundhole rosette: mother of pearl with black/white rings
- shape: sloped-shoulder dreadnought
neck:
- binding: dovetail
- material: mahogany
- finish: high-gloss
- neck profile: C
- scale length: 24.75" (629mm)
- fretboard: rosewood
- fretboard radius: 16" (406.4mm)
- number of frets: 20
- nut material: bone
- nut width: 43mm (1.69")
- position markers: dots
- truss rod: dual action, 4mm nut
hardware:
- bridge: rosewood
- bridge saddle: compensated, bone
- string spacing: 54mm
- machine heads: Guild Vintage 18 Open Gear
- hardware finish: nickel-plated
- pickguard: cream
- strings: D'Addario XTAPB1253 - Coated Phosphor Bronze Light (.012 - .053)

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Guild DS-240 Memoir Westerly Acoustic Dreadnought Guitar

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Sustainable product	not specified
electro-acoustic	no
Acoustic guitar size	mid
For playing style	plectrum-based styles
Acoustic sound	rich and deep
Body type	sloped shoulder
Body construction	solid top
Number of strings	6
colour	brown, burst

cutaway	no
Number of frets	20
left-handed	no
Wood type (soundboard)	spruce
Wood type (sides)	mahogany
Wood type (back)	mahogany
Fretboard wood	pau ferro
includes cover	no
includes case	no