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Guild GAD-30R (No Longer Available)Item ID: GAD30RNat6-string Acoustic Orchestra Guitar with Soild Spruce Top, Solid Rosewood Back and Sides, and Chrome Hardware - Natural 
Sorry, the Guild GAD-30R is no longer available. We've left this page up for reference only. Check out the great alternatives on this page or call toll-free (800) 222-4700 to speak with a Sweetwater Sales Engineer about similar products. From Our Research Team:Guild Quality in an Orchestra-sized Acoustic!The Guild® GAD-30R acoustic guitar is a full-sounding, all-solid-wood orchestra-sized instrument that gives you the great tone that's made Guild a favorite for decades. The orchestra body style gives you an incredible balance of tone, projection, and string definition, as well as a comfortable instrument to play. The GAD-30R features a solid spruce top with scalloped bracing, solid Indian rosewood back and sides, a one-piece mahogany neck, and a bone nut and saddle. Get classic Guild quality and tone from the GAD-30R.Guild GAD-30R Orchestra Acoustic Guitar Features:
The Guild GAD-30R is a great-playing, great-sounding orchestra-sized guitar! GAD-30R Image Gallery
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ReviewsWonderful Guitar!!!
by Mike Freed from Thompsonville Il USA
I've been wanting to upgrade to a Better" guitar. Looked at the Taylor 214 and the Martin D15. Compared all the features against this Guild and decided to try it. Mike and Stewart answered all my ques... read more [+]tions and I took the plunge. I have not been able to keep my hands off this guitar. Everything about it is exceptional (except that whole made in china thing but President Obama says that's okay) fit, finish and even the case. The tone just can't be beat. Just put a new set of Ernie Ball 2146 Phosphor Bronze strings on and to my amazement it sounded even better!!! Thank you Sweetwater! I will definitely buy from you again! Oh, and the candy was a cool touch! close [-]
January 22, 2011 Music Background: Hobbyist, fanatic Why I love my Guild GAD-30R
by Richard Hall from Garden Grove, CA USA
I already own several high-end American made acoustics but upon receiving this Chinese-made guitar I was a little sceptical...all that has been put to rest. My new Guild GAD-30R from Sweetwater is a w... read more [+]onderfully made instrument. I just cannot believe how well made this guitar is and for the money, it is a very good investment. The inlay on the fingerboard, headstock, all joints are perfect. The sound is fantastic! June 26, 2009 Music Background: Retired musician. Collector of fine string instruments. I will play this guitar with all the pride it truly deserves. close [-] Guilds from China ?!
by marindavid from Marin County, CA
In my search for a relatively inexpensive guitar to keep for use at the office, I have looked at, tried and actually purchased several. Looking in the range of $200-250., I began with a (used) Simon &... read more [+] Patrick TSU. Nice little dreadnaught, build in Canada of solid woods – but not enough bass for me. I moved on next to the Walden G570 just after it had been favorably reviewed in Acoustic Guitar magazine in May 2007. This Grand Auditorium size guitar is made in China in a small city just south of Beijing – my first try of one of these. I was pleasantly surprised at its easy playability and better-than-expected sustainability and decent bass sound – yet, I wasn’t quite satisfied. It was too light for my taste (Cedar top and laminated sapele mahogany back and sides). Then, I began to read about the Guild GAD line – manufactured to Guild specs in China. I decided to raise the ante up to the $500-$750 range, and have wound up with the GAD-30R (Orchestra size) with the natural finish. I’m not sure why I had reservations about buying an instrument made half-way around the world. After all, they have been making lots of things (not just fire crackers) for a lot longer than we have. This includes musical instruments. This realization, along with the good experience with the low-cost Walden, along with the wide range of excellent professional and user reviews of the GAD-30R, caused me to try and then to buy one.May 9, 2007 Music Background: Musicker Appearance This guitar is nicely put together. There are no evident flaws in either the assembly or finish and with the natural tone top (which I prefer on all my guitars) the Mother-of-Pearl Position inlays and the Abalone dot position inlays stand out more than they might in the other available finishes (Antique Burst and Amber Burst.) This is also true of the little appointments that are not the first thing you notice about a guitar: like the Ebony bridge and end pins, the back center wood mosaic inlay, the small and uniquely shaped Guild tortoise shell pickguard or the carefully crafted wood body bindings. The plainness of the instrument actually makes it’s appointments stand out – in a tasteful way, of course. This guitar bears the standard Guild Mother-of-Pearl headstock logo. The finish is smooth and nicely glossy, but not reflectively distracting. Funny – it doesn’t look Chinese! Construction I suppose that the most extraordinary feature of this guitar is how much guitar it really is for the price. I can only assume this has to do with the lower cost of both labor and materials in China – but the net product is on a par with some of the best guitars I have played that are made here in the US. With a Dovetail neck joint, the materials appear to be first rate. The top is solid Sitka spruce and the back and sides are solid Indian Rosewood as is the bridge. The neck is solid mahogany and the fingerboard is ebony – a feature I find especially accommodative to my own playing style. There is nothing quite as smooth and easy as ebony! The tuning machines are Grover Stay-Tites. The width at the nut is a little wider than my Martin HD28 at 1 12/16 (the Martin standard is 1 11/16) but narrower than the twelve string Taylor 355 with it’s 1 14/16 width. It seems to me that the small increase in width makes finger picking, a style I am new to, somewhat easier than it is on a neck narrower by only a seemingly silly little16th of an inch. The scale is 25 ½�, there are 20 frets and the fretboard radius is 12� and the interior bracing is scalloped. Playability I found this guitar to be quite player-friendly. That is, the strings (Light Phosphor Bronze), frets and fingerboard work with little effort under the ministrations of my less-than-expert fingerings. It produces the sounds I expect to hear at the volume at which I intend them. I would call these particular characteristics responsiveness. The bass and treble tones are nicely balanced – one not overpowering the other, yielding a tonality that makes accompanying voice(s) a nice experience. Played as a solo instrument, each note rings true and clear. During the first week, I played it for about an hour a day and my hands felt good afterwards! That’s probably one of the best compliments I can give a guitar’s playability – at least so far as it conforms to my own musculature, movements and preferences. Sound While lacking the punch of some of the older US made Guilds, this Orchestra style guitar holds it’s own, either alone or in groups – playing either finger or flat picking lead or strumming rhythm. I have made several allusions to the sound of this guitar in earlier sections of the review but will add here only that, like so many other of it’s features and characteristics, that the sound it produces is honestly surprising. It sounds as good (or batter than) guitars costing 2-4 times as much. Overall Value A lot of guitar for a reasonable modest price. Delivered with a distinctive tweed covered hard shell case, you really can’t go wrong with this one. Responsive to fingers, fingerpicks and flatpicks, it produces sounds one would reasonably expect from a Guild. Representative, I expect, of an entire line (the GAD Series) that is worth exploring further. close [-] Great guitar
by jim from pa.
Great ooo guitar. Nice construction and finish. Will change to a set of Martin light strings. Neck is a joy to play compared to my old vee. For the price cannot be beat and my poor strat is collec... read more [+]ting dust since I can't stop playing this Guild. close [-]
July 19, 2010 Music Background: hobbyist An incredible value
by Dan S. from Verona, NJ
I was in the market for a Orchestra-size acoustic for playing around the house, and after checking around the GAD-30R looked like just the ticket. I'm a stickler for quality fretwork and accurate into... read more [+]nation, and this guitar is close to perfect. The action was a little high on arrival, mostly due to the truss - relief was a tad excessive, and a quarter turn brought everything together - 4/64 high at the 12th fret, and no buzzing anywhere! The ebony fretboard is a joy to play on...very addictive. The finish and wood selection is stunning. October 13, 2009 Music Background: Amateur musician with 25+ years experience The tone of the GAD-30R is sweet, with more bass than you would expect. The whole guitar resonates the way a solid wood acoustic should. Overall, the GAD-30R easily competes with anything else in its class up to double its price. If I had to critique anything, I would have preferred a nitro finish (although I honestly don't think the poly takes anything away from the resonance of this guitar), and they could have tightened up the strong spacing a tad - the high E can slip off the fret if you are heavy handed...but I don't view this as a major issue. close [-] 
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