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Guild F-150 Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Natural

Acoustic-electric Guitar with Spruce Top, Rosewood Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Rosewood Fingerboard - Natural
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Outstanding Design, Details, and Sound in a Robust Jumbo

Get the classic, full-bodied tone of a jumbo with the Guild F-150CE. This robust acoustic-electric guitar features a solid spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides for full, rich acoustic tone. The mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard offers outstanding response and playability that's ideal for flatpicking and fingerpicking alike. Strum the F-150CE with big, open first-position chords and hear the sustain and resonance that make the Westerly series acoustic guitars a favorite among guitarists here at Sweetwater. The F-150CE also features a Guild/Fishman GT1 with Sonicore pickup for stellar amplified acoustic tone and a deep cutaway for effortless access higher up the neck for lead runs and varied chord voicings.

A legendary series

The Westerly series of acoustic guitars taps into Guild's second chapter after relocating the company’s design and build headquarters from New Jersey to a Rhode Island furniture factory. This larger, improved space afforded a new direction and dedication to improving their already excellent craftsmanship. And the F-150CE is part of that tradition as it reflects impeccable build details and fine appointments ­— all with a focus on improved tone and durability. A genuine rosewood bridge and real bone nut and saddle enhance tone and resonance on the F-150CE. In addition, scalloped spruce X-bracing provides additional resonance and sustain enhancement as well as ensuring long-term durability.

Awesome amplified tone

The Guild/Fishman GT1 with Sonicore pickup in the F-150CE is a wonderfully designed system that naturally and fully translates the acoustic tone of this fine instrument. The sound is full and dynamic onstage, and it pairs well with a microphone for recording parts at home or in the studio. Volume and tone controls are mounted directly in the soundhole for easy access and a look that won't detract from your guitar's natural beauty.

Guild F-150CE Jumbo Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:

  • Jumbo acoustic-electric built with detailed appointments and expert craftsmanship
  • Solid spruce top with solid rosewood back and sides
  • Mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard offers outstanding response and playability that's ideal for flatpicking and fingerpicking alike
  • Guild/Fishman GT1 with Sonicore pickup for stellar amplified acoustic tone
  • Volume and tone controls are mounted directly in the soundhole for easy access
  • Deep cutaway for access higher up the neck for lead runs and varied chord voicings
  • Genuine rosewood bridge and real bone nut and saddle enhance tone and resonance
  • Scalloped spruce X-bracing provides additional resonance and sustain enhancement
  • Mother-of-pearl rosette soundhole will delight you and your audience with its fine aesthetic

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Steel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: Jumbo
  • Back & Sides Wood: Indian Rosewood
  • Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
  • Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
  • Color: Natural
  • Body Bracing: Spruce Scalloped X-bracing
  • Binding: Ivory ABS
  • Neck Wood: African Mahogany
  • Neck Shape: Slim C
  • Radius: 16"
  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Dots
  • Number of Frets: 20, Medium High
  • Scale Length: 25.5"
  • Nut Width: 1.75"
  • Nut/Saddle Material: Bone/Bone
  • Bridge Material: Rosewood
  • Tuning Machines: Guild
  • Electronics: Guild/Fishman Sonitone GT-1
  • Strings: D'Addario, .012-.053
  • Case Included: Gig Bag
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 99-740-0170

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Guild f150

Yes I know they say don't buy guitar unless you play before. Well I know if I didn't like it I can always return it they got good policy at Sweetwater. So I got it she look beautiful beautiful craftsmanship, didn't do much to eat little bit tune-up and then I run my fret on the string and I heard that sweet beautiful sound. This jumbo body let the guitar resonate almost for 10 seconds, in short you want a beautiful guitar that sound good and a good price I will recommend definitely.
by arie mor from fort Lauderdale, FL on
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Finally got today to play it, and I can say one thing wow. The guitar is very light but this sound that come out of it so sweet. I hooked it up to eventide h90, and I heard sound that I didn't hear before. I would say one thing you want a good Sweet sound in this price get that guitar.
by arie mor from fort Lauderdale, FL on

Great all solid wood guitar!

I wanted a all solid wood guitar with rosewood back and sides but not at martin d-28 prices. I read good reviews on this and decided to go for it. Glad I did. It has a excellent sound and the build quality is fantastic. After letting it set for a day as instructed to accumulate to the temperature change from shipping to home I found it was completely in tune!

The bag is nicer than some hardshell cases I've come across with lots of storage.

The guys at Sweetwater set it up perfectly to my liking. Big thanks to Tyler Dworak for all the help.
by Sweetwater Customer on

Great with or without amp

Very dynamic and clean through amp. The guitar sounds and looks beautiful, and the gig bag is deluxe.
by Sweetwater Customer on

A detailed review of this magnificent guitar. . .

I got this guitar almost two years ago and it's become my main instrument. I'm a Tommy Emmanuel wannabe – lots of fingerstyle, but also jazz standards, bluegrass flatpicking, lots of shredding all over the neck, and general nuclear assault with a thumbpick. I hereby give this guitar 5/5 stars. Here are the reasons:

(1) It's a jumbo cutaway with a 1 3/4" nut. The only one I could find that wasn't boutique. That's more of a fingerstyle nut width – slightly easier to grip complex chords and do all the Travis picking stuff where you're using fretted and open notes together all over the neck.

(2) The cutaway is awesome. You can comfortably play scales and arpeggios all the way up to a high C (the 20th fret). Thus, you can improvise over complete jazz/bluegrass standards exclusively above fret 15 (weird, but kind of neat to try) – the entire fingerboard is fully functional. I've owned a couple of other acoustics with cutaways and this Guild's deep, sweeping cutaway is by far the most completely accessible.

(3) It's very loud when played acoustically. Much less injuring myself to be heard over mandolin and banjo.

(4) The sound. I played an OMC Martin with a maple back and sides for about fifteen years before switching over to this thing (I'm kind of a monogamous guitarist) and the Guild has more boom, more warmth, more woodiness, and sparkle. Rosewood is a part of that, having (in my opinion) a natural complexity in tone that maple doesn't. But it's also just the overall design of this behemoth.

(5) Again, the sound. The low E string smolders and makes my sternum rattle. Artificial harmonics glow and chirp. The high B and E strings slice through an ensemble when I'm shredding above the twelfth fret. The entire tonal range of this thing sounds great.

(6) The price. My aforementioned Martin was more than 2k when bought new – now the same model goes for much more. For campfire jams, picnics in the park, the general dirtbag-iness of outdoor bluegrass, and playing jazz at coffee shops among cigarette smoke and bird dookie, I'm happy to have a less expensive guitar, and the Guild is louder and its sound fits my playing style better, anyway.

(7) It's lovely. I don't care about this stuff that much, but if you do, the binding and finish work are all perfect. The rosewood is beautiful and the spruce top is very richly colored with a couple of adorable little natural freckles.

(8) The pickup. Again, not a huge point for me, as 99% of the time I don't use it. But for a piezo it sounds warm and woody, rather than the nasal and wormy noise you get from cheap ones. The battery is easily accessible, and the pickup jack is sturdy.

If you're a serious acoustic player, doing complex chord grips and fingerstyle stuff north of the tenth fret, playing scales and modes in sequences and all that good stuff, you will have to do some minor work to this when it arrives. It'll need a setup. My guitar's tuners needed to be oiled and tightened – they were scratchy sounding. The nut and saddle both needed to be shaved down. The 14th fret, second and third frets needed to have a tiny bit of work done (14 is always a problem fret, as it's where the neck and body join and 14 tends to get nudged up through the fingerboard as the instrument flexes over time). But that was it. I'm an extremely demanding player – mine has survived not only some really aggressive single line shredding and percussive fingerstyle, but also a heck of a lot of tinkering with the truss rod as the seasons change. It supports the unusually low "~2.2mm low E / ~2.0mm high E @ 12" action I like acoustic guitars set up with, it doesn't buzz, and the break angles over the nut and saddle are still fantastic. The overall workmanship and engineering are thus outstanding. Again, if you're doing more than playing cowboy chords – if your center of gravity is the seventh or so fret and you're grabbing big shapes with multiple alterations at lightning speed for chord melody acoustic playing, this sucker has playability, boom, and lovely intonation all the way up to the twentieth fret.

You can spend a lot more on an acoustic for special woods, sound ports, abalone stuff, contoured joinery – to each their own! But for me, playability is #1 and sound #2, and this thing is powerful, playable, and sounds beautiful in every way I want a guitar to.

One criticism. The gig bag that it comes with (and it's a bag, not a polyfoam case) seems inadequate for such a powerful instrument. It's fine for transporting the thing in your own car and strolling down to the park. But it's pretty flimsy for anything beyond that. I bought a hardshell case (item 0050530001 here on Sweetwater) with a built in humidifier. That's the one for this instrument – it's a coat of armor that comes with extra storage space, so you can carry extra strings, cables, and a handkerchief to wipe away your tears when the guitar sounds so beautiful it makes you weep.

Jokes aside, from a hardcore lifetime acoustic player, ~1k seems to be a magical price point that's emerged over the last 15 years, and this is just one of the best instruments I've ever played. I own more expensive acoustics, but this is the only thing I want to play anymore.
by Doug from California on
Music background: Acoustic jazz, bluegrass; flatpick & fingerstyle

When customers come to Sweetwater looking for great, affordable acoustic guitars, we're always quick to tell them about Guild. At the same time, Guild has brought us some real beauties over the years, ranging from top-end acoustic guitars to timeless jazz boxes, and we're happy to say our most seasoned players agree that these instruments are second to none. As one of the prime Guild dealers, we know that when we sell one of these instruments, whoever gets it is going to love it and play it a lot, especially after we put it through our 55-point Evaluation to ensure it leaves our climate-controlled warehouse in perfect condition. Whether you're looking for your first acoustic guitar or your next archtop, ask your Sales Engineer about Guild.

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