All user reviews for the Guild JF30

responding to my expectations is a guitar that sounds and resonates with a body shape and jumbo size
manufacturing in China is certainly not as neat as some "brands" but the result is very good and unbeatable value for money!
GUITAR GUILD GAD-JF30 Jumbo Folk series Guild ® Acoustic Design

Characteristics:
Jumbo Shape
Solid Spruce Sitka
Back and sides solid flamed maple AAAA
Ebony bridge
Mahogany, 1 piece
Ebony fingerboard
Chrome Hardware
Mechanical Grover ® Rotomatic ™
Fintion Blonde, polyester varnish
Comes in a Deluxe case

UTILIZATION

Nice and easy to play round 1-piece mahogany with Ebony fingerboard 20 frets

SOUNDS

power with a well-rounded sound in the serious and balanced choices in the midrange and treble, anything that you could want from a Jumbo guitar

OVERALL OPINION

I already had another Guild size smaller box that I am separated and I must say that I prefer the sound amplitude of the Jumbo because it shows even in his violin some woods used on high-end very like my Taylor 614ce!
unbeatable value for money

Manufactures in the United States (MODEL is a former dating from 1990), she accompanied me for fifteen years.

Blonde color (visible in the video of Patience GNR). The color and the wood grain and finish are superb in this version much better than US versions of the following CA or China ...

20 frets, Grover tuners etc.

UTILIZATION

What j'apprcie this MODEL is that it's a jumbo and I find it comfortable to play trs, although it must be sr fairly large with long arms, if not the game might be uncomfortable ... Indeed, given the thickness and size of the box, it plays right arm almost collrepos above, nothing to do with the game on an acoustic "classic".

The handle is perfect for me. Access in acute is correct, it is a sound and large size have happened at the end of the handle, it is more difficult than recess on an electric or a more modern sound and plenty of cargo not are not (or hardly) playable since there is no dcoupe unless you have long fingers!

The ergonomics are perfect if you love jumbo, good balance trs, trs good performance in a sitting position.

The change of rope is easy and everything feels trs high quality APRS 15 years of use, I have nothing dplorer, she is still beautiful.

SOUNDS

With a jumbo, we can expect a large and powerful sound plutt is the case, the bass are Submitted and the mdiums. The game mdiator without fingers is possible and sounds good.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 15 years, I really like the ergonomic body that fits easily, it does not slide or do not address a ct or another. The quality of manufacture is rev up, I can not criticize anything.

We can blame the weight and body size, it is clear that it takes its place and is likely to be unplayable for short people, but hey, this body size is also the sound of jumbos.

Before the acqurir I jou quite a Takamine that had nothing to see I also tried many MODELS Gibson, Martin or Taylor, but I good grip on the Guild. The models Gibson liked me but the price made them unaffordable.

The price quality ratio of this model is exceptional. That of the current MODELS made in China looks to me as good. I must say that the finishes are not the same, the paint is not the same either ... It is a pity that Guild has gone bankrupt and is bought by Fender t without retaining what made the brand Notore is to say the guitars but durable and affordable hand made by the end of the beginning the United States.

With exprience, I would do the same choice for a jumbo in this price range, even if over the years, I would choose can be a Martin D28 or if I had a money Gibson J45

Manufacturing china hand
MODEL Jumbo 20 frets
Pica massive table / back and sides Solid Flame Saddle
Round 1 pice mahogany (mahogany)
Ebony fingerboard and bridge in
Scale Length 25 1 / 2 "radius 12"
: Mechanical oil bath Grover Rotomatic
Chrome hardware
Natural color (gloss finish - polyester)
Book Deluxe Carrying Case

The guitar is pre-drilled to accommodate a microphone type Fishman.
Truss rod easily accessible directly by the fund.

UTILIZATION

Channel hyper pleasant. I tried the same price range, and much more CHRISTIAN, several guitars and rare t have those with whom I felt so comfortable.
IN GENERAL the first chord on a guitar is determinant. C has t!

Accs relatively easy to treble up to the 15th box, APRS it becomes more complicated. But it is a jumbo and there is no pan shot so there is the sound!

Guitar quite heavy, massive body, he must get used to the jumbo because it can according to the positions (sitting on a bar stool, a chair, standing) tired right forearm.

SOUNDS

The sound is excellent for those who like the low round and warm, although the medium rather delectable and crystal clear highs without being.
All positions are easy to play.
Whether Bastonnais a riff or making him whisper arpges, she sought not from the hip. I'm bluffing by harmonics that emerge when GRNE agreements gently letting go mdiator. She has a lot of power but can have many subtleties.
Guitar very kind folk / blues / rock sound. Sounds close to the Stones, Led Zep.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a week and I have already spent long hours with.
You must love the jumbo, the powerful sound that goes with it. Such a fund does not manipulate aisment, careful not to bump into every corner!
I tried the Taylor and Martin, for me there is no contest Guild still the best. I have not liked the Martins (electro notammentune 2500, without the plug, everything should be in the microphones, so ...) and as to Taylor's too typ very crystalline. Is the one with the roundness and heat on, AC is suitable for all.
The quality of manufacture (China) is nickel, SAR yet. We'll see over time, particularly as regards the mature wood. I suspect that the same U.S. more expensive models have better affinity to wood drying certainly, certainly longer.
The report price is good quality, around 1100 + / - 10%.
We must welcome the initiative of Guild who finds it useful to pre-drill models and its leaves free the musician to choose his microphone. It leaves time to SAVE the price of a microphone and AC can put its budget in the woods.
I do it again without hesitating that choice (except may be if I found the same price for a U.S. hand). I was a little rticent cause of Chinese origin but finally she Reveals be an instrument of irreproachable quality and I will not fawn all set for 3000 a U.S.. At this price I bought myself the guitar luthier custom ct my home, and this is my next project (but even when far!)