FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

The Orpheum line of Guild guitars was a short-lived series made from January 2013 to May 2014. It was the brainchild of Ren Ferguson, the former master luthier at Gibson's acoustic guitar facility. His idea was to reimagine what Guild acoustic guitars would be if the company had been in business during the 1930s. The 12-fret slope shoulder dreadnaught model borrows heavily from the Gibson Roy Smeck model which itself is based on the Roy Smeck Stage DeLuxe 12-fret dreadnaught of the 1930s. The Guild is constructed using traditional materials from the Golden Age of acoustic guitars - Honduran mahogany, ebony, red spruce and hide glue to hold things together. The bracing takes a hybrid approach where the X-bracing is slightly tapered and the tone bars are scalloped. The Orpheum has a warm tone with a thumpy bass thanks to the bracing and short scale length. 

 Body:  Hollow; solid 2-piece red spruce top, solid 2-piece Honduran mahogany back, and solid Honduran mahogany sides; triple bound top, single bound back

 Finish:  Sunburst, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck:  2-piece mahogany, set-in; ebony headstock overlay with silkscreened logo

 Fingerboard:  Ebony, mother-of-pearl dot markers

 Number of Frets:  20

 Pickguard:  Tortoise, plastic

 Bridge:  Ebony with bone saddle

 Nut:  Bone

 Tuners:  Gotoh SE700, nickel

 Scale Length:  24 3/4 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 51/64 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  16 inches

 Body Depth:  4 3/4 inches

 Weight:  4.7 lb