-made in Westerly, RI, USA
-solid spruce top stained dark to look like mahogany - when this model first appeared, they had mahogany tops hence the "M" in the model name - by the time this guitar was built in 1979, they had switched to spruce tops but continued to use the same model name
-lacquered in tortoise pick guard
-solid mahogany sides with an arched laminated mahogany back with no braces
-mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard
-1 11/16" bone nut - 25.5" scale - frets excellent
-rosewood bridge with bone saddle and bone bridge pins
-excellent action and big boomy dreadnought sound
-has finish crazing and scuffs consistent with age but no strumming wear or buckle rash
-original hard shell arch top Guild case with plush blue interior in nice shape