Guild pioneered acoustic bass guitar design in the mid-1970s with the B-50, which featured a jumbo body shape, arched mahogany back, and an easy to play, 30 3/4” scale length. Decades later, these vintage features are back with our B-240E, offering bassists a workhorse acoustic instrument with big tone that plays with ease. Built with a solid Sitka spruce top over an arched mahogany back and mahogany sides, the B-240E will hold its own in acoustic jams. It can also be easily amplified through an onboard Guild/Fishman Bass Sonitone Bass system. The B-240E features a pau ferro fingerboard and bridge, slim C shape neck profile, 1 5/8” bone nut and bone saddle, tortoiseshell pickguard, and a mother-of-pearl rosette.
SPECIFICATIONS
Body
- Body Shape: B – Jumbo Bass
- Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
- Top Bracing Pattern: Scalloped X
- Soundhole Diameter: 3 7/8″ (98mm)
- Rosette: Mother-Of-Pearl / ABS
- Top Purfling Inlay: Black/White/Black ABS
- Body Sides: Mahogany
- Body Back: Arched Mahogany
- Body Binding: Ivory ABS
Neck
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Scale Length: 30 3/4″ (781mm)
- Neck Shape: C Shape
- Nut Width: 1 5/8″ (41mm)
- Neck Thickness: 1st Fret 22mm
- Neck Thickness: 9th Fret 24mm
- Truss Rod: Dual Action
- Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm Allen Key
- Fingerboard Material: Pau Ferro
- Fingerboard Radius: 16″ (406mm)
- Fingerboard Inlays: 5mm Dots – Mother-Of-Pearl
- Frets Total: 23
Hardware
- Bridge Material: Pau Ferro
- Bridge String: Spacing 2″ (52mm)
- Bridge Pins: Ivory Colored Plastic with Black Dot
- Saddle Material: Bone
- Hardware Finish / Plating: Nickel Plated
- Nut Material: Bone
- Tuning Machines: Guild Bass Closed-Gear Fishtail
- Endpin: Strap Button – Nickel
- Pickguard: Tortoiseshell
Electronics
- Electronics: Guild/Fishman Sonitone BT-1 with Volume and Tone Controls
