Baritone ukulele
Maker
Guild Guitar Company
Date1963 ca.
Place MadeHoboken, New Jersey, United States, North America
ModelModel U-21
Serial No.U-474
SignedPrinted in brown ink on oval, ivory paper label with leafy sprig border, the model and serial number written in blue ballpoint pen: [G logo] / GUARANTEE / This GUILD instrument is hereby guaranteed to the original / purchaser against defects in workmanship and materials. / Model UKE / Serial No. U-474 / GUILD GUITARS, INC. / Hoboken, New Jersey / U.S.A.
Branded on back graft between braces: Guild
Silkscreened in gold paint on head: GuildMarkingsnoneDescriptionStringing: four nylon stringsSoundboard: two-piece mahogany
Back: four-piece mahogany
Ribs: two-piece mahogany
Head and neck: mahogany; integral head and neck
Heel cap: mahogany; recessed from back
Binding: none
Fretboard: rosewood; 18 nickel-silver T-frets; mother-of-pearl dots behind 5th, 7th, 10th, and 15th frets; double mother-of-pearl dots behind 12th fret
Nut: rosewood
Bridge: rosewood; ebony saddle; ivory-colored plastic bridge pins
Tuners: nickel-plated steel tension pegs with ivory-colored plastic heads
Rosette: two light hardwood strips set in from edge, each with black painted edges in imitation of purfling, with no space between strips
Finish: dark red-brown with satin texture
Linings: kerfed mahogany
Neck block: mahogany; beveled corners
End block: mahogany; beveled corners
Top braces: two spruce transverse braces with tapered ends above and below soundhole; scalloped spruce diagonal brace below bridge plate; wide spruce bridge plate with rounded ends
Back braces: two mahogany transverse braces, one each at center and lower bouts; mahogany back graft
DimensionsTotal Baritone ukulele length: 792 mm (31-5/32″)
Back length: 359 mm (14-1/8″)
Upper bout width: 200 mm (7-1/8″)
Waist width: 165 mm (6-1/2″)
Lower bout width: 264 mm (10-3/8″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 69 mm (2-23/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 76 mm (3″)
Rib height, at end block: 77 mm (3-1/32″)
Head length: 147 mm (5-13/16″)
Head width, top: 68 mm (2-11/16″)
Head width, bottom: 54 mm (2-1/8″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 283 mm (11-1/8″)
Neck width, nut: 37 mm (1-15/32″)
Neck width, heel: 47 mm (1-27/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 75 mm (2-31/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 516 mm (20-5/16″)
Published ReferencesHans Moust, The Guild Guitar Book: The Company and the Instruments, 1952-1977, (Milwaukee: Hal Leonard, 1995), p. 136.
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2009
Object number14444
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