Detail 01
Solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides
The guitar uses the stated solid spruce top with mahogany body woods.
Product detailSKU #1500000266449
GuildDS-240 Memoir Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Vintage Sunburst
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Independent shopping perspective
The Korena take
A vintage-inspired slope-shoulder dreadnought with a solid Sitka spruce top, mahogany body, and classic Guild detailing.
Strong match
Who this is for
- Players seeking a slope-shoulder dreadnought
- Players who want solid spruce and mahogany construction
- Musicians drawn to 1920s-inspired visual styling
Consider the trade-offs
When to look elsewhere
- Players who need onboard pickup or preamp electronics
- Left-handed players
- Buyers who require an included case
What matters in use
The specifications, translated
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 02
24.75 in. scale length and 1-11/16 in. nut width
These are the instrument's listed playing dimensions.
Detail 03
Nickel Guild GBB2 Butterbean tuners, 18:1
The guitar uses the listed Guild-branded nickel tuning machines.
Final check
Know before you order
- 01This is a right-handed, non-cutaway acoustic guitar.
- 02It has no pickup or preamp.
- 03A case is sold separately.
Product questions
Before you decide
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
01Does the DS-240 Memoir have electronics?
No. The listed pickup/preamp specification is none.
02Is a case included?
No. A case is sold separately.
03What woods are used for the body?
It has a solid Sitka spruce top with mahogany back and sides.
04What body shape does it use?
It is a slope-shoulder dreadnought.
Reference
Full specifications
The complete catalog record, organized around the decisions musicians make when comparing gear.
1 detailsPickups & controls
- Pickup/preamp
- No
7 detailsPlayability
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Saddle and nut
- Bone
- Number of strings
- 6
- Number of frets
- 20
- Number of Frets
- 20
- Number of Strings
- 6
- Scale Length
- 24.75"
11 detailsBody & build
- Color
- Brown
- Back and sides
- Mahogany
- Top Material
- Solid Sitka spruce
- Body Type
- Slope shoulder dreadnought
- Neck finish
- Satin polyurethane
- Neck Wood
- Mahogany
- Neck wood
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material
- Pau ferro Neck wood: Mahogany Scale length: 24.75" Number of frets: 20 Neck finish: Satin polyurethane Electronics Pickup/preamp: No Other Headstock overlay: Pau ferro Tuning machines: Nickel Guild GBB2 Butterbean 18:1 Bridge: Pau ferro Saddle and nut: Bone Number of strings: 6 Special features: Case: Sold separately Accessories: None Country of origin: China
- Country of Origin
- China
- Top wood
- Solid Sitka spruce
- Body finish
- Gloss Polyurethane
2 detailsSize & weight
- Scale length
- 24.75"
- Nut width
- 1-11/16"
17 detailsOther
- Neck shape
- C
- Case
- Sold separately
- Bracing pattern
- Scalloped X
- Accessories
- None
- Tier
- new
- Category Source
- detail
- Fingerboard
- Pau ferro
- Cutaway
- No
- Korena Special
- false
- Tuning machines
- Nickel Guild GBB2 Butterbean 18:1
- Orientation
- Right handed
- Body type
- Slope shoulder dreadnought
- Country of origin
- China
- Source Id
- site51500000266449
- Prop65
- WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals including Formaldehyde (gas), which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov
- Headstock overlay
- Pau ferro
- Bridge
- Pau ferro
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