The Guild M-20: The Best Small Body All-Mahogany Guitar?!
The Guild M-20, a small body all-mahogany guitar that has quickly become a fan favorite among players. In this video, we’ll take a close look at the M-20’s features, build quality, and sound, and see why it’s making such a big impact in the world of acoustic guitar. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, you won’t want to miss this review of the Guild M-20 – what might be the best small body all-mahogany guitar on the market!
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Originally posted by UCIB3DqQuXKmM7DzEMppafDA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a563hcbyaBE
can someone tell me why the guitar doesnt look as dark anywhere in only ne stores??
You've done wonderful reviews of both this and the Martin 00-15m these are the (2) guitars I'm currently considering; Which do You prefer?
Fantastic playing! Love this guitar !
I own both a Guild M20 and a Martin 00-15. Both are all Mohogany and USA built. Both are fine , but I play the Martin the most. Both Imo, are the best buys on the market today.
Wonderful playing. Your fingers really make this guitar shine!
The body size is actually closest to a 0, not 00.
Excellent review and presentation and assessment…love it – thank-you ????
boy, it was on a album cover, I better go buy it!!
Excellent video! I think you talked me into buying one of these.
This is my favorite guitar that I ever bought. I’m a smaller guy so this fits me so well, I’d think it was made custom for me. It love super heavy strings and flat wounds. It really wants to be played
While Nick Drake was photographed with a Guild M20 for Bryter Layter, the guitar was owned by the photographer. Drake played a Martin D28.
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There should only two concepts to describe the tone of an acoustic guitar and that's: "woody" and "not woody". All the rest is totally irrelevant! ????
Nice review. What string gauge and type of string sounds best on this guitar?
Gawd I want one of these so bad.
What a lovely guitar. Thanks for a great review, Cooper! Only yesterday I tried the very similar Guild M25 in Andertons, Guildford, UK (the nearest guitar store to my home). The M25 fitted me like a glove. The tone sparkled. My only criticism was that IMO the quality control wasn't too great because there was some fret buzzing in places – but my guitar tech could sort that out, no problem.
I think I need to compare and contrast the M20 with the M120 – for which I'll need to take a trip to GAK in Brighton. And then, depending upon my bank balance, I hope to buy one or other of these.
BTW the paino equivalent of this guitar – in terms of having a 'Woody' tone – is the Broadwood Barless piano, which was only made in the late 1890s and early 1900s, before WW1. I once had one of these as an upright, and I currently have a semi-concert grand (7'4" in length) which I have yet to renovate.
(I tune and restore pianos for a living).
I very much doubt if any of these ever crossed the Atlantic to the US or to Canada, and they're pretty rare in the UK, but if you love the tone of the M20 and you want that in a piano, then the Broadwood Barless is for you.
Love listening to you play, Cooper.
Sweet lil guitar. I bought the D1212 guild westerly. They're so beautiful.
This or the Taylor ad22e or the Martin 00-15m
I just got one of these guys recently. It weighs nothing. Unique great tone. Most impressive to me is how perfect the intonation is up the neck. Also volume is balanced no matter what position I play.
I wonder if they have a left handed model??
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Restless sooooouuuuullllll….
This guy knows nothing about guitard
After your review I first bought M-120, then M-20 😀
Several comments on YouTube (also here) from older people who actually saw Nick Drake play an M-20 in concert. So now it’s time for everybody to stop talking crap about this instrument and the photographer. Enough is enough.
Great guitar …. You mentioned nick drake …so why not play some?
Why on earth is there no comparison of guild m20 vs martin 00-15m or 0-15m
i have one of these absolutely love it. I need to tighten the truss rod a little however but am confused by the rod under the cover plate. It doesn't take a regular allen or hex. It looks like it takes a wrench but how would one fit? thanks, tom
I have a taylor gs mini with .13s on it. With the guild, would a similar gauge work?
Your mic is the reason.
I've got a 74 guild d25m. Dreadnought, round back. Had it about nine years, had a refret done a couple years ago. I'd match it's playability and sound to almost anything.
What’s the better choice? The M-20 or the M-25E?
This Guild őr Fender paramount pm1ov,,,?
Just bought one today. The store had the M20 vintage sunburst and the M25E too, so I was able to compare them and I didn't think they would sound that different. The plain M20 sounded much fuller and warmer than the other two… maybe it's the (absence of) finish, or maybe this particular guitar was better than average, I don't know. The only small downside is the fretboard radius (I think it"s 12"). I prefer it flatter, because it feels roomier for fingerstyle.
There is a newer version of "The Stand." The guitarist travels with an Guild M-20.
It sounds really really good. But for more of that all-rounder guitar, I'm waiting for Guild USA to do an OM.
Love this post so. Great shout for Nick Drake and so impressed with the guitar that I bought one. I'm a happy man.
I really want an M-20. Unfortunately, us lefties can only buy the chinese-made M-120 ????
How about bossa Nova with this guitar…?
I paid $949 for a 000-15M like ten years ago brand new. 1500 yeah okay
will this guitar handle the whack tunings of Nick Drake?
Cooper…. Dang. You killing me bro. Thanks for that finger style jam.
So I have a OM-120 and I do love it but I was looking to see if there was an American made version but the closest thing is the m-20. Any one this it’s worth upgrading to or is it just not gonna be quite the same as am OM? (I do a lot of strumming)
Just had my 1962 M-20 repaired and sounds like clouds
Just got my Guild M-20 today, and I share your enthusiasm. I would have liked to compare to the Martin 000-15SM, but this one is not available presently (Germany)
☑️????just bought one more recently with chesterfield logo in headstock, and it is a wonderful small bodied guitar with tons tone vibe and warmth ; I can highly recommend this guitar to the fingerstyle player ???? ❗️☻️????????
A comparison with the M25e would be perfect. Cooper makes the M20 really special!