Hello,
I recently purchased a 1970 Guild F-312-NT that the seller thought was from 1969. I emailed with Hans Moust and he identified the guitar as actually from 1970 based on the serial number and use of: "Brown Silhouet label that was originally printed for the Mark-series classicals from the early ‘60s. After the move from Hoboken, NJ to Westerly, RI these labels were used on a limited number of instruments together with the leftover oval labels with the Hoboken, NJ address that were also used till they ran out of them towards the end of the year 1970."
I was wondering if anyone knows if the beginning of 1970 is a hard cut off date for the use of Brazilian rosewood? I have read various opinion stating that it continued into 1970 on some models, but I'm not sure about this one as to me the color looks more like East Indian rosewood, but the grain structure looks more like verifiable Brazilian rosewood guitars I have seen. However, I think the way the grain of the backs and sides look may just be due to the cut not being quarter-sawn as are most guitars made of East Indian.
I know that it is possible that you can't really tell by just looking at it, hence I was hoping to get find some information based on historical knowledge of what Guild did after the move to Westerly.
Thanks!
P.S. Is there a way to upload a photo to this post? I can't find the button for that!
I recently purchased a 1970 Guild F-312-NT that the seller thought was from 1969. I emailed with Hans Moust and he identified the guitar as actually from 1970 based on the serial number and use of: "Brown Silhouet label that was originally printed for the Mark-series classicals from the early ‘60s. After the move from Hoboken, NJ to Westerly, RI these labels were used on a limited number of instruments together with the leftover oval labels with the Hoboken, NJ address that were also used till they ran out of them towards the end of the year 1970."
I was wondering if anyone knows if the beginning of 1970 is a hard cut off date for the use of Brazilian rosewood? I have read various opinion stating that it continued into 1970 on some models, but I'm not sure about this one as to me the color looks more like East Indian rosewood, but the grain structure looks more like verifiable Brazilian rosewood guitars I have seen. However, I think the way the grain of the backs and sides look may just be due to the cut not being quarter-sawn as are most guitars made of East Indian.
I know that it is possible that you can't really tell by just looking at it, hence I was hoping to get find some information based on historical knowledge of what Guild did after the move to Westerly.
Thanks!
P.S. Is there a way to upload a photo to this post? I can't find the button for that!