Butch
Junior Member
John Denver’s F50R
Anyone have a good clear picture of the headstock of John Denver’s F50R Artist Award?
Anyone have a good clear picture of the headstock of John Denver’s F50R Artist Award?
AA-82 in Japanese catalog: http://brochures.yokochou.com/anex01/acoustic-guitar/guild/1982/pdf/2.pdfIt was made in 1982 and was called an AA-82.
Guild used a couple of different Artist Award inlays and I have been trying to figure out which one was used on JD’s guitar.
Hans:During that particular period the engraving was done by hand and very primitive looking; consequently they are all different, but it would have been very similar to the one in this photo:
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
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I will take my chances!Would love to help you out, but I'm afraid it's an evening show and you may wake me up in the middle of the night; there's a chance that my answers will not make sense!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Thanks Hans! I have a couple of old F50R’s and I have been contemplating having a replica of his guitar built for me using the dimensions and bracing patterns from my other two F50R’s.
Right, "super-wide" at the top, we just don't know if you knew that yet, so trying to be helpful.The headstock on the Artist Award is, for lack of a better word, an exaggerated guild head stock.
"Engelmann" has 2 "n"'s but we're not out to take people down on stuff like that.I’ve already had my luthier build a copy of my F50R out of cocobolo with an Engleman spruce top (I’m not sure of the spelling of either of those.) and it sounds amazing. So, the thought has just been rolling around in my mind.
Not at this time.I wonder what Guild would charge to build one? I don’t even know if they take special orders.
I think I sense the intended humor but I suspect that's why the OP was only asking if they were taking special orders.Oxnard would probably just throw an Artist Award headstock on their current production F50R, add a double pickguard, and call it a day. Oxnard F55AA? :eagerness:
Truthfully, I don't see much of a market for one.
Tommy
I don't recall ever hearing that but given its place in the lineup and intended to appeal to jazz players, it's possible.Thank you everyone! I really appreciate all of the guidance. If I spent the money to have it built I want to make sure that it’s done correctly. I’m just starting my research so your input very important. I have numerous pictures of AA headstocks and I’m thinking that if I enlarge them to scale I should be ok. The shape seems to have been consistent over the years. I thought that I read somewhere that the dimensions of the neck on the AA were different than the standard neck.