Reply With QuoteAwesome description, and I agree. That is one gorgeous honey-colored soundboard.Originally Posted by HeyMikey
There something about a hog 12 string that just keeps me coming back.
I think that is why I've kept my Ibanez so long. The F-212 and Ibanez may not be up to par with the F-412 or F-512's but that F-212 is a really special guitar to me
NH 2011 D-40 Standard, 2014 Orpheum 000-12 Fret SH Hog, 2010 F-412, 2010 F-512.
Westerly: Songbird, JF-30-12, 1976 F-212, 1971 D-25 CH, 1982 D-70, F4CE, 1996 D-26
Westerly Series OM-140 SB
Ibanez V-302
Madeira A-2...(don't laugh!)
Most of the pain associated with my playing comes from having to listen to me. frono
Awesome description, and I agree. That is one gorgeous honey-colored soundboard.
Guilds:
1967 MK-VI Artist Special (Hoboken - Jacobs restoration 2018) - "The Mark"
12ers:
1994 JF-30-12Bld (Westerly),
2006 F-512 (Tacoma),
2010 F-212XL STD (New Hartford) - "Connie"
2014 Orpheum 12 OOO SHRW (New Hartford)
Other 12ers:
1970 Martin D-12-20
1980 Ibanez AW-75 (Series I)
1984 Taylor 655
Hans.....Serial number is......38212
Please let me know...
Last edited by c70man; 02-25-2019 at 12:02 PM.
Current guitars
1966 Guild 212
1962 Gisbon LG2
1966 Custom Built 335 (Italian)
1998 Breedlove Steve Henderson Custom C20/MH
2017 Epiphone Texan
Recently sold
2006 Martin OM21
1969 Framus 12 string
1964 Gibson B25
2012 Gibson J45 VSB
1989 JF12 (sold)
2010 F20 Gad
1982 Guild F30
2008 Guild CO-2C
1999 Larrivee D02
2014 Martin GPC12PA4
2001 Breedlove J20/MH 12 string
Owned multiple D25's as well as F25's, F30's, and D40's from the 60's, 70's and up to late 80's.
Yup, that would make it an F-212 from 1964, which is what I expected after looking at the photo.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Thanks.....
Anything else I should know about it? Just curious. I noticed that the neck radius is pretty flat. Is that common? Or do you think it may have been modified some?
Current guitars
1966 Guild 212
1962 Gisbon LG2
1966 Custom Built 335 (Italian)
1998 Breedlove Steve Henderson Custom C20/MH
2017 Epiphone Texan
Recently sold
2006 Martin OM21
1969 Framus 12 string
1964 Gibson B25
2012 Gibson J45 VSB
1989 JF12 (sold)
2010 F20 Gad
1982 Guild F30
2008 Guild CO-2C
1999 Larrivee D02
2014 Martin GPC12PA4
2001 Breedlove J20/MH 12 string
Owned multiple D25's as well as F25's, F30's, and D40's from the 60's, 70's and up to late 80's.
I would suspect a flat fingerboard on an F-212 from that particular period. If it's slightly rounded there is a chance that the fingerboard has been modified from flat! No big deal really; not everybody likes a flat fingerboard!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Fingerboard is very flat. Sorry, I meant to refer to the shape of the neck not being a round "C" but more of a flat oval.
Current guitars
1966 Guild 212
1962 Gisbon LG2
1966 Custom Built 335 (Italian)
1998 Breedlove Steve Henderson Custom C20/MH
2017 Epiphone Texan
Recently sold
2006 Martin OM21
1969 Framus 12 string
1964 Gibson B25
2012 Gibson J45 VSB
1989 JF12 (sold)
2010 F20 Gad
1982 Guild F30
2008 Guild CO-2C
1999 Larrivee D02
2014 Martin GPC12PA4
2001 Breedlove J20/MH 12 string
Owned multiple D25's as well as F25's, F30's, and D40's from the 60's, 70's and up to late 80's.
Would need to hold the guitar in my hands to comment on that! You could try to make a photo, but I'm not sure it will show!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
I love that vintage guitar. Still not catastrophically expensive, but old enough to have that patina. I would much rather have one of those than brand new.
I’ve noticed that even after Guild began making their 12-strings with radiused fretboards, they still put flat saddles in ‘em, at least for some period of time, two or three years?
My ‘66 F212XL: came with a flat fingerboard / flat saddle; my ‘69 F212: came with a radiused fingerboard / flat saddle.
These both came with the early style bridges, with “through-saddles”; I.e.: the slot runs through the length of the raised portion of the bridge.
Curious.
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