Hey all...
I've lurked for a while, but finally decided to join because I finally fixed up my old
F-212e. It's from 1966 or so, and it had the wrong tuners on it for a while, so it didn't get played much over the years.
It had oversized Grovers installed in the 60s, but that made it almost impossible to tune it because the buttons kept hitting each other… That's the way I bought it years ago. Finally this week I installed a complete set of Grover minis, and re-strong this guitar for the first time in at least seven years.
Got to say… It's a monster. The sound is huge for a folk musician like me, mostly just strumming in open tuning. The factory installed pick up still works great, and other than the tuning machines, I'm leaving it as it has been (Although I could probably use a new bridge).
I've never personally seen another with a factory installed pick-up, although I'm sure you're out there somewhere.
If any of you are familiar with this model, chime in with your thoughts about restoring it further.
I've lurked for a while, but finally decided to join because I finally fixed up my old
F-212e. It's from 1966 or so, and it had the wrong tuners on it for a while, so it didn't get played much over the years.
It had oversized Grovers installed in the 60s, but that made it almost impossible to tune it because the buttons kept hitting each other… That's the way I bought it years ago. Finally this week I installed a complete set of Grover minis, and re-strong this guitar for the first time in at least seven years.
Got to say… It's a monster. The sound is huge for a folk musician like me, mostly just strumming in open tuning. The factory installed pick up still works great, and other than the tuning machines, I'm leaving it as it has been (Although I could probably use a new bridge).
I've never personally seen another with a factory installed pick-up, although I'm sure you're out there somewhere.
If any of you are familiar with this model, chime in with your thoughts about restoring it further.