The F-112 model is pretty much a F-30 sized 12 string.
It
is an F30 with 12-string neck, atop braced for 12 stings, and a beefier neckblock.
Hi, there is a guy selling this as an F-30 12 String. You are the first person I have seen ever mention an F-30 and you called it a ‘hog body’ 15. In your opinion is this one of them? I have never been able to find an F-30 12 String anywhere.
It’s also had the serial removed and ‘Used’ stamped on the headstock. Any information is appropriated. Thanks KP
Hi Chris,
Woody was quoting me there. The F112 was based on the
F30.
The guitar you linked a pic of is actually a
GAD-JF30-12, it has a
17" lower 'bout and a maple arched back body. Assuming you've quoted the seller correctly, they're obviously confused about the fact that
JF30 and
F30 are 2 different body types.
The used stamp is a sign it's been through a refurbishing house,
MIRC, as Fender routinely replaced rather than repair those guitars when a warranty claim was made as they didn't consider in-house repair to be cost efficient. They sold the warranty return guitars to MIRC.
To be fair they didn't keep any parts inventory on hand for the MIC models and touching up the poly lacquer if needed would have been problematic, too, while the US builds all still used NCL.
2010 catalog page:
Can't advise about whether it's worth the asking price although in general I'd guess you could do much better than an MIC model with a used stamp, in case you think you may wind up selling it later on. Those used stamps and barcode s/n labels are red flags to a lot of people, even though MIRC is a legitimate outfit and the actual repair may have been pretty simple.
