My ‘67 or early ‘68 Guild F212XL
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Wow!! Beautiful!! I guess I should get you some nippers for those string ends!!! 
Brucebubs
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I notice you're missing a couple of strings there and please clip those string ends too - beautiful guitar like that deserves it.
Pete Townshend has a F-612 guitar with similar fret markers.
Pete Townshend has a F-612 guitar with similar fret markers.
Br1ck
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Can someone enlighten me as to what the XL designation means?
hansmoust
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Extra Large ........ just like a T-shirt! So basically a bigger F-212!
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
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Heath, that really is an unusual and extraordinary F-212XL. Enjoy it in good health!
HeyMikey
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The F212 has a 16 inch lower bout, whereas the F212XL has a 17 inch.
I notice you're missing a couple of strings there and please clip those string ends too - beautiful guitar like that deserves it.
Pete Townshend has a F-612 guitar with similar fret markers.
If I am not mistaken, Pete’s guitar is a F512, not a F612.
Brucebubs
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Pete Townshend has used a Guild F-612XL 12-string guitar on most solo and Who recordings beginning with 1971’s Who’s Next. He purchased this guitar from Manny’s in New York. Prior to 1971, he had used a Harmony Sovereign H1270 12-string. He continues to use this guitar for stage performances today.
wileypickett
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Maybe this photo isn't of the F612 then? It doesn't have the bridge inlay of all the F612s I've seen pics of anyway.
(Parenthetically, is there is such a thing as a Guild F612"XL"? The F612 is already as XL as Guild ever got.)
(Parenthetically, is there is such a thing as a Guild F612"XL"? The F612 is already as XL as Guild ever got.)
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He may very well have owned a F612. I am just saying that I believe the guitar in the picture is a F512.
In addition to lacking the bridge inlays as Glenn noted, the headstock is also lacking the F612 border inlays.
It also appears to have a 17” instead of an 18” lower bout.
In addition to lacking the bridge inlays as Glenn noted, the headstock is also lacking the F612 border inlays.
It also appears to have a 17” instead of an 18” lower bout.
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I have seen the special inlays on a F212, F212XL, F412 Special, F512 and F612, but never on a F312.
I wonder if there are any out there.
I wonder if there are any out there.
wileypickett
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Wow! Got a chance to play Heath's 12-string this afternoon -- one of the best sounding (massive) and playing (plays like a six-string) Guild 12-strings I've ever had the pleasure to handle. And I've owned (and still own) quite a few Guild 12s.
His repair guy did a stellar job on the neck reset -- very clean work.
Yeah, I'm sort of kicking myself for having sold it, but good on Heath for getting the neck reset done -- I had it for a couple years and never got around to it.
Folks, it's a monster!
His repair guy did a stellar job on the neck reset -- very clean work.
Yeah, I'm sort of kicking myself for having sold it, but good on Heath for getting the neck reset done -- I had it for a couple years and never got around to it.
Folks, it's a monster!
Br1ck
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Don't beat yourself up. I had my D 35 for over ten years before I spent the dough to fix it.
wileypickett
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Ha!
My F312 (formerly Rich Cohen's, formerly Rich Patterson's) is in need of a neck reset and I'm now looking to use Heath's luthier for the job, so impressed was I by his work on F2121XL.
A bit of a hike from Boston though -- he's south of Hartford, about two hours drive each way.
That's about the same distance as when Guild was in New Hartford; I had them do repairs on a couple of my guitars -- so not out of the question.
Glenn