New pics of F512 back -- EIR or Brazilian?

[bdeclee]

These are for West:

http://s217.photobucket.com/albums/cc217/bdeclee/

I am so uneducated, I don't know the difference between EIR and Brazilian. What are you looking for, and what difference does it make?

Thanks,
Barbara

 

[bdeclee]

Okay, experimenting here with pictures:

Pictures good enough? I don't have any external light source except outdoors, where it's about 45 now.

 

[bdeclee]

I think I got it:

B

 

[West R Lee]

Looks pretty darned Braz to me.

West

 

[12 string]

Me,too.

 

[West R Lee]

I believe you've got yourself a keeper there Barbara.....or a gold mine, whatever your perspective.

West

 

[Dr Izza Plumber]

Congrats on the find.

 

[Graham]

Wow!! That's gorgeous.

And Welcome to LTG Barb/Babs/Bobbie.

 

[West R Lee]

I think she "found" it about 35 years ago Doc.

West

 

[california]

Picture #2 looks very braz. Very nice!

 

[West R Lee]

Another thing that might interest you Barbara, is that if I'm not mistaken, your guitar is much older than a '73. Your label indicates it was built in Hoboken, which would put it at pre '68. Hans can probably tell you exactly when she was built.

West

 

[GardMan]

I'm not going to even say the "BRW" word (and it's a beauty, regardless). But, from the SN, it looks like a late 69... perhaps one of the last of the Hoboken Guilds. From "The Book," it appears that production at Hoboken and Westerly overlapped from ~67-69. Hans?

 

[bdeclee]

Hey guys,
I just got back from taking my Guilds to be appraised at Lark Street Music, which is a total resource in these parts (in case you know of him, Buzzy Levine is the owner & appraiser man). He is pretty sure it's Brazilian too, but was curious to know what you all thought as well.


Just to clarify, I bought my FIRST Guild 12 string, an F-312, in 1973. That was stolen. I found my current baby about 20 years ago in a pawn shop in NYC. The serial number is weird, because the last of the Hoboken 69s are numbered OC-223. Mine is OC-247. So was it begun in Hoboken, then finished up in Westerley? Is it 1970?

And then there's those Florentine inlays -- is it absolutely sure that Carlo Greco did them? I suppose I could ask him...he's here in NYC.

Thanks for putting up with all my photo mishaps!

Barbara

 

[bdeclee]

By the way, the *sides* of my F-512 look to be EIR, NOT Braz. I wonder if they only had enough Brazilian rosewood to make only the back, and that was the end of it?

Buzzy appraised it at around $4,000 for insurance purposes.

Anyone know how you can post .wav or sound files?

Barbara

 

[Dr Izza Plumber]

By the way, the *sides* of my F-512 look to be EIR, NOT Braz. I wonder if they only had enough Brazilian rosewood to make only the back, and that was the end of it?

Buzzy appraised it at around $4,000 for insurance purposes.

Anyone know how you can post .wav or sound files?

Barbara

url tabs fore and aft of the link.

 

[Dr Izza Plumber]

I think she "found" it about 35 years ago Doc.

West

Oh well, then congrats on keeping the axe for 35 years! :lol:

 

[Tres]

Definitely Braz. No doubt!

Tres

 

[Tres]

By the way, the *sides* of my F-512 look to be EIR, NOT Braz. I wonder if they only had enough Brazilian rosewood to make only the back, and that was the end of it?

Buzzy appraised it at around $4,000 for insurance purposes.

Anyone know how you can post .wav or sound files?

Barbara

Guild is definitely known to have mixed Brazilian and Indian rosewoods on a guitar. But the back is what matters most IMHO, as far as tone goes.

Nice guitar!

Tres

 

[Scratch]

Barbara... Looks like plastic to me. But don't worry, I'll take it off yer hands. OK on second look; appears Braz all the way!!! What a beaut! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[Darryl Hattenhauer]

Barb,

It's so obviously Braz that even West and I could see it.

Buzz Levine is a highly regarded dealer and Guild expert. He sold me my first Guild almost 20 years ago.

Do you have any pics of the side?