Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Thx ;-)
The ruler is deluxe, how did I ever live without it?
The ruler is deluxe, how did I ever live without it?
I now think this was actually started as an F-112 and for some reason finished as an F30 as I postulated in post #29.The neck block is very clearly stamped F112.
The neck serial number matches the guitar.
And one other little detail forgotten at the time is that F30's got "Floating X" bracing. Could explain the unusual dishing/dehydrated areas in the top.AHA!
IF it's actually got an F112 top, those were braced more heavily for the stress and could explain why no cracks.
And it reminds me of a story of a member who reported an F30 with what appeared to be an F112 top, confirmed by Hans years ago after getting a description of the bracing.
As if they needed an F30 top to finish a build but only had F112 tops handy.
Maybe it came from that guitar?
(And not entirely joking about that, either!)
What else occurred to me is that perhaps it was intended to be an F112 when started and stamped, but was diverted to be an F30 due to demand, which was much higher.
As well, if it's a '71, right around that time they were changing the F30 from its traditional OOO shape to the "mini-jumbo".***
Might have been another reason to divert bodies that were slated to become F112's to F30's, to get 'em cleared out.
But that bit about the glue dribbles is definitely out of character for original Guild work.
It'd be interesting to see what Hans would say, if he can find it in his logs.