Guild F-212XL (Standard Series)
Overview
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- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1970 to 1985
1999 to 2001
The Guild F-212XL was made between 1970 and 1985, as a larger bodied version of the F-212. A similar model - the JF-212XL was made from 1989 to 1994. The Guild F-212XL was reintroduced in 1999 (following the Fender take over) and made until Guild closed their Rhode Island factory in 2001 and moved production to California. The F212X's made in Westerly Rhode Island up to the year 2001 had ebony fingerbaords. In 2010 Guild reintroduced the F-212XL again, as part of the new Guild Standard Series but discontinued it again in 2012 - although the single cutaway electro-acoustic F-212XLCE was still available in 2014.
Specifications (24)
General
| Finish colors | natural finish |
| Made in | USA |
| Number of strings | 12 strings, 6 strings |
| Scale length | 25.625 inches scale-length |
Body
| Body back material | mahogany body back |
| Body sides material | mahogany body sides |
| Body style | super jumbo body style |
| Body top material | spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | tortoiseshell pickguard |
| Soundhole rosette | 3-stripe rosette, single ring rosette |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Neck width | 1.81 inches neck width at nut |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
| Tuner layout | six-per-side tuners |
Hardware
| Bridge pins | white pins |
| Bridge | rosewood bridge |
| Tuners | Gotoh tuners |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard, rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
