Guild 12 string acoustic guitars 1978

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Guild 12 string acoustic guitars 1978

Guild 12 string acoustic guitars advert from Guitar magazine, December 1978:

F-512
Guild's finest 12-string. A guitar for the “accomplished player who prefers 12-string tunings as the means to fullest chordal expression. The action, the balance and the tone quality of this instrument make it the logical medium for the creatively involved professional.
Details:

  • Natural spruce top. Rosewood sides and back.
  • Guild fast-action, 3-piece maple and walnut neck with fully adjustable double truss rods.
  • Bound ebony fingerboard with inlaid mother-of- pearl rectangular position blocks.
  • Bound head plate with inlaid mother-of- pearl Guild motif.
  • Gold plated Schaller mini-machines.
  • Rosewood bridge.
  • Black pickguard. Finest 7-ply ivoroid binding.
  • Delicate wood mosaic stripe inlaid into back and sides. 20 frets.
  • Neck joins the body at 14th fret.
  • Guild B-1250 Strings.

Dimensions:

  • Body 17" (43.1 cm.) wide, 20.75” (52.7 cm.) long, 5" (12.7.cm) deep.
  • Overall length 44" (111.7 cm).
  • Scale length 25.625" (65 cm).
  • Neck width at nut 1 13/18" (4.6 cm.).

F-512 NT. Natural top. Rosewood sides and back.
2517 Hard Shell Case. Flannel lined and padded.  

F-412
Same specifications as F-512, but with curly maple sides and back, the body finished all in blonde. For the stage or club performer building an image of total musicianship, an instrument of dramatically accented beauty, with a tone to equal your technical proficiency.
Details:

  • Natural spruce top.
  • Curly maple sides and back.
  • Guild fast-action, 3-piece maple and walnut neck with fully adjustable double truss rods.
  • Bound ebony fingerboard with inlaid mother-of- pearl rectangular position blocks.
  • Bound head-plate with inlaid mother-of-pearl Guild motif.
  • Gold plated Schaller mini-machines.
  • Rosewood bridge.
  • Black pickguard.
  • Finest 7-ply ivoroid binding.
  • Delicate wood mosaic stripe inlaid into back and sides.
  • 20 frets.
  • Neck joins the body at 14th fret.
  • Guild B-1250 Strings.

Dimensions:

  • Body 17” (43.1 cm.) wide, 20.75" (52.7 cm.) long, 5" (12.7 cm.) deep.
  • Overall length 44" (111.7 cm).
  • Scale length 25.625" (65 cm.).
  • Neck width at nut 1 13/18" (4.6 cm.).

F-412 BL. Natural top. Maple sides and back. All blonde

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