GuildFS4612CE
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My '67 F212 had the black overlay/Chesterfield.
1973 F-112 on AGF
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lpa53
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Curiouser and curiouser... we probably do need Hans to weigh in!GuildFS4612CE said:
lpa53
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The owner of the F112 about which I started this thread yesterday decided that after restringing it, tuning it down a step, and then playing it at his church, he just had to keep it. He'd had two offers but just liked it too much! After seeing liitlesong's interesting thread, I've asked the owner if he'd take a look at the label to see if it says Westerly or Hoboken. If I hear back, I'll mention it here.
Hello gents. It's taken 3 weeks to get approved to join this board. I'm the guy that WAS going to sell my 1971 F112. It had hung on the wall at Rock-n-Roll Vintage for 3 months. I took it back to loan it to a friend whose 1973 F212-XL was in the shop for Christmas. He got his back just after Christmas.
While I had mine back, I had fixed up the pickup which is a PUTW #27. I had it glued to the underside of the bridge plate. These are soundboard transducers. The normal way to install them is to use a double sided sticky tape. After some months that can come loose, I have found. I'm expecting the glue to be more permanent.
And in the process of doing all that, I took it to church and played it through the house system. And the thing was spectacular. And as reported above, I've tuned it a whole step down. For years I tried DADGAD, but just didn't play it much. (It got tuned back up to standard when it went on consignment). Any rate, I discovered again the instrument is sure fun to play. And the money I would get from the sale doesn't make a big impact so, it looks like I'll keep it for a while. I've got something else more economically valuable to sell (a 1957 Southern Jumbo) so, it looks like I'll keep the F112.
I bought it in 2001. The neck is quite fine. My friend with the 73 F212-XL had his neck reset about 15 years ago.
I also have a 1971 Guild D40 that I'm the original owner. But I don't play that much, because the neck width is narrower than anything else I play. At the moment I have that as a high-strung guitar.
While I had mine back, I had fixed up the pickup which is a PUTW #27. I had it glued to the underside of the bridge plate. These are soundboard transducers. The normal way to install them is to use a double sided sticky tape. After some months that can come loose, I have found. I'm expecting the glue to be more permanent.
And in the process of doing all that, I took it to church and played it through the house system. And the thing was spectacular. And as reported above, I've tuned it a whole step down. For years I tried DADGAD, but just didn't play it much. (It got tuned back up to standard when it went on consignment). Any rate, I discovered again the instrument is sure fun to play. And the money I would get from the sale doesn't make a big impact so, it looks like I'll keep it for a while. I've got something else more economically valuable to sell (a 1957 Southern Jumbo) so, it looks like I'll keep the F112.
I bought it in 2001. The neck is quite fine. My friend with the 73 F212-XL had his neck reset about 15 years ago.
I also have a 1971 Guild D40 that I'm the original owner. But I don't play that much, because the neck width is narrower than anything else I play. At the moment I have that as a high-strung guitar.
12 string
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This thread had a familiar feel to it so I snooped around and found this:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8557
In this older thread I made a statement about the two F-112s I've had not realizing there had been some changes in the body, as demonstrated in this newer thread. The changes were pretty minor however, because in 1980 I bought a new case for my 1970 F-112 and it was a perfect snug fit.
' Strang
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8557
In this older thread I made a statement about the two F-112s I've had not realizing there had been some changes in the body, as demonstrated in this newer thread. The changes were pretty minor however, because in 1980 I bought a new case for my 1970 F-112 and it was a perfect snug fit.
' Strang
adorshki
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Hi Marshall, WELCOME ABOARD and thanks for the input! Now I'm just a little curious about that term "high strung guitar"...I usually only use that term for my girlfriend but it sure seems to fit here.... :lol:Marshall said:
A high strung guitar (sometimes called Nashville tuning) means it's a 6 string guitar with the High strings of a 12 string set put on it. There are no wound strings on it. You play it like a regular 6 string. But it sounds almost like a 12 string without the low notes from wound strings. It's used a lot in Nashville recordings, because the high notes can cut through all the otehr instruments better. And because there's usually a bass and other instruments covering the mid range notes.