F-412Spec
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This is a quote from another thread, so here's a few pictures of Guild 48159 (1970). Note the matched inside-outside Brazilian Rosewood arch back.
F-512 Archback Brazilian rosewood with Florentine inlays.
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This is a quote from another thread, so here's a few pictures of Guild 48159 (1970). Note the matched inside-outside Brazilian Rosewood arch back.
Oh yeah, baby!!!! Now, that's what I'm talkin' about!!!!!
Hey, Brad, thanks for posting that! What an absolutely spectacular guitar! Has that had a refinish? It looks sooooooooo good!
Cougar
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My goodness!
rmoretti49
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Hubba hubba.
This is the back of "Cap," which was my '67 F-50 Rosewood, @F-412Spec . Similar wood to your F-512, but perhaps not the same log. Having said that, note the bookmatching and the the exact same center strip! Coolness!
HeyMikey
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Cougar
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Gorgeous! Is that arched?
F-412Spec
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Original finish on the body for sure. The neck is darker that most I've seen. I don't know what they were doing with neck finishes in 1970, but this guitar had a reset before I got it and it looks to me like steam got into the finish during the reset. Neck or at least the heel was probably sprayed darker at that time.
steverok
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Jesus.
SFIV1967
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Yes!
F-412Spec
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I am pretty sure these are three layers schrunched to shape in a giant press.
SFIV1967
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The good old Wabash press as used in Westerly already, later in Ensenada, Tacoma, New Hartford and still in use in Oxnard today for the arched backs of the F-412 (or "F-512 Maple" as called by CMG). That heated 30 ton Wabash press was in Westerly in service since 1985, so obviously a different press was used before.
Ralf
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Balderdash
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You could rake in some serious money renting that out by the week…
Opsimath
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Beautiful!!! Thank you for the pics! And the sound ... magnificent?
F-412Spec
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Personal preference - The sound of this particular 12-string is third in line. I've never heard any guitar I like as well as AE-176. Nothing close; no contest. Second in line is the AS series F-312 (selected from a group of four) that I played until maintenance was required. That may change (up or down) after the work on it is finished.
The maple 412s have all been a little too "something" for me. Perhaps too "crisp"; I don't know. Chris Jorgensen had an amazing original-size F-212 in the mid-'60s that would be my #4.
There remain three F-412 Specials I've heard of but haven't played - the Texas one, The LA (Ace Music) one, and the one the Kiss guy bought up there in Santa Rosa. Heck, it's been over 50 years,. For all I know all three are the same guitar.