Finally Home F612 NGD!!

[adorshki]

We might ask "why weren't more of these sold"? But I do recollect that Led Zeppelin, etc were all the rave that year. For that matter many folks probably didn't even realize that occasionally an acoustic guitar was used even in the heavy rock genre.

I'm thinking that with Zeppelin in particular the third album released in '70 was a bit of a flop, possibly because it WAS so heavily acoustic, but "4", released in '71, then took almost a year to actually take off but still had "Going to California" and "Battle of Evermore", completely overshadowed by "Stairway".. so I'm wondering if a bigger problem might have been that the general public (ie AM radio audience) didn't realize John Denver actually played a 12-string let alone a Guild, 'cause I think he was actually selling more than Zepp, to a different audience.
In fact that period kind of sticks out in my mind as an era of a shortage of the heavy rock I loved and an overdose of what I called 'wimpy-a--ed singer-songwriters" elsewhere, recently.
I liked Johnathan Edwards, though, "Sunshine" had some grit and good punchy rhythm.
And my favorite Jackson Browne was always his first one, "Doctor My Eyes"
OK I'm done.

 

[txbumper57]

Here is the Sound clip I promised everyone. I also posted it in the Original post of this thread for future references. If you hear some zinging in the strings it's not the guitar it is my arm being swollen. Just some strumming with some single note flat picking at the end. Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/txbumper57/1971-guild-f-612

 

[Opsimath]

Absolutely incredible! What a fabulous instrument. Glad your shoulder is feeling better so you can enjoy it! Thank you for sharing.

 

[davismanLV]

Wowza, Tx!!! What an amazing and BIG sound. You must be super pleased! Thanks for sharing that! :encouragement::encouragement:

 

[txbumper57]

Thanks for the repsponse Opsimath and Davisman, It really is a special guitar, Especially if it makes me sound good! I also put up clips for the 1976 G41 and Orpheum 12 Fret in their respective threads and in the "My Music" section as well. Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!