Ah, awesome, TX! I'd forgotten. So, wow, that'll be 6 LTG members out of the (presumably) 10 made.
OMG! Happy Dance !! Orpheum RW 12 String !
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SFIV1967
Venerated Member
With the two new ones at Chicago Music Exchange the total count is now 12! Nine RW NT, one RW ATB, one MH NT and one MH ATB. So 50% of the 12 pcs are LTG owned so far.
Ralf
Hey, Ralf, any idea where those Chicago Music Exchange Orpheums came from? They're clealy NOS (from New Hartford), but where were they hiding for 3 years? Also, I don't see any 12-string Orpheums (Orphea??) on their site; just 6 strings. You say they had two? Are you sure we hadn't seen them before?
Anyway, shame that you lost all your photos. I wish I had a copy of all those Orpheum 12 labels that you were cataloging in your thread. Oh well. I guess we'll never be able to decide what the true model name of these things actually is/was.
Anyway, shame that you lost all your photos. I wish I had a copy of all those Orpheum 12 labels that you were cataloging in your thread. Oh well. I guess we'll never be able to decide what the true model name of these things actually is/was.
txbumper57
Enlightened Member
Hey Chazmo, Guild had these at the factory in the warehouse at Oxnard and were part of the inventory they rolled over from New Hartford. In my many conversations with Guild over the last 6-8 months they had told me that they did have some Orpheums in stock and if you wanted one that they had they were in new condition and you could order one through a proper dealer. A little birdie told me that in their conversations with Guild recently that it was implied that they had no plans to resurrect the Orpheum series as of now even though they had them listed in the 2016 catalog due to the complications of getting American Production up and running. Chicago Music Exchange just received a shipment of 15 Orpheums to be sold as new at discounted prices with full factory warranties. 13 of them are 12 fret 6 string 000 hog models and 2 are 12 fret 12 string 000 RW models. They also received some F47M's, F30's, and D50 Bluegrass models as well that are all from the stock at Oxnard. It seems unlikely that Guild would be getting rid of these at these discounted prices if they were considering bringing the Orpheums back. Once again this is just what I have heard so take it for what it is worth but these are legitimate New Hartford Orpheums with full factory warranty for sale at $2399 each including the 12 strings.
As far as the listings they have several Orpheums listed on Reverb and the 12 strings are listed on Ebay and in their Ebay store Chazmo, Here is the link to the thread in the Ebay section of the forum, It has both links to the 2 12 fret 12 strings they have. There is also a posting about the 13 Orpheum 12 fret 6 string hog models as well. Hope this helps!
The 12 string listings.
http://letstalkguild.com/ltg/showth...-Fret-12-String-RW!-2399-New-on-Ebay-from-CME
The 6 string Orpheum listings.
http://letstalkguild.com/ltg/showth...heum-12-Fret-Hog-OM-s-2399-obo-each-on-Reverb
TX
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SFIV1967
Venerated Member
Oh no, I did not lose all pictures, just the copies I had on the bankrupt site Minus.com, hence they don't show up in my old LTG threads. But I still have them on my harddrive....shame that you lost all your photos. I wish I had a copy of all those Orpheum 12 labels that you were cataloging in your thread. Oh well. I guess we'll never be able to decide what the true model name of these things actually is/was.
I have to correct myself. In the meantime I know that the one Guild had shown at Summer NAMM 2015 was one of the two last 12 string Orpehums sold by Chicago Music Exchange.
Means new total known 12 string Orpheum count is only 11 and not 12 of them ! (eight RW NT, one RW ATB, one MH NT and one MH ATB).
Ralf
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adorshki
Reverential Member
That's one Guild tradition I hope they never change.Oh well. I guess we'll never be able to decide what the true model name of these things actually is/was.
Well, Cordoba is redefining things based on their own ideas, so... indeed!
Ralf, I'm glad you didn't lose everything. Smart man!