It reminds me of my 68 Fender Palomino with the bolt on neck. Being a child of the 60's the head stock never bothered me all that much but I simply couldn't live with that awful pick guard so I swapped it out years ago. It's still in my parts box somewhere around here.
I've got a catalog from that era or probably a couple of years later, what I noted when I first skimmed (had to be pre-'74) it was that all of those acoustics were named after southern California beaches, ah, I do believe it's this one:
Don't recall the "Palomino", not that it matters, but I did and still do think the headstock is actually pretty cool even though I don't dig the bridges.
Don't think I noticed 'em in that catalog, though.
EDIT: Don't think I ever picked up on those adjustable saddles, either. Wild!
Now suspect
those may have had more to do with the poor tone reputation than anything else, but there was a time when I would have loved 'em.
Ah now I also see they appeared to have only been used on a couple o models.
Back to blaming Fender in general.
:glee:
Before I got my first Guild had one of these, a Fender F210, early '80's MIK solid spruce top, said "Set-up in the USA" on the box.
Always like the peghead shape on that one.
It was stolen which turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it led me to Guild on a buddy's advice.