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[This is ] my 1970 Guild F-512 flattop acoustic 12 string guitar. I bought this guitar many years ago from the original owner. He was in a Kingston Trio cover band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. After a number of successful shows in the New York area sometime around 1971/1972, he took all of his hard-earned money to Manny's on 48th Street and bought this guitar. He gigged with it for many years, always taking extremely good care of it. In the late 1970s, he retired from performing when his group disbanded, after which he kept this guitar at home in its case.
Despite being in remarkably clean cosmetic condition, when I bought this gthe instrument was in desperate need of a neck reset. I took the guitar to Gruhn's in Nashville for evaluation and repair. At Gruhn's, the guitar received a neck reset and refret. There was a very small pickguard crack that was also repaired, and the pickguard was removed and reglued in the process. The quality of the repair work performed is truly outstanding, and the instrument now plays perfectly and sounds magnificent.
George Gruhn himself was very impressed with the instrument. He said he's never encountered another one like it. Being that the F-512 was available through special order only from 1968-1974, this example shows many differences from the standard model and even others built around the same time. This guitar features an arched, laminated Brazilian rosewood back with laminated Brazilian rosewood sides. It features the incredibly rare F-612 style fingerboard inlays. This guitar also has a one-piece mahogany neck with a stacked heel, and a mahogany veneer on the back of the peghead – a feature primarily seen on high-end Guild classical Mark series guitars from the era.
Mr. Gruhn had the guitar photographed and documented while it was in his shop so that it could be featured in an article in Vintage Guitar magazine. I will include my physical copy of the magazine with the sale of this guitar, but the article is also available online here: https://www.vintageguitar.com/29226/guild-f-512/
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[This is ] my 1970 Guild F-512 flattop acoustic 12 string guitar. I bought this guitar many years ago from the original owner. He was in a Kingston Trio cover band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. After a number of successful shows in the New York area sometime around 1971/1972, he took all of his hard-earned money to Manny's on 48th Street and bought this guitar. He gigged with it for many years, always taking extremely good care of it. In the late 1970s, he retired from performing when his group disbanded, after which he kept this guitar at home in its case.
Despite being in remarkably clean cosmetic condition, when I bought this gthe instrument was in desperate need of a neck reset. I took the guitar to Gruhn's in Nashville for evaluation and repair. At Gruhn's, the guitar received a neck reset and refret. There was a very small pickguard crack that was also repaired, and the pickguard was removed and reglued in the process. The quality of the repair work performed is truly outstanding, and the instrument now plays perfectly and sounds magnificent.
George Gruhn himself was very impressed with the instrument. He said he's never encountered another one like it. Being that the F-512 was available through special order only from 1968-1974, this example shows many differences from the standard model and even others built around the same time. This guitar features an arched, laminated Brazilian rosewood back with laminated Brazilian rosewood sides. It features the incredibly rare F-612 style fingerboard inlays. This guitar also has a one-piece mahogany neck with a stacked heel, and a mahogany veneer on the back of the peghead – a feature primarily seen on high-end Guild classical Mark series guitars from the era.
Mr. Gruhn had the guitar photographed and documented while it was in his shop so that it could be featured in an article in Vintage Guitar magazine. I will include my physical copy of the magazine with the sale of this guitar, but the article is also available online here: https://www.vintageguitar.com/29226/guild-f-512/
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