Guild F-212 Model 12 String Flat Top Acoustic Guitar (1967), made in Hoboken, NJ, serial # AN-968, natural lacquer finish, mahogany back and sides, spruce top; laminated mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black hard shell case.
We consider the Hoboken-built Guild F-212 to be easily one of the best postwar 12-strings ever made, and this is a very nice example. The medium-sized mahogany body and spruce top combine to produce a warm yet bright sound with plenty of 'ring'. The big wide mahogany neck with a center maple strip lamination and unbound rosewood fingerboard is quite comfortable. The F-212 was the world standard acoustic 12-string when new in the 1960's, and remains so today!
Overall length is 43 in. (109.2 cm.), 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 1/2 in. (648 mm.). Width of nut is 1 15/16 in. (49 mm.). A very clean guitar overall; not much play wear at all. There has been a neck set and new-old-stock bridge replacement (not by us!) that turned out structurally well but appears to have caused a heel crack-the heel has been oversprayed dark but this is still visible on close inspection. Other than this a very fine example, excellent sound and a good player. Priced to reflect the repair history, includes the very nice Guild-tagged original hardshell case. Excellent - Condition.
