Post by CTGull on Aug 10, 2020 19:03:26 GMT -5
I picked this guitar up at McDonald’s in Sturbridge MA when delivering his 1966 Guild D40 after its difficult neck reset. yamahavintagefg.boards.net/thread/287/customer-repair-guild-f212xl-reset
This is not only a famous Guild F212XL, the neck has been replaced with a high end Guild ebony neck with inlays, making it truly one of a kind. And it sounds fantastic!! He believes it is a late ‘67 or early ‘68. Guild records at the time were spotty. It’s believed the neck came from a high-end Guild Jumbo 12 string like an F612 and was put on the guitar early on. The guitar is shrouded in mystery as to who changed the neck, when and why. Some think it could’ve been Guild themselves, as custom inlays were an option at the time, but I think the Guild factory would’ve done a cleaner job. The case is marked PETER DEVIN on the side, and GUILD XL on the top front.
I’m hoping when they put the new neck on they didn’t glue the face of the heel to the side of the guitar, like it seems Guild has. And I wonder what glue they used.
My initial observations found there are more crack stop strips inside this guitar than the previous D40 last month. There is one about 2” from the neck block on the treble side, and about 2.5” on the bass side. I was thinking about adding some wood cleats 2” from the neck block, these strips eliminate that need. There are 2 cracks in the treble side near the crack stop. There are some cracks in the top, but they have been cleated inside.
The case is stenciled PETER DEVIN.
Guild XL
YEA! WOW!!
The neck has obviously been removed/replaced.
Cracks in the side. They don't seem to go thru. The long one straddles the crack stop strip.
The action is a little high. And it's tuned to Open B!! Which sounds fantastic!!
Top cracks.
The octave B & e have been removed to be able to single note solo over the chimeyness of the other 8 strings.
This is not only a famous Guild F212XL, the neck has been replaced with a high end Guild ebony neck with inlays, making it truly one of a kind. And it sounds fantastic!! He believes it is a late ‘67 or early ‘68. Guild records at the time were spotty. It’s believed the neck came from a high-end Guild Jumbo 12 string like an F612 and was put on the guitar early on. The guitar is shrouded in mystery as to who changed the neck, when and why. Some think it could’ve been Guild themselves, as custom inlays were an option at the time, but I think the Guild factory would’ve done a cleaner job. The case is marked PETER DEVIN on the side, and GUILD XL on the top front.
I’m hoping when they put the new neck on they didn’t glue the face of the heel to the side of the guitar, like it seems Guild has. And I wonder what glue they used.
My initial observations found there are more crack stop strips inside this guitar than the previous D40 last month. There is one about 2” from the neck block on the treble side, and about 2.5” on the bass side. I was thinking about adding some wood cleats 2” from the neck block, these strips eliminate that need. There are 2 cracks in the treble side near the crack stop. There are some cracks in the top, but they have been cleated inside.
The case is stenciled PETER DEVIN.
Guild XL
YEA! WOW!!
The neck has obviously been removed/replaced.
Cracks in the side. They don't seem to go thru. The long one straddles the crack stop strip.
The action is a little high. And it's tuned to Open B!! Which sounds fantastic!!
Top cracks.
The octave B & e have been removed to be able to single note solo over the chimeyness of the other 8 strings.