Chicago Music Exchange | 4 years ago

It seems like something special happens every day in our acoustic room, but it’s not every day that we get something like this. Karl is excited to welcome this Guild USA Special Run D-512E, a one-of-a-kind, USA-made 12-string, and one of Guild’s rarest models. Constructed with an AAA-grade Sitka spruce top, scalloped Adirondack spruce bracing, mother-of-pearl V-block inlays, and rosewood back and sides, this top-notch 12-string is the first of its kind to be made in Guild’s California facility and one of only a few in the company’s 68 years of production. Shop this spectacular Special Run today.

The first Guild workshop was located in Manhattan, New York, where Dronge (who soon took over full ownership) focused on electric and acoustic archtop jazz guitars. Much of the initial workforce consisted of former Epiphone workers who lost their jobs following their 1951 strike and the subsequent relocation of the company from Queens to Philadelphia. Rapid expansion forced the company to move to much larger quarters, on Newark St. in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the old R. Neumann Leathers building. The advent of the folk music craze in the early '60s had shifted the company into production of an important line of acoustic folk and blues guitars, including a dreadnought series (D-40, D-50 and, later, D-55) that competed successfully with Martin's D-18 and D-28 models, and jumbo and Grand Concert "F" models that were particularly popular with blues guitarists like Dave Van Ronk. Notable also was the Guild 12-string guitar, which used a Jumbo "F" body and dual truss rods in the neck to produce a workhorse instrument with a deep, rich tone distinctive from the chimier twelve-strings put out by Martin.

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Songs Played:
00:00 - 00:48 - Mama, I'm Coming Home by Ozzy Osbourne
01:42 - 02:20 - Rex's Blues by Townes Van Zandt

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