FACTOIDS & TRIVIA

Guild introduced their first dreadnought sized 12-string models in 1974 -- the mahogany body G-212 and rosewood body G-312. The G-312 was more or less a 12-string version of the D-50, though the earliest versions did not have dot fingerboard markers. The dot markers were added in 1978 as shown on the guitar here. Guild's dreadnought 12-string models were never as popular as the jumbo and small jumbo models. Sonically, they are noticeably different from the jumbo models and have more midrange punch and cutting power. The G-312 enjoyed a 10-year production run until being discontinued in 1984. It made a final, albeit brief, appearance as a reissue in 2012 and differed from the original in that it had a cutaway body, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and a single truss rod.

 Body:  Hollow; solid 2-piece spruce top, solid 2-piece Indian rosewood back, and solid Indian rosewood sides; triple bound top, single bound back

 Finish:  Natural, nitrocellulose lacquer

 Neck:  3-piece mahogany/maple/mahogany, set-in; black plastic headstock overlay with pearloid logo and Chesterfield inlay 

 Fingerboard:  Ebony; pearloid dot markers

 Number of Frets:  20

 Pickguard:  Black, acetate

 Bridge:  Ebony with bone saddle

 Nut:  Bone

 Tuners:  Schaller Mini, chrome

 Pickups:  None

 Controls:  None

 Scale Length:  25 5/8 inches

 Neck Width at Nut:  1 27/32 inches

 Body Width at Lower Bout:  15 7/16 inches

 Body Depth:  4 7/8 inches

 Weight:   6.3 lb