Model Name F512 with D-TAR™ Pickup System
Model Number 380-2906-(Color #)
Category Vintage Jumbo 12-String Guitars
Body Style Jumbo
Top Solid AAA Sitka Spruce
Bracing Custom X
Back Solid Rosewood
Sides Solid Rosewood
Bridge Ebony
Neck 3-Piece Mahogany/Maple/Mahogany
Fretboard Ebony (12" Radius)
Width at Nut 1-13/16"
No. of Frets 20
Scale Length 25 5/8"
Hardware Gold
Machine Heads Gold-Plated Grover® Rotomatic™ Die-cast Mini-Tuners
Pickups D-TAR™ Wave-Length™ Pickup and Preamp System with Load 'N Lock™ Battery Access.
The Wave-Length combines a thin, piezo under-saddle transducer with an 18v, low-noise, high input impedance preamp, to create a system with twice the dynamic range of typical 9v systems. The 18v preamp is powered by two “AA” batteries and a voltage converter. With 18 volts, the signal has more headroom, so hard strumming won’t distort as easily. The preamp also has an input for a second source, like a magnetic pickup or a Soundboard transducer.
Two adjustable trim pots, one for low frequency shelving and one for high frequency shelving, allow you to fine tune and “set and forget” the bass and treble frequencies to optimize the Wave-Length for your instrument’s size and shape; enabling you transparently amplify the natural Timbre of your acoustic guitar with minimal coloration. The Soundhole mounted Volume and Tone controls give the ultimate in final control your tonal palette.
But perhaps the coolest part of the system is D-TAR’s new Load ‘N Lock
system, which allows quick and easy “AA” batteries changes. Just unscrew
the endpin “collar,” remove the old batteries, and pop in the new ones. A
quarter turn of the collar is all you need to lock them in place. D-TAR Wave-
Length pickups are standard on all of our acoustic/electric guitars.
Controls N/A
Pickup Switching N/A
Finish High Gloss (Nitro-cellulose Lacquer)
Colors (821) Natural,
(837) Antique Burst
Unique Features Natural Mother-of-Pearl and Abalone Position Inlays,
Tortoise Shell Pickguard
Case Includes C5217 Deluxe Hardshell Case, p/n 3501075213
Strings Replace with Guild L1250 Phosphor Bronze 12-String,
p/n 3501250000,
Gauges .010 to .049
Introduced 11/2006
