Guild's New Accessible 12-String Acoustics: F-412 & F-412E Standard

Guild has introduced a pair of new 12-string acoustics, the F-412 and F-412E Standard. Both available in Natural and Pacific Sunset Burst, these guitars are branded as instruments for the “working guitarist”, and both sport a solid an array of quality tonewoods, with African mahogany backs and sides, solid Sitka spruce tops, as well as comfortable C-shaped mahogany necks with Indian rosewood fingerboards. READ MORE: “My job is to imagine things worth existing, and then making them real as an artist”: Jacob Collier is championing a new way to play guitar Finishing touches include tortoiseshell pickguards, white body binding, and cream Deluxe Vintage open-gear tuners. The F-412E Standard is an electro-acoustic version, with an L.R. Baggs Element VTC active pickup system, offering Volume and Tone controls for tone shaping. Built in America, Nick Beach, Guild’s Product Manager of Fretted Instruments notes of the new guitars: “The new F-412 Standard guitars are the first American-made mahogany body 12-strings that Guild has offered in many years. These professional-quality guitars are also more accessible than our top-of-the-line 12-strings, putting them well within reach of working guitarists.” In terms of pricing, the F-412E Standard Natural sits at $2,999.99, while the F-412E Pacific Sunset Burst costs $3,099.99. If you’re strictly sticking to the acoustic side with no electronics, the F-412 Standard Natural is $2,799.99, with the F-412 Pacific Sunset priced at a slightly higher $2,899.99. All F-412 and F-412E Standard guitars also come with a Guild Deluxe humidified hardshell case, as well as an accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.