I figured I'd better make this a text post, instead of just linking to it.
This is a retail site - they sell stuff. This is not my item. I do not sell guitars. I do not ever sell guitars. That's actually a problem!
I do not want you to buy this guitar. I am not suggesting you buy this guitar. If anything, I'd kinda like it if you didn't buy it - at least not before next Monday. By then, I'll have decided if I'm going to buy it myself!
This guitar is sexy. Clicking this link should come with a "Bib Needed" warning. I will not be held accountable for any keyboards damaged.
I do not have one of these in my collection. I have never played one of these exact models.
For the non-guitarists, this is called an "archtop." They are characterized by that funny looking tailpiece (on the fat end of the guitar). The bridge, the doohickey that strings go over, is usually adjustable and sometimes an entirely separate piece. They are hollow - or semi-hollow. They usually have F holes, like you see on a violin. I only have one other 12 string archtop, as the overwhelming majority are six strings.
Tailpiece and floating bridge means there's no mounting point needed in the top of the guitar. (The top is the face of the guitar - the side with the strings attached.) This means there's no/less/different bracing needed and that the top of the guitar has less rigidity - allowing greater resonance.
Invention of the archtop is credited Orville Gibson, of Gibson guitars fame. Initially, it was a mandolin design and Gibson initially made mandolins. Once upon a time, guitar and mandolin bands were extremely popular and played in parlors all across the US.
Those bands would later fall out of fashion with the invention of affordable recorded music, but I really don't want to make this more than just a brief explanation or digress too much. I simply want to show you the guitar that has my eyeballs and may soon end up in my collection.
https://www.creamcitymusic.com/vintage-fender-coronado-xii-12-string-wildwood-1968/
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