Beautiful Dreadnought size guitar. Aged Rosewood sides and back with close grain Spruce top. Mellow bass tones along with brilliant high note response. Mahogany neck with Rosewood fingerboard. Fully adjustable truss rod. Fully enclosed easy turning machine heads.
Body | ||
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Top | - | Spruce |
Sides & Back | - | Rosewood |
Binding | - | 8 Piece White |
Bridge | - | Pin Type Adjustable |
Neck | ||
Material | - | Satin Finish Mahogany |
Fingerboard | - | Rosewood |
No of Frets | - | 20 |
Neck Width at Nut | - | 1¾ inch (eleven sixteenths) |
Scale | - | 24½ inch |
Neck joins body at | - | 14th Fret |
Size | ||
Length | - | 41 inches |
Width | - | 16 inches |
Depth | - | 4 7/8 inches |
F-65 · 1973
The Dreadnought size guitar with aged Rosewood sides and back. Close grain Spruce top. Produces mellow bass tones along with brilliant high note response. Eight piece white binding, pin type adjustable bridge. Neck of Mahogany with Rosewood fingerboard and fully adjustable truss rod. Fully enclosed, easy turning machine heads. 20 frets; 25½ inch scale. Size: 41 inches long, 16 inches wide, 4 7/8 inches deep.
F-65 · 1975
The Dreadnought size guitar with aged Rosewood sides and back. Close grain Spruce top. Produces mellow bass tones along with brilliant note response. Neck of Mahogany with Rosewood fingerboard and fully adjustable truss rod. Pin type adjustable bridge with removable saddle. Simulated abalone binding and sound hole rosette. Snowflake inlays position markers. Fully enclosed, easy turning machine heads. 20 frets; 25½ inch scale. Size: 41 inches long, 16 inches wide, 4 7/8 inches deep.
F-65 · 1976
The Dreadnought size guitar with aged Rosewood sides and back. Close grain Spruce top. Produces mellow bass tones along with brilliant high response. Neck of Mahogany with Rosewood fingerboard and fully adjustable truss rod. Pin type adjustable bridge with removable saddle. Simulated abalone binding and sound hole rosette. Snowflake inlays position markers. Fully enclosed, easy turning machine heads. 20 frets; 25½ inch scale. Size: 41 inches long, 16 inches wide, 4 7/8 inches deep.
F-65 Specification change
Changed to snowflake fret markers from dots in 1975 including the 17th fret. Pre 1975 F-65 guitars had no fret marker at the 17th fret. Adjustable bridge no longer available from 1980.
F-65 · 1979
This dreadnought size guitar produces mellow bass tones and brilliant high response. The close-grain Spruce top features simulated Abalone binding and sound-hole inlay. The satin finish Mahogany neck sports a bound Rosewood fingerboard with snowflake position markers. Wood Marquetry highlights the Rosewood back & sides. Scale 25½ inch. Size: 40¾ inches length, 15 7/8 inches width, 4¾ inches depth.
Year of manufacture |
Recommended retail price US $ |
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1970 |
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1971 |
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1972 |
129.50 Rosewood back & sides |
1973 |
169.95 “ “ |
1974 |
175.00 “ “ |
1975 |
175.00 “ “ |
1976 |
190.00 “ “ |
1977 |
205.00 “ “ |
1978 |
250.00 “ “ |
1979 |
270.00 “ “ |
1980 |
285.00 “ “ |