Doyle Dykes Signature 12-String
Guild Doyle Dykes Signature Models are the result of extensive collaboration among Dykes and master luthier Ren Ferguson. Crafted to Dykes’ exacting specifications, these guitars deliver a rich, full and balanced sound that will please the most discerning guitarist. They are incredibly articulate instruments, with truly stunning headroom and dynamic range.
Available with a Natural or a Sunburst finish.
Doyle Dykes on his Signature 12-String
“The new Signature 12 string guitar is beautiful and sounds absolutely amazing! The playability is unsurpassed by any 12 string and with the smaller body, it’s easy to hold and is very focused for finger-style solo guitar as well as the wonderful full chords while strumming. Love this guitar! The two As and Es are also switched around to get a fuller sound while finger picking (the thumb picks downwards) as well as with the chording of the left hand as the two bass strings are easy to have one accidentally muted. With the bass on the top side the smaller or octave bass notes get muted first so the guitar actually has more bass while playing which gives a fuller sound which is very important to me.”
Specifications
Body:
| Body Top | Solid Red Spruce |
| Body Back | Solid AAA Highly-Figured Maple |
| Body Sides | Solid AAA Highly-Figured Maple |
| Body Shape | Orchestra Cutaway |
| Bracing | Guild® Scalloped Red Spruce |
| Rosette | Black/White Striped with Abalone Center Ring |
| Finish | Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer |
| Body Depth Upper Bout | 3.75″ (95 mm) |
| Body Depth Lower Bout | 4.25″ (107 mm) |
| Body Length | 19.5″ (435 mm) |
| Body Width Lower Bout | 15.75″ (400 mm) |
| Body Width Upper Bout | 12″ (305 mm) |
| Overall Guitar Length | 42.5″ (1080 mm) |
| Guitar Weight | 5.3 lbs |
| Body Binding | White with B/W/B/W Trim |
| Purfling | B/W/Abalone/W/B (Top) |
| Soundhole/F Holes Binding | White |
Neck:
| Neck Material | 3-Piece Mahogany with Rosewood Center |
| Neck Shape | “C” Shape |
| Neck Finish | Gloss NItrocellulose Lacquer |
| Scale Length | 25.25″ (642 mm) |
| Nut Width | 1 7/8” (47.6 mm) |
| Nut Material | Bone |
| Neck Binding | White with B/W/B/W Trim |
| Fingerboard Material | Ebony |
| Fingerboard Radius | 12″ (305 mm) |
| Fingerboard Inlays | Custom D-55 Style Mother-of-Pearl/Abalone Block |
| # of Frets | 20 |
| Headstock Binding | White with B/W Trim |
| Tuning Machines | Gotoh® SG510 Series with Black Buttons |
| Hardware Finish/Plating | Gold-Plated |
| Truss Rod | Dual-Action |
| Truss Rod Wrench | 4mm Hex Truss Rod Wrench |
Features:
| Bridge | Ebony with Abalone Inlays |
| Saddle | Barbera Transducer |
| Bridge Pins | Bone “Parisian Eye” |
| Strings | Guild® L-1250C 12-String Standard Tension Coated Phosphor Bronze, (.010-.047 Gauges) |
| Case or Gig Bag | TKL Custom Hardshell |
| Electronics | Custom LR Baggs® Acoustic Preamp with Special Doyle Dykes Signature Series Soloist Acoustic Guitar Pickup from Barbera Transducer System |
| Controls | “Chromatic Tuner, Notch Filter, Phase Switch (To Help Fight Feedback), Customized 3-Band EQ “ |
| Strap Buttons | End-Pin, Factory Mounted Forward Strap Button with Internal Block Reinforcement |
