12 stringers?

[cholera]

Ed, you talking about the Eko or the Artist? And Vince...holy crap that's a rough deal! Were you referring to the Eko or Artist? Either way, really rough deal.

[slash-ed]

The Artist.

Re: the 550, I may be free Thurs evening, and I'm around Easter weekend anyway if you're free, so gimme a txt whenever.

[Vince]

And Vince...holy crap that's a rough deal! Were you referring to the Eko or Artist? Either way, really rough deal.

Can't remember... it was a long time ago. Can't remember it saying "artist" anywhere, so it was probably a standard Eko.

[lionking]

Takamini G-series would be a good bet for ya money...and they look and sound great.

I agree. I am a fan of Alvarez acoustics but when I tried this Takamine it went home with me. Considering price along with quality it is really good. I play it sometimes, not as much as the 6 stringers but when I do it takes me into a different mindset. A 12 really has a sweet mystical sound to it. This is mine, bought it in Arizona while on a road trip.

[slash-ed]

Awesome. I think the one I ended up buying is exactly the same, but natural finish.

[lionking]

Thanks to Matt I got a great deal on said 12 string, picked it up today and while my girly 9-42 playing fingers are sore, my ears definitely are not!

Now, to use it for something other than Wanted Dead or Alive

after playing mine for half an hour, I have to 'look' at my hands to see if I'm playing an open C or open F cos the 12 strings just feel like one big fat wall of string heh.

It does take some getting use to. One song I jam on my 12 is Mr Big's version of "Wild World". While my Takamine is generally easy to play with a good action for some reason doing a F bar chord first position takes a lot of strength otherwise it sounds mutted. Doing a bar chord anywhere else on it doesn't seem as hard.

[lionking]

Awesome. I think the one I ended up buying is exactly the same, but natural finish.

Yep. But a pain to re-string though, time consuming. I use the Elixer strings which besides sounding good to me, last a lot longer than conventional strings.

[electric68]

I've always found 12 stringers hard work (I probably just need to man up), but quite good for slide work - it covers up the imbalance between high E and B and other strings (although Ry Cooder or Johnny Winter never needed one). Here's an oldie, a '67 Fender Coronado 12 - I believe this one was made for the NAMM show.

[corsair]

"12 string guitars only have 6 extra strings, but they’re 85 TIMES as likely to be used in a song about wizards."



Here's mine....









...actually it's not mine - belongs to a friend in Australia who won't sell it to me!! I had a few 12's along the way, all of them acoustics so this was a revelation. And yes, once the initial marveling over an open G chord has palled, they really are one trick ponies...

[Vince]

Here's mine....

That's some pretty fine gauge strings you're using there...

[cholera]

Have you got 6 fingers?
On one hand I mean....I'm guessing you have 8 all up? Plus a couple of thumbs.