I was going to buy a Fender 12-string a while back, but I decided to save the money for a Fender Jazz bass. But if I ever do get a 12-string, it'd be fun to tune it chromatically (C C# D Eb E F F# G G# A Bb B) just so that I could get better at knowing the notes on strings of every tuning.
WOW! I didn't think I'd have to revive a year old thread to find some 12-string players! The 12 is my main guitar. I play a Ventura acoustic. Have a listen to some of my tunes. http://www.soundclick.com/chrisnightbird Enjoy!
I got my brother a yamaha 12 string a few years back, and he never played it ...so i sort of inherited it i love that thing to death.....being a banjo player though....the neck is huge, Im not used to using a standard pick i absolutely love it though!
I'd love to play one.... I don't have the cash to buy one, and I don't know how much I'd use it for it to be worthwhile. If I had a nice bit of money I'd get one though. I've been mostly buying real good 6strings lately. I'm definitely really interested in trying some of my songs on a 12string though. If I was recording an album I'd consider borrowing one to use.
(Sniff.) Gawd I miss my Framus! I had "Black Diamond" strings on her. Those are Diamond encrusted, Silver wound. XXX acoustics.
So, how is it that a six-string player can just pick up a twelve-string and play it? Nobody seems to have said they don't know hwo to play one, just that they don't have one. This leads me to believe that somehow there's no difference? I've played around with twlve strings, just treating each group of two strings as one string. Is that really how you're supposed to play it?
Each string pairing from the lowest pitched E to the G is the standard guitar string with an added one set an octave higher. The higher B and E strings would be too thin to cope with the tuning tension an octave up, so these are simply doubled. So basically you have: eE aA dD gG bb ee So yes, it's the same as playing a 6 string, except it requires more accuracy with the left hand fingers
