12- it's 6 better..
- Boss Lovin' DR
- Topic Starter
- 12547 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Not seeing any luuurve for the jangle angle here...
Is it because 12 strings (or is it in fact not a 12 string guitar, but a '6 pairs of 2 strings guitar', as some nugget on here kept suggesting.. ) aren't much cop for the metel/blues rock widdly-diddly? Whilst I love a bit of chugging rokk bombast as much as the next axe wielder, sometimes only the jangle will do.
Is anybody (apart from Bombadil..who I know is a fellow devotee) out there.....?
Is it because 12 strings (or is it in fact not a 12 string guitar, but a '6 pairs of 2 strings guitar', as some nugget on here kept suggesting.. ) aren't much cop for the metel/blues rock widdly-diddly? Whilst I love a bit of chugging rokk bombast as much as the next axe wielder, sometimes only the jangle will do.
Is anybody (apart from Bombadil..who I know is a fellow devotee) out there.....?
- KVRAF
- 11001 posts since 15 Apr, 2019 from Nowhere
I've been thinking about getting one for years. Played quite a few but never actually bought one...one of these days...
I do play mandolin though - 8 strings not 12, but still paired strings (all unison). Not really quite so jangly, but definitely a good complement to the 6 string.
I do play mandolin though - 8 strings not 12, but still paired strings (all unison). Not really quite so jangly, but definitely a good complement to the 6 string.
- Boss Lovin' DR
- Topic Starter
- 12547 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
I do like a bit of mandolin myself (only ever played it on one song I think though..must remedy that). I've got some cheapo one (no brand name on it as far as I can see) and I once took it into work to lend to a colleague for some recording. He put it in his rucksack with the head sticking out and him and another lad went into the pub next to our office for a pint, and I said I'd see them in there shortly. Being in a dodgy area the pub was raided for stolen goods, and the conversation was;Forgotten wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:48 pm I've been thinking about getting one for years. Played quite a few but never actually bought one...one of these days...
I do play mandolin though - 8 strings not 12, but still paired strings (all unison). Not really quite so jangly, but definitely a good complement to the 6 string.
'What's that then?'
'It's a mandolin'
'Is it your mandolin sir?'
'No, it's Benny's'
One can only assume it was the shock of the raid. Surely he can't have thought I'm on first name only terms with the local rozzers?
- KVRAF
- 11001 posts since 15 Apr, 2019 from Nowhere
donkey tugger wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 8:00 pmI do like a bit of mandolin myself (only ever played it on one song I think though..must remedy that). I've got some cheapo one (no brand name on it as far as I can see) and I once took it into work to lend to a colleague for some recording. He put it in his rucksack with the head sticking out and him and another lad went into the pub next to our office for a pint, and I said I'd see them in there shortly. Being in a dodgy area the pub was raided for stolen goods, and the conversation was;Forgotten wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:48 pm I've been thinking about getting one for years. Played quite a few but never actually bought one...one of these days...
I do play mandolin though - 8 strings not 12, but still paired strings (all unison). Not really quite so jangly, but definitely a good complement to the 6 string.
'What's that then?'
'It's a mandolin'
'Is it your mandolin sir?'
'No, it's Benny's'
One can only assume it was the shock of the raid. Surely he can't have thought I'm on first name only terms with the local rozzers?
- KVRAF
- 10471 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
Even though my first guitar was a 12 string, it was only ever strung with 6, because my brother told me 12 would be too difficult for a beginner. I didn't actually get to play a 12 string until 3-4 years after I started playing, and it wasn't my own, either.
The acoustic 12er I have is an embarrassment of riches. I really don't need such an expensive 12er, but GAS is a bitch, and this guitar called my name. I know I'd regret selling it, but I could probably get more for it than I paid. It is a custom Lakewood, and I recently saw a 6 string with this wood combo selling for €2800. I could probably get that for this.
I've had an:
Aria (my first, bought off said 'brother' for 50CAD in 1974).
Norman B-20/12. Sold it for food when I was an impoverished student.
Takamine G335 or something like that. Gave it away when I got a;
Seagull S12. Sold that when I bought my current 12er.
The acoustic 12er I have is an embarrassment of riches. I really don't need such an expensive 12er, but GAS is a bitch, and this guitar called my name. I know I'd regret selling it, but I could probably get more for it than I paid. It is a custom Lakewood, and I recently saw a 6 string with this wood combo selling for €2800. I could probably get that for this.
I've had an:
Aria (my first, bought off said 'brother' for 50CAD in 1974).
Norman B-20/12. Sold it for food when I was an impoverished student.
Takamine G335 or something like that. Gave it away when I got a;
Seagull S12. Sold that when I bought my current 12er.
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- KVRAF
- 2362 posts since 17 Apr, 2004
Toying with both a 12-string and a mandolin, but more because it'd be cool, not because of any real need. So maybe at some point when I feel the urge to splurge... I spent quite a bit of cash at the end of last year, so probably won't be any time soon.Forgotten wrote: ↑Fri Aug 23, 2019 7:48 pm I've been thinking about getting one for years. Played quite a few but never actually bought one...one of these days...
I do play mandolin though - 8 strings not 12, but still paired strings (all unison). Not really quite so jangly, but definitely a good complement to the 6 string.
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- addled muppet weed
- 105553 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
- KVRAF
- 10471 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
Electric or acoustic?
12 strings are the grand pianos of the guitar world. Or, so I've read.
12 strings are the grand pianos of the guitar world. Or, so I've read.
“The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.”
-Henry A. Wallace
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- addled muppet weed
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- addled muppet weed
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- KVRAF
- 11001 posts since 15 Apr, 2019 from Nowhere
And what does that make Bill Bailey’s guitar?
- KVRAF
- 10471 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Somewhere near the Morgul Vale.
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