12 string for stage

chris45

Looking for some suggestions please. Will be used mostly for stage so thinking it will have onboard electronics. This project may come to naught so looking to spend no more than 400 and straightforward to move on. Takamine have a number in that range new, but ideally would look for something used.

Strangefan

Have you considered the Godin acousticaster 12 strings, I had one and it was a phenomenal player and stage guitar, it's firmly on the list of "never should have sold" guitars.

stimpsonslostson

I love my Vintage Paul Brett 12 string. Sounds great and as its a parlour size it's comfortable too. The electrics inside are good- it's got a Fishman system on board. My only criticism is the lack of an onboard tuner, but that's hardly a deal breaker.

geepers0677

Lots of Faith 12 string venus and neptune on ebay for less than 400... 

chris45

Cheers @strangefan I didn't know about these at all. Out of my range new but looks a good bet. I also now see Crafter do a hybrid 12 string that looks interesting

Strangefan

Crafter are pretty underrated, they are very good guitars.

richardhomer

Not sure if you'd get one for £400 used - but the Taylor 150e is a great guitar, with decent electronics.

As with all Taylors, they play superbly.

New they are around £650 - so I'd imagine second hand they would be somewhere near your budget.

chris45

Cheers all - hope to try all of the above brands over the next 2 weeks

chris45

Tried the Faiths and the Taylor - all very nice. I have unexpected trip to US next week which may be good / bad for this

Monkeybone

chris45;947987" said:

I also now see Crafter do a hybrid 12 string that looks interesting

And very good they are too, acoustic ish sounds with the ease to play of an electric.

chris45

Dangerous things these US trips:

Had the chance to try a lot of things way out of my price range.  And also quite a bit off topic

Taylor 800 acoustic - lovely instrument although for me eye-wateringly expensive

Taylor T5 12 string - nearly lost my head on this one but sanity prevailed.  Very easy to play, lots of electro options although always a compromise on hybrid instruments

Rickenbacker 660 12 - saw some historic threads on here after I came back.  THE coolest looking guitar I have seen in the flesh for a while.  Again straightforward to play

The one I was a bit disappointed with was a Martin 12 string - nice tone but the neck was too much of a handful.