Having asked opinions about 12 strings (Ricky vs Danelectro) someone mentioned the Italia Rimini.
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Good points: Plays great. Stays in tune (arrived in tune). Sounds great, especially treble p/up (which is what it's going to spend 99% of its time on)
Meh: Weird lack of p/up switch (2 volumes). Needed a slight truss rod tweak (allen key provided). Nut is a bit high so a bit high action on low frets & a bit sharp on fret 1. No case. Back edge is very un-rounded so digs in sitting down.
Overall for £475, really great. Don't know if it's as good as a Ricky, but it absolutely does what I wanted it for.
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When I read the title I thought it meant 12 stone )
But if you buy a good one and turn the gain up... Fucking huge riffola.
I have owned electric 12s since 1990 - and they are just ace. I don't know how to play the songs you mention - nor care - as I find loads of inspiration for original stuff when playing my 12.
If a used one in mother of toilet seat finish comes up on eBay at a good price I would be very interested.
Nice guitar!
I'll take credit for recommending italia... well it sounds like something I'd do, I was very impressed with the 12 string I tried.
I've never tried a 12-string either. They're meant to be hard to restring... I struggle enough with normal restringing that I don't want to buy something which I know going in has a bit of a rep of being a pain to restring... )
Congratulations looks lovely
@Alnico - As I mentioned in @ajax's last thread my main guitar is a Rickenbacker 12 string, and really it's no different to any other guitar associated with a particular sound. It's there if you want it just as Strats have that position 2 and 4 quack, but you can make whatever noise you want. If I want Byrds I have a compressor and I can get start to emulate Roger Mcguinn but he is really overlooked in terms of sheer technique and to get close requires an awful lot of work. A capo up high can get a little mandolin-ish so it's rare I do that.
To me every other guitar sounds a bit weedy, and while double stop bends are out, it just means for solos I need to do something else. I slide more than bend for example. And every chord ever sounds huge.
So yes twice as much fun as a six string. And restringing is a chore but not as bad as the moaning Minnies make out. Takes me about an hour including cleaning and resetting the bridge.