That IS pretty cool. Great conversion job. (But I wouldn't wanna restring it!)
And better than having a ridiculously longdong headstock.
Chankgeez wrote:
Bon Hoga wrote:I've only ever played acoustic 12-strings and found all of them nearly unplayable although I've got relatively strong hands and fingers. It stands to reason that 12 strings should provide more resistance than 6, but is there anything that can be done to mitigate this?
Tune 'em down.
I love tuning down, even all the way to C standard. I'd never want to play a 12 string tuned to E standard.
The other solution is a short-scale 12-string. Feels real nice, even tuned to E standard.
dubkitty wrote:Leadbelly was sui generis. i never heard anyone down-tuning a 12 string acoustic until Leo Kottke's 6 and 12 String Guitar.
From the late 1950s on, Seeger also accompanied himself on the 12-string guitar, an instrument of Mexican origin that had been associated with Lead Belly, who had styled himself "the King of the 12-String Guitar". Seeger's distinctive custom-made guitars had a triangular soundhole. He combined the long scale length (approximately 28") and capo-to-key techniques that he favored on the banjo with a variant of drop-D (DADGBE) tuning, tuned two whole steps down with very heavy strings, which he played with thumb and finger picks.
Dude... all the old northwest dudes I know that play twelve have always tuned down. It's such a big badass sound
AxAxSxS wrote:I play 12's pretty much exclusively now, I tune to c standard and can play pretty much whatever I want with no issues. Other guys who are great players have had some issues trying to jam on my guitars, I think it;s just something that takes a little getting used to. Using lighter strings especially at first will help.
Its more effort and learning how the instrument acts and responds a little differently pays dividends. Here's a shot of my newest one-
Here's one of our songs with all the guitar being played on a 12
I made a nine-stringer and tune it to dropped Bflat. One cool thing you can do by tuning it down, that I also did, is that you can tune the extra strings to fifths instead of octaves up. It's a way different sound, but IMO it's pretty cool.
Feels real nice, even tuned to E standard.
