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Post subject: 12-string Question
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:24 pm
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I want to get a 12-string acoustic, but I dont understand the strings. Are they all different pitches, or do they have two b,g,d, and a strings and four e strings?


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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 12:01 pm
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The high E and B strings are pairs tuned the same. The rest, G,D,A and low E are tuned in octaves. The octave strings are lighter gauge. There fun to play and you can also do open tunings or whatever you can come up with.

Get a decent one though. Cheap ones are harder to keep in tune.


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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:10 pm
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They sound really good I played one once at a GC around here and it sounded amazing ... it was a high quality one I must mention.... :)


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Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:49 pm
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One of my ex-girlfriends had one when we dated. They sound phenominal. Playing one is easy as long as you can play a six string. When I go to the shop and they have one in I strum them and wish I had one. The only thing keeping me from purchacing one is tuning it. I have no clue as to how to tune it correctly.

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