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Electric twelve string guitar

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Electric twelve-string guitar

The electric twelve-string guitar is an electric guitar with twelve strings in six courses.

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Both semi-acoustic and solid-body versions exist.

Makers and models

  • Fender Musical Instruments Corporation:
  • Fender Stratocaster XII.
  • Fender Electric XII.
  • Fender Telecaster XII.
  • Fender Coronado XII.
  • Gibson:
  • Gibson EDS-1275 6+12 twin-neck guitar.
  • Ibanez.
  • Maton/Magnetone.
  • Rickenbacker:
  • Rickenbacker 360/12.
  • Shergold:
  • Shergold Modulator 12.
  • Custom twin-neck guitars.
  • Vox:
  • Vox Mark XII.
  • Vox Phantom XII.
  • Vox Tempest XII.
  • Gordon-Smith.
  • A range of shapes, both single and double neck.
  • Burns.
  • Double Six
  • Jerry Jones Guitars:
  • Jerry Jones 12.
  • Danelectro:
  • Danelectro 12.

    • Notable players

  • Alex Lifeson (Rush)
  • Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, and Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
  • David Bowie
  • David Crosby ( Crosby, Stills & Nash)
  • George Harrison (The Beatles)
  • Jimmy Page (Stairway to Heaven)
  • John McLaughlin
  • Mark Hart (Crowded House)
  • Pat Metheny
  • Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane).
  • Pete Townshend (Tommy)
  • Richie Sambora (Wanted Dead or Alive)
  • Roger (Jim) McGuinn (the Byrds)
  • Tom Petty

    • References

    Electric twelve-string guitar Wikipedia
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