irishjohnny
Junior Member
Hello to everyone at Lets Talk Guild - my first post.
I have just purchased a very tasty s/hand JF30-12 which the original owner bought "many years ago" in Ohio, USA. I have a couple of questions about the guitar which forum members may be able to help me with:
1. I'd like to date the guitar accurately, but can't find the SN - AJ321563 - anywhere in the sequence of numbers provided on various web pages on the Net. Can anyone advise?
2. Since it's years since I've played a 12-string guitar I'm finding it a real chore to hold down those chords. I've lowered the tuning by a tone and added a capo to the second fret (which seems to help), and am planning to ditch the 10-gauge strings for 9s (ultra-light!). Does this make me a wimp with Guildites? What exactly is the state of play nowadays with string-tension on 12-string guitars? Can they take the full-hit of concert-pitch tuning, or is it still best to stick to the old advice - "tune down and capo-up"?
Any comments would be most welcome.
I have just purchased a very tasty s/hand JF30-12 which the original owner bought "many years ago" in Ohio, USA. I have a couple of questions about the guitar which forum members may be able to help me with:
1. I'd like to date the guitar accurately, but can't find the SN - AJ321563 - anywhere in the sequence of numbers provided on various web pages on the Net. Can anyone advise?
2. Since it's years since I've played a 12-string guitar I'm finding it a real chore to hold down those chords. I've lowered the tuning by a tone and added a capo to the second fret (which seems to help), and am planning to ditch the 10-gauge strings for 9s (ultra-light!). Does this make me a wimp with Guildites? What exactly is the state of play nowadays with string-tension on 12-string guitars? Can they take the full-hit of concert-pitch tuning, or is it still best to stick to the old advice - "tune down and capo-up"?
Any comments would be most welcome.