I seem to have a love/hate relationship going on with 12 strings. I love the tone/sound and how they look. I hate pretty much everything else about them. I've had boatloads of them over the years including a D 25-12, D 55-12, F-112, F-212, F-212XL, F-312 Braz RW, a few F-412's including a couple Custom Shop, F-512, F-612, a couple JF 65-12's and likely others I can't remember.
I ended up selling/trading them all. But, I still keep thinking I need a 12 string in the stable so I bought this 1983 D-212 on Reverb the other day. The guitar is in really nice shape. I love the tobacco burst on this one (1st pic is truer to the color than the 2nd) and the fact it's a bit smaller bodied and easier for me to handle than the F series 12ers. The action is low and comfortable with the Low E string height at about 5/64' to 3/32". It does have a long either scratch or crack on one side so I'll send it to Tom and have him go over it and tell me what he thinks. Likely needs a good set up and fret dress anyway.
I keep thinking there must be something wrong with me and anyone who knows me well would likely agree with that assessment. Not sure if I'm, insignificant, insincere, in denial, incompetent or incontinent but if I had to pick one of the "in"s it would likely be incompetent.
Anyway, here's my new addition.
I ended up selling/trading them all. But, I still keep thinking I need a 12 string in the stable so I bought this 1983 D-212 on Reverb the other day. The guitar is in really nice shape. I love the tobacco burst on this one (1st pic is truer to the color than the 2nd) and the fact it's a bit smaller bodied and easier for me to handle than the F series 12ers. The action is low and comfortable with the Low E string height at about 5/64' to 3/32". It does have a long either scratch or crack on one side so I'll send it to Tom and have him go over it and tell me what he thinks. Likely needs a good set up and fret dress anyway.
I keep thinking there must be something wrong with me and anyone who knows me well would likely agree with that assessment. Not sure if I'm, insignificant, insincere, in denial, incompetent or incontinent but if I had to pick one of the "in"s it would likely be incompetent.
Anyway, here's my new addition.