How Much Harder is a 12 String to play

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:13 pm

I use a Shubb on my 12er.

Pretty.

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:01 pm

WRONG THREAD

max · Post by **max** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 3:00 pm

I don't have one, but the few times I've tried them I thought they were actually easier to play because you can play simple riffs and have them sound fuller, i.e. you can leave notes out of basic chords. I also like the bigger spread of the fingerboard, but I started on a nylon string.

littlefriend · Post by **littlefriend** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:45 am

I thought that the lower 4 strings (GDAE) were tuned in octaves but that he higher two were tuned in unison? Have I been mislead? I don't have a 12er, but I've read or heard this.

natedawg · Post by **natedawg** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:56 am

I thought that the lower 4 strings (GDAE) were tuned in octaves but that he higher two were tuned in unison? Have I been mislead? I don't have a 12er, but I've read or heard this.

That is correct for the most part.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:37 pm

EADG have a second string that is tuned exactly one octave higher, so the 12th fret on the low string is open on the high and then the BE are just doubled because a string coiuldnt be thin enough to octave them up

acusticdude · Post by **acusticdude** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:04 pm

I've had my 12 tuned to standard pretty much constantly for 4 years with no problems or damage. I read somewhere that older 12 strings, like from the 70's should not be tuned to standard, but newer ones are just fine. As a matter of fact, i am pretty sure that came from the Martin manual I got with it.

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:52 pm

gumbomadness wrote:WRONG THREAD

and brock still hasnt moved it

acusticdude · Post by **acusticdude** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 7:54 pm

just continuing a discussion..... in the grand scheme of things does it really matter?

Grandpagotgame · Post by **Grandpagotgame** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 8:33 pm

they are fun as hell to play
not harder at all either

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:18 pm

I didn't read the thread much, but for everyone saying that 6 of the strings are tuned standard, and 6 are tuned up an octave, you're wrong. The B and high E strings are just doubled strings. if you tuned those up an octave, it'd be like taking a cheese cutter(the little wire things) that is sharp, and pushing it into your finger.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Sun Mar 20, 2005 9:53 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:I didn't read the thread much, but for everyone saying that 6 of the strings are tuned standard, and 6 are tuned up an octave, you're wrong. The B and high E strings are just doubled strings. if you tuned those up an octave, it'd be like taking a cheese cutter(the little wire things) that is sharp, and pushing it into your finger.

they've been corrected, nice metaphor though

topgun17 · Post by **topgun17** » Wed Mar 23, 2005 1:46 pm

git r done