Fender XII 1966

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Fender XII 1966

Post by kapepper » Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:14 am

Hello!!
Well, I bought/traded another fender XII a few months ago already.....

Really excellent condition, very little wear, resonant, and light weight!

Some pictures (and yes, strung a six string when i bought it, but now back with 12 strings)

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And my fender 1966 family: Twin reverb-Jazzmaster and XII

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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by debudavid » Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:21 am

Oh yeah! ;D

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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by s_mcsleazy » Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:16 am

a fender xii, a jazzmaster and a twin.... you pretty much got it covered
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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by N0_Camping4U » Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:16 pm

My favorite Fender. I have a partscaster Xii and I'd never ever part with it.

Killer set up, dude.
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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by Daddy Dom » Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:43 pm

Loving the Fender Facts! Interesting they call it "12-string electric" but it became the Electric XII.

And I always wondered how they would play with 6 strings. Lots of room to bend!

Next time I restring, I may give it a try.

Just seems wrong, though... :P

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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by marqueemoon » Thu Oct 19, 2017 9:51 pm

Very, very nice.

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Post by MrFingers » Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:19 am

You need to return to Belgium ASAP, I'll tell you that much :?

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Post by Embenny » Fri Oct 20, 2017 2:30 pm

Congrats. Just gorgeous.
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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by BlixaFan » Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:13 pm

killer guitar!

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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by 46346 » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:40 pm

dammit!!

apparently i missed the Teen Fair here in L.A.

congrats on the XII, though!

looks a lot like mine (happens a lot with XII's :P )

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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by colsblues » Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:13 pm

Hi,

I'm a long term reader (and owner of a number of offsets) but this is my first post.

Firstly .. amazing guitar!

Secondly ... i've bought pretty much the same guitar. 66 xii with no binding on the neck but i need to make some adjustments .. one being the bridge height. It looks like you need some kind of wrench to adjust the bar under the saddles but does anyone know what wrench you need?

Cheers

Colin

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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by 46346 » Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:06 am

it's been a while since i had to adjust mine so i don't remember exactly what size, but it's a hex/allen tool. i'd start with a .05 - it's american, so i believe that means .05 inch? common Fender bridge tool.
colsblues wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:13 pm
Hi,

I'm a long term reader (and owner of a number of offsets) but this is my first post.

Firstly .. amazing guitar!

Secondly ... i've bought pretty much the same guitar. 66 xii with no binding on the neck but i need to make some adjustments .. one being the bridge height. It looks like you need some kind of wrench to adjust the bar under the saddles but does anyone know what wrench you need?

Cheers

Colin
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Re: Fender XII 1966

Post by kapepper » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:52 am

colsblues wrote:
Mon Oct 30, 2017 3:13 pm
Hi,

I'm a long term reader (and owner of a number of offsets) but this is my first post.

Firstly .. amazing guitar!

Secondly ... i've bought pretty much the same guitar. 66 xii with no binding on the neck but i need to make some adjustments .. one being the bridge height. It looks like you need some kind of wrench to adjust the bar under the saddles but does anyone know what wrench you need?

Cheers

Colin
My standard guitar tools didn’t work, but I was able to do it with a very fine screwdriver and worked perfectly!

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