I want an Electric 12 String...here are a few ideas! help!

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Re: I want an Electric 12 String...here are a few ideas! help!

Post by JVG » Tue Apr 23, 2019 4:40 am

Old thread, I know, but I've been looking up some XII stuff and got wondering about this project. Did it see the light of day?

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Re: I want an Electric 12 String...here are a few ideas! help!

Post by BlixaFan » Tue Apr 23, 2019 3:24 pm

it did not. i sort of put it on an indefinite hold. I sent Dan an email a little while ago, and didn't hear from him, not sure if he's still here, but regardless, i ran into some issues with sourcing parts etc for a lefty, so we put it off. i hope to still build it someday though!

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Re: I want an Electric 12 String...here are a few ideas! help!

Post by JVG » Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:36 am

That's a pity - maybe you'll get back to it at some point.

What parts couldn't you find? I've been looking into it, and reckon I can get most things in lefty if I decide to go ahead with a build. The bridge is obviously the tough one - I'd probably go with the Gotoh option, with one of those surrounds made by Faction. The only issue with the Gotoh bridge is that the octave strings need to go on the non-standard side when using it lefty, otherwise the intonation can't be properly set.

Not sure what happened to Dan. I was trying to contact him a while back and got no response either. I guess he's busy with other stuff!

Anyway, one of us needs to get a lefty XII happening soon...

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Re: I want an Electric 12 String...here are a few ideas! help!

Post by Steadyriot. » Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:24 am

I always thought a bridge plate in the shape of a XII bridge with a slot for one of these would work great for a XII whilst looking Fender-ish.
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with something like this (but XII shaped ofcourse, just to get the idea).
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