NGD: MusicVox MI-5 12-string! Let's get wacky!

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NGD: MusicVox MI-5 12-string! Let's get wacky!

Post by SignoftheDragon » Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:27 am

Well peeps- last few guessing game posts I've done have been one-shot busts, so I've got a difficult one for you!

I'll keep the hints vague:

1) Not vintage as defined by the forum guidelines.

2) Not Made in America.

3) Not offset.

4) Not symmetrical either.

5) Oh yeah - it's a 12-string.
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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by Larry Mal » Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:44 am

Danelectro.
Back in those days, everyone knew that if you were talking about Destiny's Child, you were talking about Beyonce, LaTavia, LeToya, and Larry.

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by wproffitt » Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:57 am

An MIJ 12-string strat?

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by DaddyDom » Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:04 am

Epiphone G-1275??

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by PapaB » Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:34 pm

Vintage mandolin, not very popular with 12 strings. Or the bass for dude from Cheap Trick.

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by SignoftheDragon » Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:48 pm

Larry Mal wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 9:44 am
Danelectro.
Nope!
wproffitt wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:57 am
An MIJ 12-string strat?
Nope!
DaddyDom wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:04 am
Epiphone G-1275??
Nope! (Double-necks hold very little appeal for me)
PapaB wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:34 pm
Vintage mandolin, not very popular with 12 strings. Or the bass for dude from Cheap Trick.
Nope! Electric, 12-string, guitar.

I'd say Larry is getting warmest (Country of manufacture is the same as most Danelectros) but aesthetically we're nowhere close yet.

More guesses?

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by cestlamort » Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:44 pm

Italia Rimini?

Schecter Wayne Hussey?

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by SignoftheDragon » Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:33 pm

cestlamort wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 2:44 pm
Italia Rimini?

Schecter Wayne Hussey?
Nope, and Nope! Think WACKIER!

Another hint: I've never owned a guitar of this brand before.

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by SignoftheDragon » Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:38 pm

PapaB wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 1:34 pm
Or the bass for dude from Cheap Trick.
Actually there's a tenuous connection to my guitar there as well...

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by windmill » Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:43 pm

Hagstrom something ?

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by cestlamort » Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:13 pm

Musicvox?

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by 1452L » Tue Mar 14, 2023 3:33 am

Burns Double Six?

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Re: NGD Guessing game: A new 12-string?

Post by SignoftheDragon » Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:54 am

cestlamort wrote:
Mon Mar 13, 2023 4:13 pm
Musicvox?
RING-A-DING-DING!

It's a MusicVox MI-5 12-string in Surf Green!

Here's a pic from the listing:
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More pics when I have a minute to take 'em!

Full review when I have a minute to run the paces!

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Re: NGD: MusicVox MI-5 12-string! Let's get wacky!

Post by PapaB » Tue Mar 14, 2023 8:01 pm

That is one groovy instrument. The green color makes it too. The color is coming back. Can wait for your review.

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Re: NGD: MusicVox MI-5 12-string! Let's get wacky!

Post by CaptainCrunch » Fri Mar 17, 2023 1:52 pm

I like how the designer, having used every compound curve and swoop that he had, when asked "Well, what are you thinking for the pickguard?" just said "eh, fuckit" and traced his drafting triangle.

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