Mornats Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 I had a go of a few tele's at my mate's house last night. He's modified a Harley Benton telecaster body and changed it to a 12 string (he popped a Gibson-style neck on it and added a floating bridge for the additional 6 strings). It's based on this one: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_bentonhbt1500tbk_egitarre.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_bentonhbt1500tbk_egitarre.htm[/url] which I really like the look of and it sounds all jingle-jangly. It's a bugger to keep in tune though. Very tempted for £80 as the build quality was sound. Except of course that the one they have in stock now has humbuckers rather than single coil. But, I now know what I want, can get something fairly cheap and you've all been great with your help as always. I'll let you know what I get and will pop a track up on soundcloud sometime to show it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Got one of these incoming: [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/danelectro_1959_reissue_double_cutaway_wh.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/danelectro_1959_reissue_double_cutaway_wh.htm[/url]. Can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I think you made the right choice. 12 string electrics should not have tuning stability problems, though they will take a while to settle to pitch when first strung. I've seen some interesting conversions to 12 string, with a second set of machine heads added at 90 degrees to the first and inserted into the edge of the headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mornats Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well I got my guitar and I love it. It's got that really nice jangly sound and just sounds lovely. I knocked up a very quick demo of it. Excuse the guitar playing on it, I'm still finding my feet with a six string: [url="http://soundcloud.com/mornats/danelectro-59-sound-sample"]http://soundcloud.com/mornats/danelectro-59-sound-sample[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Sounds good - glad you like it and it all worked out in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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