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Old 04-19-2024, 07:12 PM
martingitdave martingitdave is offline
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Default 12 String Guitar Advice

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Originally Posted by redi View Post
Hopefully this isn't blasphemy among other 12 players, but anyone having difficulty playing a 12 might consider a new nut and reducing the pair spacing (which increases the between pair spacing) as outlined by GuitarMD. I found this intriguing. And if you DIY it is cheap and easily reversible. If you hire a tech to do it, it still might be relatively cheap and easily reversible.

https://youtu.be/ZjuC2NpXB9U?si=fzKTmDbnc8O906tn

I am going to do this on one of my old 12's over the weekend and see how I like it. My fingers are big and narrow 12s cause me to mute some fingerings.

This is gold. Makes sense and seems like they should do it from the factory. Though I haven’t tried playing one myself, it LOOKS better too.
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