12-String Tips You Must Know

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In this video I'm going to show you how to unlock (or UNLESASH) the true power and magic of the 12-string by implementing a few simple tips. If you own a 12-string guitar, this video is a must watch. I've combined all of my best tips in one video! If you don't own a 12-string guitar, this video is a must watch because you're seriously missing out. The reason that many guitar players can't justify buying a 12-string is because the players that do own one...ARE PLAYING IT THE WRONG WAY! There's a reason that the 12-string was used extensively by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who, Tom Petty, the Byrds, and of course Led Zeppelin. There's a reason that 20% of the songs on most TOP 100 ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME countdowns contain a 12-string. Do yourself a favor and spend 10 minutes watching a video that will completely change your attitude and approach when it comes to playing a 12-string. Blow off the dust, put on some new strings, and get ready for some kick ass 12-string sounds.
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@dave.F0X 2 месяца назад

Another tip: Fine tune each pair of identical B and E strings slightly apart (+10 cents and - 10 cents). I gives it a richer / chorusing sound.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey Dave. Great tip and I do it if I'm playing strictly chords. I don't typically recommend it because most people end up tuning at least 10 cents off anyway. Heck, I'm 10 cents off on most of these tracks. Thanks so much for contributing. I sincerely appreciate it. Mark

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

You'll sound like Leadbelly

@danmccarthy444 2 месяца назад

Your comments about attitude, determination and insistence on getting all the notes to ring are the most valuable pieces of advice for me.

@warren52nz 2 месяца назад

I'll add one tip. When you tune a 12 string without a capo then put a capo on, you'll find the thicker strings go up in pitch slightly more than the thinner ones. This is particularly noticeable on the low E and A strings. By habit, I lower them a bit when I put a capo on, comparing them to the octave string next to them.

@ffggddss 2 месяца назад

Yes! All true. Another tip for tuning, which can also be used on a 6-string, tune the octaves - pairs of strings that are an octave apart when one of them is open and the other is played on 2nd or 3rd fret - starting from the bass end, with string #s in (): E(6,4), G(6,3), A(5,3), B(5,2), D(4,2), E(4,1), G(3,1). These are the most important parts of any chord you will play. I find that after all these years, I do these checks routinely, almost without having to think about it. Fred

@55TeleMark 2 месяца назад

Great to pause and remember the basics. Good job Mark. Thanks

@alkitzman9179 2 месяца назад

Good advice on this video Mark. I have been playing for 40 years and in the last 15 years probably play a 12 string 75 percent of the time. Yes it does take extra effort to hold down especially Barre Chords on a 12. The main point of the sound is the octave strings ringing. So clean fingering is essential. One thing I would add to your tip list. Play triad chord shapes especially if you struggle barring a 12. Sorry to hear about your loss . Glad to hear a new video weekly going forward

@resomony 2 месяца назад

Best tips I've seen yet for the 12 string.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

I really appreciate that. The more views you get the more you open yourself up to people trying to tear you down. The funny thing is you'd think that most people would be cooler and more forgiving. I'm a musician not a lawyer. :). Have a great week. Mark

@XF15DCC 2 месяца назад

Been kicking around getting a 12 string well ever since I saw one of your 12 string videos. Guess it’s time to buy one.

@tpaine1968 2 месяца назад

All good points…..Would love tab for the solo examples..Walk right in was my first fascination with 12 string way back in the 60s

@blakewilliams3702 2 месяца назад

Another great video, Mark. It’s fun to see you tear it up on a 12!

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

I just happened upon a thread of all these guys tearing into Rhett Shull. The one thing none of them realizes is that it's a ton of work. 10 times as much as I figured it would be and I went in with my eyes open. And, it's entertainment. People can't wait to correct a mistake, tell you how great they are, how much they know, how their opinion is actually fact. Anybody with even a shred of self awareness should realize that it's literally impossible to come off like anything but an ass when offering any of the aforementioned. It doesn't bother me because I realized a long time ago that 99% of the time the comment has more to do with the commenter than with me. Most of the time when somebody is overly critical, I just feel a sense of sadness for that person. I've been doing this for 30 years and I've yet to meet a great musician who puts down other musicians. :)

@IndieTimberStudio 2 месяца назад

I have my Gretsch Hollowbody Guitar from GearFest 2019 and it's still my favorite guitar. I've been using this for every kind of music like rockabilly, jazz and any parodies I made including Blink 182, Primus, Green Day, Crash Test Dummies, and more.

@carleubanks3386 2 месяца назад

Great tips, Mark. Worth writing down (again). Makes me want to pick up my 12 string right now. Also nice to see the Moody Blues make an appearance. Thank you!

@biffgordon8468 2 месяца назад

You are right about using arpeggios. On a 12 string less can be more! Your method of swapping G strings for finger picking is a good idea, but another option is to use the Carter Family Lick (similar to claw hammer banjo). Hit the bass notes with the thumb and strum the other notes with index and middle fingers.

@thefunkgorilla 2 месяца назад

Sounding Great Mark!! Id love to see/hear a video on John Paul Jones' twelve string work. Hope your world is good.

@bobshomewoodshop7996 2 месяца назад

Mark: Sorry to hear about the family member. Now I know why I haven't seen a video from you for a while. I've let myself get too busy with my business and have let my practice slide. Your videos are a reminder that I need to pick up my guitar more often.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey Bob. I'm thinking about doing a video about how anybody can reinvent his or herself as a guitarist. I was a mediocre professional guitarist who toured and was in one of the 1000s of bands that had a legit shot (albeit a long one!) and then personal struggles derailed me. From 2008 until 2014 I didn't pick the guitar up at all. In 2015 I decided that I wanted to be a good player and I started practicing for at least 2 hours everyday. In 2019 I quit my day job to give music a go for the 3rd time in my life. Quit grad school (temporarily) in 1995 (age 24) to pursue music full time. I did it again in 2003 (age 32) and then again in 2019 (age 48). I never thought my career would be peaking at age 50. You never know....

@bobshomewoodshop7996 2 месяца назад

@@8MinuteAxe I learned to play guitar in the 60s and then didn't touch one for years until I found a deal on a 12-string Martin that I couldn't pass up. As far as careers go, I have had several of them, and at almost 76 I am self-employed and enjoying every day running my business. It keeps me physically and mentally active. By the way, I am just short of 1,000 subs on my channel but still need to build up the watch hours to become monetized.

@charlesmanthy9697 2 месяца назад

Great Video Mark! Sorry for your loss, you are in my prayers.

@daleandkorinna 2 месяца назад

Thoughtful, sensible and useful tips. Thanks!

@mtacoustic1 4 дня назад

At a gig I broke a string on my Les Paul; so I grabbed my back-up Ovation solid body 12-string. It sounded so well (and was a lot of fun!) that I finished the set with it rather than going back to the 6-string!

@FarrellMcGovern 2 месяца назад

I am glad to see you picked, literally, using a lighter pick as the #1 tip. I use a Dunlop .60 nylon pick for playing 6-string, but use a .46 for my 12-string, and occasionally a .38, which gives sort of a "wind thru the trees" sound when playing 12-string. As well, with a lighter pick also try a lighter set of strings. And a bit of terminology I learned recently. With stringed instruments, the two closely positioned strings that are tuned to the same note, or one an octave up is know as a "course". A 12-string would then be described as an instrument having six 2-string courses.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey Farrell. And again I get more than I give. I didn't know that about the string sets. A course. Ok. It's funny. I was just reading a reddit thread about Rhett Shull. All the haters piling on. I'll say this much. Being a youtuber is the personification of Money for Nothing. People will mention all the pros and cons but most don't consider the phenomenal amount of work it takes. It really is a huge sacrifice. And 99.9% don't even get more than a handful of views, let alone make money. I always remind myself that at the end of the day most people are good. Even the ones that go off on me usually apologize after they realize that I'm a real person just playing guitar, making videos, and giving my honest opinion about how I see things. Thanks for the nugget. Much appreciated. Mark

@FarrellMcGovern 2 месяца назад

@@8MinuteAxe Back in the 1990s, I worked for a company that produced information kiosks, and were pioneers in incorporating videos as part of the tourist information app I wrote. So I got to hang around with some real pros in the video production field, and one of the take aways from that was that they planned video shoots with a one to one ratio, that is, one hour of shooting time will yield one minute of video. So I appreciate how much effort it takes creators to put together a video with decent production values like your videos. Thank you!

@oscarmartinez178 Месяц назад

Thanks for the advice. I’ll put it to practice. 😊🙏🏼

@jim3041 2 месяца назад

Another video full of great tips, Thanks Mark! And the Rok-loks rock!

@maryannkarlvalois7597 2 месяца назад

Awesome video-- great advice and playing!

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey Maryann. Thanks so much for watching and for the kind words. I hope you have a great week. Mark

@sandrataylor51 2 месяца назад

Somehow you keep getting better and better tips with each video Mark 🎸🎸🎸🙂

@learnfromthemastersmusicou7241 2 месяца назад

I think you’ve done more than anyone else to whet my appetite and sustain my appreciation for both acoustic and electric 12-string. These are great, practical tips, and also encouraging inasmuch as they validate the difficulties I find when playing. It’s nice to know these things are normal. I will say I find I don’t like the tone or feel of thinner picks. However, it highlights one of the benefits you listed because this forces an even greater amount of precision. The only thing I would add for tips is to make explicit what’s implied in what you present: consciously *savor* the unique beauty of the 12-string. Lose yourself in the beauty and richness that come even with playing simple things. This perspective, along with the notable benefits once playing on 6-string again, will help motivate past the challenges inherent to 12-string.

@matthorley5510 2 месяца назад

Hey Mark thankyou mate your videos are an awesome source of knowledge and inspiration.

@gerryr8713 2 месяца назад

Thank you Mark. Great pointers

@frankarc22 2 месяца назад

Hey Mark, excellent video and thanks for the tips.

@sam8290 2 месяца назад

Top job Mark, cheers from London!🍻

@lisarazzilier-lavoie5750 2 месяца назад

Happy Days Mark! Appreciate the solid content you share with the masses. Been saving for a 12-string for over a year and look forward to finally learning the classic riffs I’ve been saving to learn. Love the outakes too 😊

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

Go for it! Budget, think Yamaha or Madera.

@freesk8 2 месяца назад

Thanks, Mark! You do good videos, man! :)

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey brother. Great to hear from you. Thanks for the years of support. Take care and have a great week. Mark

@achaarpickler Месяц назад

Great tips....

@MrFlapperDapper 2 месяца назад

Great as usual Mark, I'd love to hear you trying Still You Turn Me On by Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Greg Lake was the master of arpeggios on the 12 string, and it's drop D tuning too.

@Rok-Lok 2 месяца назад

nice use of the rok-lok

@Laffnbstrong 2 месяца назад

I will be on this page every day until I learn to be a pro just like you

@rickcurtis2983 2 месяца назад

Great tips for the mighty 12 string...thank you! Mine is a Taylor 855 that I keep down a 1/2 step, thinking of going a whole step down and trying heavier strings at next string change...might get better volume.

@triples4good 2 месяца назад

I really enjoy your videos. I aspire to be as good on my 12 string. I’ve learned a lot from your instructional videos. Thanks for what you do.

@NDFlyFisher 2 месяца назад

An incredibly helpful video. I especially like the donut tip. I tend to play my six string guitars more often. My biggest 12 string challenge is barre chords.

@toddsandford 2 месяца назад

Recently found your channel. Love 12 strings but have not got one yet. Starting to think maybe one is in my future. Great video!

@MichaelDutle 2 месяца назад

Good reinforcement for kinda what I do. Need to get back to basics.

@colemowry8681 2 месяца назад

Great video

@CthulhuInc 2 месяца назад

actually, i don't mind tuning! i have two 12ers and two double-neckers, so, that's a good thing haha! and indeed using a thin pick is the only way to go for me, certainly. i think i just figured that out on my own, from experience. keep the great content coming, mark! love from canada! 😊 Ps - great shirt!

@dennisssnider 2 месяца назад

Great comments about finger placement and sometimes the basics. It occured to me that in watching professional sports multi-million dollar athletes run the same basic drills or are still in the outfield shagging fly balls. There is no substitute for good dedicated practice. If there is please let me know.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey Dennis. I don't know. I see all of these ads that tell me I've been doing it wrong and that it's much easier than people think. It's funny, I'm sure you've seen the bald guy that advertises like crazy. I bought his course 5 years ago (It was worth the $29 just to see what it was). It's literally 10 lessons that are exactly what everybody teaches for the first 10 lessons. The best part is...after scrolling...and scrolling...and scrolling, reading about how it's REVOLUTIONARY, BREAKTHROUGH, unlike ANY other course, as soon as I purchased it...he tried to upsell me! That's right. I hit the buy button and I got IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY you should buy my upgraded course. LMAO.

@roachd 2 месяца назад

Great tips Mark. Thank you. As I've mentioned before the JIM DUNLOP Delrin®, Light Pink, .46mm pick works great!

@user-ri4ds5yl1c 2 месяца назад

Hi Mark, good 2 see u

@jimdoner3443 2 месяца назад

How do you like your 562 ce , I love mine nice compression as well as mids.found an old Taylor 750 , going to the luthier for its neck reset and new nut and sadle. Hope she jumps back to life.

@bsaj1 2 месяца назад

Great tips.. Tuning down really helps the action and voice... Think Nirvana did this?

@kingrobert1st 2 месяца назад

I been playing a 12 string for 40 years Can't play a 6 string anymore. Something missing.

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

I have 15 years on ya, I always come back to s 12.

@jimdoner3443 2 месяца назад

Great video Mark , also I think keeping all your guitar clean is essential , but for a 12 string keeping the back of the neck nice so there isnt any gummieness or drag really helps. I use turtle wax express shine as its non yellowing but I keep it off the fret board , nut saddle etc.

@EddyfyingArt 2 месяца назад

I've been playing 12 string for many years and I can agree that you are on target with these great tips! Although I am a fingerstyle picker, I haven't used a pick in a long time, I did use thin picks when I started. New to your channel and subscribed! Keep up the great work!

@CameraLaw 2 месяца назад

I’m new to this. Fingerpicker on 6. Use my nails. Having a bad time trying to get both strings to ring out as I pick upward on the trebles. Hints?

@EddyfyingArt 2 месяца назад

@@CameraLaw Just keep at it, getting used to where you need to strike improves muscle memory and over time it becomes second nature.😊

@FilmFlam 2 месяца назад

"Most of us start off learning great technique until we've reached enough proficiency to be lazy." Great quote.

@davebooth5847 2 месяца назад

Total agreement, Mr Ranally! Everything you say here is how to make a 12 sound great. Add one - LEARN TO TUNE YOUR 12 BY EAR. Get it into tune with itself, let it sing! It's not hard, particularly if you learn to tune with harmonics. That way you're not just a slave to your tuner, you're TEMPERING the tuning of your guitar and it wakes up and soars.

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

Yup, I am long before tuners. I do use tuners to get on the same page as every one, or if I tumble in to a tuning marathon. With out tempering, life can be a head ach. Still I adjust while playing. I have 3 units with excellent intonation, all electrics. Fender E XIIs rule. With the 7 1/4" r they will fret out with a low action. For bends these new Squire Jazzmaster 12s are amazing. Nothing seems to beat a Guild. Went for a Martian D 28 12, it is fantastic. Yes, if you listen to what you are doing you must tune by ear.

@davebooth5847 2 месяца назад

@christophergallagher531 exactly. I do own a couple of tuners, but my instinct is always to reach for the A440 tuning fork, and once I have a single string in tune to just go from there. If you can hear accurate unisons, octaves and fifths there isn't a stringed instrument on the planet you can't tune that way. Often faster, or at least AS fast, as somebody using a tuner for every string.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

The one downside of playing a lot and developing an ear. Tuning a tempered instrument. Those of us who remain sane threw up the white flag long ago!

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

If you play a high action, using harmonics to tune, may set you up for sharp fretted notes. I set my intonations to run flat at the 12th. I like zero frets, but few makers use then. Strings high at the nut really mess things up. All those things undermined my confidence in my formative days. Get a C chord to sound good, and the D would be muddy. I thought it was me. There are no wall phones left. What was a dial tone? B flat as I recall. My 440 fork turned out to be 442. Guitars and gear are better and cheaper now! Not to mention the huge amount of choices. Strings are far far better. This is my understatement of the day. How much blood did we leave on 'Black Diamonds' ? Windings fell off, killing fretts.

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

@@davebooth5847 To this day, when restringing, I some times try going to the wrong octave. Woops. Strings are so good now, they can often take it.

@h.w.hilton6819 2 месяца назад

I have recently purchased a Vangoa 12 string acoustic/electric and discovered subtle differences from basic 6 string acoustic. Picking is different when going up, angle needs to be flatter to be sure of striking both strings.

@ToddS. 2 месяца назад

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@user-uu1wc6yz5z 2 месяца назад

I'm looking for my first 12 string . Looking for a good used one but there is nothing around that is in good condition . I gave it serious consideration about getting a Vangoa , but all the sources for the 12 string are sold out . I guesd I'll just keep watching for a good used one to surface . BTW ..... G R E A T Tips for the 12 string . .

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

As much as I'm not a huge fan of their customer service, you can't beat Guitar Center's used guitar collection. They have a 45 day return policy and many times they have cheaper prices than you can get stuff for on reverb. This guitar is supposed to be excellent for the money www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Yamaha/FG420-12-12-String-Acoustic-Guitar.gc?cntry=us&source=4WWRWXGP&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoPOwBhAeEiwAJuXRh2KjGAi4hYrLxMSC2kbUzu6GmZE8rLsbk2gOmczDOTwXTlA_-Rym5xoClWgQAvD_BwE. Please know that I'm not affiliated with them in any way, this is not an affiliate link, and I have no stake as to whether you decide to pull the trigger or not. I did a quick look around for you and I think this is a good deal. Let me know what you end up doing and how you make out. Please take care. Mark

@user-uu1wc6yz5z 2 месяца назад

@@8MinuteAxe I Really appreciate the feedback Mark. Thanks sooo much . And thanks for the link. Very much appreciated . I could be wrong , ... but the strings don't quite look right for some reason . Maybe it's an opportunity waiting ! ? Thanks again .

@matlindell5022 2 месяца назад

And most importantly don’t forget to wear a proper hat👍🤩

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

So...I used to wear baseball hats all the time (I'm still a big baseball fan but I used to be a baseball junkie) and I would wear a fedora from time to time. Then at the NAMM show last year I was surprised that several people recognized me so I thought, I need some kind of trademark hat or glasses. I went through about 6 before I found what I was looking for. Something modern looking, not too cowboy, but not too serious either. I always wonder how people come about wearing cowboy hats or fedoras. I do wear it around the house fairly often so that way I don't feel like a phony when I shoot a video. How's that for honesty. :)

@dh2970 2 месяца назад

Mark - when flatpicking on the 12, do you mostly favor down-picking or do you just use the same alternate picking approach as you would on a six string?

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

Keep mixing it up. Circle picking is cool. Keep in mind some guitars have the primary string on the bottom, some (like Rickys) have the primary on top. This changes things.

@sms-ri2xl 2 месяца назад

Allman Brothers, Melissa. You can do it.

@FilmFlam 2 месяца назад

Your first tip was my first question.

@don6538 2 месяца назад

@kingrobert1st I have a spruce/rosewood Taylor Grand Orchestra supersized Jumbo 12 string, and it has a great balanced sound. Mark was playing on a much smaller Grand Concert size, which may account somewhat for that. But I think too many people hear Taylor=treble, and it becomes gospel. Not true! I have a Taylor 6 string short-scale spruce/rosewood Grand Concert and it has a beautiful sound with plenty of bass presence. And also a 6 string spruce/rosewood Grand Orchestra that boomed too much. Had to put on Light gauge bass strings. I also fingerpick all my instruments using my nails as picks.

@petaks01 Месяц назад

Great tips as usual #winaguitar

@madmusicianmagician 2 месяца назад

I'm restringing my 12 tonight it's a 2000 Gibson epiphone that has the most beautiful tone especially recorded. Neil Young believes the cheap epiphones sound better than expensive guitars recorded.

@AlBeeston 2 месяца назад

Can someone please put me out of my misery! What’s the opening intro song , I’m racking my brain< but it just won’t come to me 😂😂😂

@hairymary9709 Месяц назад

#winaguitar #wina12string

@flamindigo 14 дней назад

I won't subscribe. But, it wasn't bad. I've been a lover of the 12 string for 45 years.

@howardklein9834 2 месяца назад

Mark, when I Capo the girl, I fine tune her to the capo. If not she lets me know it by sounding like an ally cat at midnight.

@don6538 2 месяца назад

Hello Mark, been playing 12 strings since the 60s. I also use a double pass system of tuning, to D#, but always the octave g string last. I noticed you used the William Tell Overture (Lone Ranger) for the tuning schtick. There is a youtube video out there of Glen Campbell playing that on an electric 12 string with a full orchestra back-up. Worth the hunt. Be well and play well. Found it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GUBhE00h9U0.html

@ibji 2 месяца назад

One great thing about 12 strings is, you don't change strings as often, if ever. Not because you don't have to, just...because.

@ericmaharjan Месяц назад

#winaguitar

@jayp.2313 Месяц назад

#Wina12string

@BurninSven1 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing. Not many share tips on here for twelve string guitar so this is good and very important. Personally I had to move over to open G tuning on my old German Framus 12 string cause of a bad pain in my left hand. With open G tuning and a slide tube (made of glass) you can get some really cool sounds. Like this -> ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gha9F5RbmmU.htmlsi=3lkyvlf5Q4edRmtj I hope I did not post this before I think I did not. Thanks and keep up the good work

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

I have a pair of '60s Framus axes. A 6 and a 12. both arch tops. Excellent for slide!

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

A thin pick will not get me very far. The lightest I consider is a 71. My standard is a 88. A 1 is called for at times. Atack pressure, angle of attack and aditude, all take considerable practice. A 71 wouln't get me out of the bed room. I seldome break a string. Most of my 12s have 10s these days. Only two are at concert pitch. A 440. Both are new Squire Jazzmaster 12s, with carbon fiber reinforcement The D 12 28 goes there. As does my dad's '69 Yamaha, when called for. My Guild J with two trusrods has no trouble up there, but at a whole step lower, it sound like church. I will use different picks to influence EQ. Here, I use different materials, before changing weights. The concept of a lite pick, here, is not wrong. I have sugested the same thing in the learning curve. Hey capo up high, with a glassey thin pick, grab a beer under a shade tree. Don't forget to stop counting time and listen for the decay. It ain't a banjo. Yes those down stroke arpegios. You buy a nice ax, let it do it's thing. Listen, don't worry about forcing you self it to a mold. Chris

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Hey Chris. You sound very passionate about guitar. That's awesome. It's funny how some people get all worked up like we're talking world politics. I just read a thread of people dumping on a popular guitar youtuber. The one thing they forget is the phenomenal amount of work involved. And you have to be passionate and dedicated because most of us had to make at least 50 videos before we got more than 20 views. I thought I knew what I was getting into. It's 10 times as much work as I expected. Thank god I decided to make guitar videos. :)

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

@@8MinuteAxe Thanks. And thanks for your work. Any thing 12 string catches my attention. You do a good job, and for sure folks benefit from your effort. I admit to having an attitude. One thing I do is continually check my self. Like the rabbit hole of picks. Yikes! So many things can become tangents, chewing up time. I went and looked at the maine axes I am using. Tucked in the guitars are mainly .71s, This surprised me. Tucked in the ones that get played out are .88s, .96s and 1.s. I found some Clayton .63s handy. The material makes a huge difference. Back from the day, we had actual tortoise shell, and early plastics would shatter. Even the size of picks were all over the place. I note Claytons are big. I do a lot of muting around the pick. Some times the pick is barely sticking out. When warmed up, it is possible to choose just the prime string or the octave. I made the mistake of taking a 12, one Sunday morning to a blue grass festival. I managed to stick to the primes. By lunch, I was running home to get a six! That was 25 years ago. That event improved my right hand. It seems you keep your sub divisions on the guitar. That is a good thing. I found my self sitting and stamping both feet. John Hammond Sr. caught me. He said to stop that, and put it all on the guitar. I guess his son John jr. did not take that advice! I did. If you are considering an electric, now is a good time. Squire made a limited run of Jazzmaster 12s. The build is fantastic, the price unbelievable. ~ $450.00 at Sweetwater. I play one in the middle of the night, unplugged. It needes nothing, save the string retainer is too agressive and binds some. I put in a treb pass on the volume, it works in any amp I have. It capos like a dream. Thanks again for you content. Keep the faith. Chris

@seanmiller7187 2 месяца назад

"Pleasant Valley Sunday" was not played on a 12-String.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

The original was three LPs but Mike used his Gretsch falcon 12 to play it live on both the 67 and 68 tours If that ruined the video for you I'm sorry.

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

I have heard it that way. Check out Pete Seger's 'The Bells of Rumey'

@seanmiller7187 2 месяца назад

@@8MinuteAxe that's a Les Paul on the record? Interesting. Always thought the riff had a hollow-body sound to it.

@seanmiller7187 2 месяца назад

@@8MinuteAxe every time I went to see The Monkees or Micky solo, the guitar player usually played the riff on a Strat in a quack pickup position. Always drove me nuts. 😆

@ricverwer8407 2 месяца назад

Follow-up to #7: you spend half your time tuning and the other half playing out of tune…

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

Pete Seeger. I'm sure I'm out of tune most of the time. I gave up trying to come to grips with the fact that it's a tempered instrument years ago. Luckily, I'm not that good where it really matters. :)

@kingrobert1st 2 месяца назад

Man those Taylors have way too much treble response. Totally out of balance. Dreadful guitars.

@don6538 2 месяца назад

I have a spruce/rosewood Taylor Grand Orchestra supersized Jumbo 12 string, and it has a great balanced sound. Mark was playing on a much smaller Grand Concert size, which may account somewhat for that. But I think too many people hear Taylor=treble, and it becomes gospel. Not true! I have a Taylor 6 string short-scale spruce/rosewood Grand Concert and it has a beautiful sound with plenty of bass presence. And also a 6 string spruce/rosewood Grand Orchestra that booms too much. Had to put on Light gauge bass strings. I also fingerpick all my instruments using my nails as picks.

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

I've found Taylors to be very consistent but I know other people that aren't Taylor fans. As far as taking anything from the sound in this video or any video on youtube, I don't recommend it. I used the mic on my phone to record because my recorder died, then it goes through three stages of compression before it gets uploaded to RU-vid where it gets whacked again. The amount of MBs that youtube allots to the audio is less than an mp3. Lastly, this is a concert size with ex light strings. I use it for fingerstyle. Check out a Taylor 755 jumbo. It's about as big a sound as they come. Thanks for your long time support and thanks for making some interesting discussion. Mark

@8MinuteAxe 2 месяца назад

I'm very proud of my perfectly grown thumb nail. FINALLY. This is my 50th attempt at least!! Lol

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

I have not liked the necks. They will cut in to a mix, Ovations are good at that. Nothing thunders like a S body Martin.

@christophergallagher531 2 месяца назад

@@don6538those jumbos have magic.