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Old 02-05-2008, 05:45 PM
Freeman Freeman is offline
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Among inexpensive (under $500) 12 strings, the general opinion at the UMGF 12 String Cafe' is that the Seagull S12+ is the clear winner. The jury is still out on how the cedar top will hold up (there has been one post showing a bridge pulling loose which shouldn't happen to a fairly new git) but the top probably is a big part of its sound.

Not to say the Epi is bad, but I would sure want to make sure the angles, action, and feel was what you were looking for. If you buy on line at least have them set it up to your specs and make sure there is a good return policy. If it truely has a 1.68 nut width I certainly would never consider it (most 12's are 1.875)

A well set up 12 is a pleasure to play - a poor one is torture (or a nice slide axe, but then I play slide on my well set up ones). I'll add that the pawn shop 12's that I've seen tend to be there for a reason - the owner found them to be virtually unplayable.
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