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Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa
FYI Martin experimented with the idea in the early-1930's,\ using a C-2 as eh basic platform, but there seems to b e little interest then or now for a 12-string instrument with prominent midrange and short sustain, both of these the total opposite for why most people buy 12's in the first place...
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Here is the experiment you refer to, Steve, in the hands of Mark O'Connor
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And here is one that John Monteleone built for a former Long Island musical anomaly, Billy McEwan.
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Guillaume Rancourt's 12 string, and most of his archtops, are built from rosewood back & sides, and cedar tops. He's really one of the best archtop builders around!
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