I have a cheap 12-string tuned in "Steve Tibbett's Tuning" which has wound unison D and G strings. Tibbetts himself also does unison A string sometimes. I keep it tuned a step down, as at "concert pitch" the string tension would be quite high.
It's a slightly different sound. The Octave G string, for better or worse, is the most distinctive thing about a regular 12-string's sound. As I pick, the octave G sometimes seems to jump out like a wolf note (my fault of course, but...) and doing away with it lets me use some picking patterns that I fall into with a better result.
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Guitars: 20th Century Seagull S6-12, S6 Folk, Seagull M6; '00 Guild JF30-12, '01 Martin 00-15, '16 Martin 000-17, '07 Parkwood PW510, Epiphone Biscuit resonator, Merlin Dulcimer, and various electric guitars, basses....
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