[JeffreyAK]

I love 12-strings, and I play mine about half my acoustic guitar playing time, which is about half the total (most of the rest is electric, the remainder is mandolin, I rarely play bass). I'm very much looking forward to my soon-to-be-finished Tonedevil S18 12-string harp guitar, 12+6, that I'll keep in a different tuning than my Taylor 456ce. 12-strings respond very well to my hybrid playing style, flatpick plus 2.5 fingers (two normally, sometimes I'll include my right pinkie).

Before I got my Taylor, I had a Fender F330-12 for 30 years, bought new. Before that I had a Penco 12, going back to the early 80's, that I resurrected after fixing the bridge that had pulled off the top. I hauled the Penco around to campsites and a couple Rainbow Gatherings before giving it to my girlfriend when I bought the Fender, and the Fender spent a lot of time at Renaissance Faires and got played at Irish gigs in the mid 90's.