Became acquainted with 12 strings in college where my roomate played a nice Takamine 12 string.We were Gordon Lightfoot fans and loved the tone of the 12 string.
Have bought and sold several over the past dozen years.Seems like they get neglected at times and tuning them can be tedious.
Finally, have a new Martin PA series 12 stringer.The 1 and 13/16 neck is easier to play and although this Martin is not as loud as the Guilds and Kottke Taylors I do enjoy it.
Right now it's in open C tuning as have finally gotten through "Question" by the Moody Blues,one of my favorite tunes.
Open tunings seem to really adapt nicely to the 12 string chime...
Gabe
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