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Old 01-16-2017, 07:10 PM
rmoretti49 rmoretti49 is offline
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I bought my first 12 string in 1981, after finishing a 5 month training stint on active duty with the National Guard. It was a Guild D212, which I still own. At that time, I had been a 6 string player for close to a decade, and had been hanging around the Old Town School of Folk Music. After hearing Bob Gibson perform on his 12 string a few times, I was taken by the bug. Plus, I just wanted a bit of a reward after my experience with the Army.

Playing a 12 string was unusual enough at that time, that I felt a little special doing so. I found audiences were very positively reactive to a big song played on a 12 string. After learning to Travis pick on the 12, I was now a lifelong 12-string player. I play my 12's at least 40% of the time.
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