Archive for the 'Guitars 12 String' Category

Hagstrom 12

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

What’s this? A Hagstrom 12 with DiMarzio humbuckers, that’s what. Did a 12 string blues axe exist before now? The pickups add some real macho to this firecracker. Don’t even pretend to play a Byrds tune and think you’re sounding like a Rick 12 string. Hagstrom was proud of their guitar necks and rightfully so. [...]

Gibson B25 12

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

The smaller body makes for a more comfortable gig, but wear a non slippery strap or else the headstock takes a dive for the floor. I’m not completely accustomed to twelve strings anymore so the neck feels enormous to me. The action is nice and low and the neck still straight after thirty years. This [...]