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What is a 12 String Guitar?
The guitar is perhaps the world's most popular instrument. You can find it in nearly any country in one way or another. And while the six string guitar is the most common, there's another major guitar that is often over-looked: the 12 string guitar. The 12 string guitar, as you might expect, has 12 strings. But the 12 string guitar is not just a [...]
The power of the 12 string electric guitar
It hits you like a sledgehammer. It's just two notes, one an octave above the other, played over and over again. It thunders on for nearly 30 seconds, and it's been a centerpiece of many a mosh-pit over the past 15 years. It's the opening to Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade," and it's a great example of what a 12 string electric [...]
The 12 string acoustic guitar
When I was 14 years old I started listening to The Doors. Their power and dark moodiness blew me away (as it does most post-adolescents!), and I ended up plowing through their entire album collection. Almost everyone I’ve talked to has been through a “Doors” phase, and everyone finds something different about them to love. The [...]
