Members Themetallikid Posted January 16, 2006 Members Share Posted January 16, 2006 A question for the acoustic players of the 12 string variety. I recently acquired a double neck acoustic and spent this past sunday restringing it for my upcoming show. While doing so I wondered, how much of a difference in sound it made if I restrung it the other way. As I received it the normal 6 strings were on the bottom of the Additional strings. Curious what sound it has if the usual 6 strings are strung on top with the octave strings on the bottom.... Does that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted January 16, 2006 Members Share Posted January 16, 2006 Very little...a friend of mine, who is strictly a fingerpicker, reverses the "G" pair, but after listening to her playing both of our Taylor 355s (mine standard set-up), playing the same piece of music, it pretty much sounds the same. BTW, Rickenbacher 12s are strung "reversed" from the "usual" manner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted January 16, 2006 Members Share Posted January 16, 2006 There was a thread about this some time ago (I think related to the Rickenbacher stringing) and altho I've never tried it myself I believe the report was that it would sound a little more like a "high strung" guitar (the octave strings would be a little more dominate). A lot would depend on your picking style and attack - I play my 12 without a thumb pick and try to attack both strings equally, however with some Kottke songs I try to emphasize the high G string. Chris Proctor separates the spacing of his strings so he can pick each course separately, but still strings in the "normal order". Obviously you will need to cut a new nut and maybe reramp the slots, and if your saddle is compensated you will have to redo that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Themetallikid Posted January 16, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 16, 2006 well for the project I'm in, Running Blind - we are doing hard rock covers acoustically...I do a lot of strumming, i'd say 75/25 - down/up picking, so I'd like the octave strings to be present just a little less in the mix. Also, how do you guys usually set your EQ's? Mine is an Acoustic/electric, and am struggling to get a good balance between the on board EQ and the G major EQ ... any help there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thirdstone Posted January 17, 2006 Members Share Posted January 17, 2006 George Harrison use to do that with his 12- string Rickenbaker electric. I don't think there is a noticeable difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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