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Finally, here’s my 12-string electric: An Eastwood Nashville 12, which I … didn’t get off Reverb.com: I love the idea behind Eastwood Guitars: strolling through the guitar-industry graveyard to find and breathe life into models that died too soon, often as much history lesson as homage. The only thing I can think of at the …

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Not quite coming full circle, more like an overzealous G, but: I love the idea of an archtop 12 string. Good luck finding one, then one that a working stiff can afford, though. Here’s a stunningly beautiful Benedetto 12-string Cremona model, which costs about as much as a solid down-payment  on a house. Even its …

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Here it is, the big kahuna, ichiban number one 12-string electric guitar of our times: The Rickenbacker 360/12V64 aka the George Harrison model. Most 360-12 V64’s are finished in the same auburn sunburst color that George’s first Rick had, but if we’ve learned anything this most, it’s that I love Natural Blondes. The classical-style back …

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Like its poor relation, Gibson got into the 12-string guitar field by making their 335 model a double-six. They’re remarkably popular and easy to find, considering they don’t have the star player power of a Rickenbacker and had a short heyday of 1965-1970. The red finish here has faded into something more transparent, quite lovely. …

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They’re surprisingly hard to find, but there are National/Dobro roundneck resonator guitars out there. I really still want to try one, but I imagine the instrument’s Dobro-ness will just emphasize the problematic aspects of the 12 string guitar, boomy bass, clashing middle and harsh high end. I hope to be proven wrong, of course. Here …

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