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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Played about three hours solid on a 12-string last evening and boy my left hand sure feels it this morning. Must be the wider neck and additional string pressure. I should've taken two guitars and set the 12 string down when not required. Maybe its time for a double neck . . . |
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Location: Vernon CT | Prof, Think how easy a 6 will be next time you play!! :) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Or just take two guitars. Make a rack for the back of the bike. |
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Location: NJ | So, . .
. . . wot's worse??
PLAYING nothing but 12-string for 3 hours straight? . .
. . or LISTENING to nothing but 12-string for 3 hours straight?? |
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Location: SoCal | When you put it that way...... |
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| Wouldn't want to stand around with a doubleneck on a strap for 3 hours neither bro. |
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Location: closely held secret | Just what I was thinking, Schro... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Good point, Schro. I could always play it from a stationary stand like Junior Brown. I need to repeat the gig this weekend, so I'm taking two guitars. |
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Location: Jet City | My first open mic night I only planned on doing one song, and just brought the 12. Bad move. 1 song became 20. My fingers were sore, my wrists were wasted. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Since no-one else has done it, I wanna Congratulate you for playing a 12-string for 3 hours.
I know that I get tired alot quicker than that.
But a 12-string is good exercise, and (to me) it actually seems easier to play...
for the first five minutes. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Playing a 12 for three hrs. ,...WOW !!
Playing a guitar for three hrs. ,...WOW !!
Vic
..I assume it was done in one stretch .. |
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| My bladder wouldn't let me play for 3 hours at a stretch these days.
But like the man said - congrats on doing it! |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Try Silk & Steele.
Yoou hand will not feel so bad.
Otherwise bring a two. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The hand pain went away after a day of no playing, and for the weekend, I took a second guitar. It was a matched pair of EA Vipers, one 6 and one 12, that looked cool in the stand. |
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Three hours on a 12 string = sore hand