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Location: Phoenix AZ | Real men DO use capos.
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Location: Lafayette, Louisiana | Dave, nice guitar. I must admit I have never been impressed by Jimmy Page. I guess he is a great player, but I don't see it. Thats just me. |
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Location: Kent, England | Top guitarist and top looking guitar, perhaps a bit low slung to do any useful picking or finger picking work on the 6 string? Richie Sambora had his inverted as I would think it would be easier to use the 12 string on the bottom for clean open chords etc.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I agree with Paul. Real men can play that Db. |
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Location: NJ | I'm not positive, but I think Page tuned the 12 down to Eb, so it may in fact just be "capoed up" to pitch. |
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | When I got my doubleneck back from the shop they had tuned the 12 down a half step. I have not played a 12 for a while but I remember doing this myself and capoing one fret to normal. It reduces the stain on the bridge and makes it a little easier to finger as well. I have kept the doubleneck that way and keep the 12 capoed one. Works very well. It is interesting which is best on the bottom the 6 or 12. There are avantages either way.
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Location: Converse, Texas | Is that a Celibicy double neck? |
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Location: NJ | Nope!
Custom-made in New Hahtfid. |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Whew! Thanks cliff. I was hoping he didn't lower his standards. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Originally posted by cliff:
I'm not positive, but I think Page tuned the 12 down to Eb, so it may in fact just be "capoed up" to pitch.
A while back I was playing along with GC in his "GC in London" video trying to figure out he was doing some parts of the Wm. Tell Ov. (play stop rewind, repeat :) ) when I noticed he had his Bluebird 12 tuned to Eb. No capo though. Might have been because he was playing with the London symphony.
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Location: Wooster, Ohio | As was discussed the Page and most doubles like the Gibson put the 12 on top. Sambora switched this. I would suggest that he did this because he plays the 12 more. He also plays lead with the 12 and he has better access to the upper neck with it on the bottom. That is especially true on the Taylor he uses now, because the cut-away is only on the bottom. I think the bottom is probably more natural because I think most people would wear the guitar much higher than Page in that picture. When switching you tend to change the angle which brings the lower neck into a more natural position. Of course those that can't deal with Celibicy may never have this experience. (Sorry could not resist) If you have AOL look at AOL Sessions -Bon Jovi- several videos with Sambora on double unplugged. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | "...had his Bluebird 12 tuned to Eb..."
Whoa! So that’s why I couldn't get my Surfin' USA solo to sound the same as GC's! :D
Seriously though, lately, I've been doing that (Eb) with my 12-string 'bird as well. I made up a custom set of strings using a set of acoustic 12's as a gauge guide (in pure nickel wound, of course), complete with a wound "G".
Through the ole '63 Bassman, it sounds killer. I would recommend trying this string/tuning setup to anyone who has one of the solid-body 12-strings.
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Jimmy Page Doubleneck
