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Location: Upper Left USA | Still working my fingers back into shape with my new C2078LX. I gotta ask the question.
The coolest thing about my 1778LX is how responsive it is to a variety of playing styles. When I drive it or hammer on/off it kind of "perks up"!
I want to see if having the 12 string reverse strung will allow me to work it the same way.
I'd like to hear from anyone who has played a reversed strung 12???? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | do it |
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Location: SoCal | Are you talking about stringing it like a Rickenbacher, with the heavy strings on top of the octive strings? You'd have to recut the nut for that. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Pretty sure that's what he was meaning. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Yup!
I'm just lookin for a nudge to send it to the factory and have it done. I wasn't brave enough to order it that way.
I'm thinking it falls in line with the whole "LX" line of thinking as well. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | just buy an extra nut |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I've got to talk to John (Budny) and see if they are a "stock" item or if it means sending it in.
If I have to send it in I can pick it up May 19th! I'd keep the original to change back and also because I'm cheap and I don't throw nuth'in away.
Need the ability to upload pictures here so I can post some of that "guitar porn" I've heard about. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Mike, send your pics to me and I'll put them on my server so we can all get a look at your new toy! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Can you PM me your email? I'll send a few megabytes of abalone and inlay!! |
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Location: NJ | my hamer is strung that way and it is the only way to go IMHO |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Yep, the Ric sound is classic. I would just order an extra nut like Bill said. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I have emailed CT.
I didn't want to have Google for and "extra nut". |
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Location: Upper Left USA | On the premise that you can't hijack a thread you started here are some pictures of the guitar in question.
Thanks to DVD for the hook-up:
C2078LX |
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Location: Orlando, FL | Wow! That's beautiful! |
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Location: Braman, OK | That shore is purdy! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Beautiful, but why would you string it from the top to the bottom? Won't you need special string tubes for that? |
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Location: North Idaho | Restrung a guild f512 in 'reverse' to accomodate fingerpicking. Worked great. Did seem a bit harder for me to hold barre chords with heavier guage strings. |
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Location: Tennessee | Woody, let me know if the factory can provide reverse cut nuts. Now that the Ric in in other hands, I was thinking about swapping over the Deacon12. Might even try it on the CL12. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Will do! |
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Location: North Idaho | MWoody, as talented you are with tools, you should have no trouble in making your own. Get a few extra nut blanks and a set of nut files and go for it. (It only took me three tries to get my first 12 string nut right). |
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Location: closely held secret | That's one lovely guitar, Mike! Can't wait to hear how she sounds! |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Tdeej, at three trys you are way more better than I. I am thinking about $100 to get the "right" tooling to do nuts when CT already has the measurements within a gnats you know what. I had a long learning curve on the golden Viper nut. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Beautiful guitar,Woody. See what all your hardwork and craftsmanship has earned you!
I love the fretboard inlays and those laser cut inlaid epaulets are tight.....
Congrats |
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Location: Central Florida | That's a beautiful guitar, Mike! |
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Location: N.J. | Hhmmm.. This has me thinking. Has anyone tried this on an Adamas? Not that there is aything wrong with the tone the guitar is outputting now but such a simple change for a while that can be easily reversed might be nice. Another question is would the bridge need to be replaced considering its grooved for the current string configuration? |
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Reverse strung 12 string: comments
