12-String Guitars

There’s a very specific kind of confusion that hits the moment you stand in a guitar shop staring at two nearly identical dreadnoughts, one of which has twice as many tuning pegs as the other. That’s the 12 string vs 6 string guitar dilemma in a nutshell, and it trips up more players than you’d … Read more

There’s a moment every guitarist remembers: the first time they strummed a 12 string acoustic guitar and heard that shimmering, chorus-like wash of sound come rolling out of the soundhole. It’s not a six-string with extra decoration bolted on. It’s a genuinely different instrument to live with, tune, and love. A 12 string acoustic guitar … Read more