my Rick 12 string
was $400 new
and I sold it for
the same amount, just to
get out from under it,
of course, the first thing I did
was sample the shit out of it
by playing it on as many
multitrack recordings as I
could find, I knew someday
I'd have my own sampler...

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The Rick 12 string, like Roger McGuinn in the Byrds always played, looks good when watching it on TV, but get it in your hands and its a tiny little uptight bitch.

I could not for the life of me get clear unmuffled notes, I wasn't pressing the strings down on the frets accurately, they're too small and acrowded, you have to aim your fingertips in there and only touch on the tips of the pads, a Rickenbacher 12 string fret space is SMALLER than the regular width of your fingers, its a lot like a mandolin, to me.

Of course shop for all music gear on ebay and ebay alone. BY FAR the best deals.

The Coral Electric Sitar is a groovy little axe. The Rick 12 is a piece of dogshit.

Best 12 string is Takamine large acoustic with a bridge pickup inside. Mic the neck side and the body bulge side, each with a condenser mic, at least 3 ft. from the guitar, on each side, with the neck side mic a little higher up. Record the bridge piezo direct with a DI box.

That's 3 tracks in all, 2 are stereo, and the piezo track is a mono to mix in more metallic edge, whenever and wherever you notice it wanting a sharper blade, to cut those slices of mind cheese perfectky, so they melt just right when popped out of a micro brain oven.

a REAL nuclear chilidog...
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