12-String Guitars ~ Luthiery Laboratories

12-String Guitars

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Standard 12-string guitars.

Audiovox 12-String Guitar

Stratocaster 12-String Guitar

12-String-Guitars

Audiovox 12-String Guitar

This twelver is a mashup of a number of different models. The body is Danelectro-style masonite over chambered plywood, with Tolex binding. The headstock is interleaved Rickenbacker, the bridge is more like a Gibson, while the overall style is my typical Audiovox.

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Stratocaster 12-String Guitar

Fender Stratocaster 12-string Guitar

Extended headstock with all tuners interleaved on one side. Strip tuners gave tight spacing, but required very precise drilling. EBay body. Home Depot neck.

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Guitar Projects

Audiovox Strat-style Guitar

Audiovox Gibson-style Guitar

Audiovox Mandolin

Audiovox 12-string Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone U-1 Guitar

Danelectro "Super-63" Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1457 Rescue Guitar

Danelectro Longhorn Guitar

Danelectro Companion Guitar

Fender Stratocaster 12-string Guitar

Rickenbacker 325 Guitar

Samick SG450 Guitar

Danelectro Pro-1 Guitar

Harmony H617 Bobkat

Danelectro Silvertone 1450 Guitar

Danelectro '67 Hornet Guitar

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Amplifiers

Tube amps lend themselves more naturally to distortion than solid-state. When overdriven, tubes produce more of the nice-sounding even harmonics, while transistors produce more of the odd harmonics, which don't sound as good. Early solid-state amps distorted very un-musically. Bass is generally played clean and requires a good deal more power, which would require a very large, heavy, expensive, and delicate tube amp, so solid-state became a good alternative for bassists.

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