Re: danelectro 12 string

On 04/02/2011 21:41, Patrick Keenan wrote:

"iarwain" <iarwain_8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i'll check it out tomorrow.

Let us know what you think.
You said you could get one for $350. I'm actually surprised what the
Danos are going for these days.
When I was buying mine, you could get a nice used one off of eBay for
like $80. Maybe $150 if you wanted to pay a lot.
Now they're going for three, four, even five hundred dollars.
They're not making as many Danos these days (I don't think they even
make a 12 string now), so maybe some rarity is coming into play.

Talking about the chiminess, aren't Rickenbacker 12s strung
"backwards", with the lighter string on top of the string pairs, which
supposedly results in a more chimey sound?
Regardless, I find the Danos give satisfying chime.

Rikis are indeed strung that way, and it makes them a little brighter - on
downstrokes, there's a little more emphasis on the octave string because it's
not 'hidden' from the pick by the lower string.

The Fender Electric XII nut is cut exactly the same way (it's the nut which makes the difference, of course), with the higher string of the octave pairs located above the fundamental string, meaning that you hit the octave first on a downstroke.

The only 12-strings I've ever played which have the octave string below the fundamental string are the Danelectros.

There can be a huge difference in the chiminess of a 12, if you turn a
compressor on and off. The Roger McGuinn / Byrds 12-string sound uses a
significant amount of compression.

Never thought of that.

I'll dial in the SmallComp emulation on the Magicstomp next time I use the Electric XII.

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