Sadly no Guild content.
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You can’t tell from the pictures, but I believe it has a clear pickguard. Personally, I would replace it with a black one so it looks more Guild-ish. But it is magnificent.
NGD: The Other JF55-12 Custom Shop
This is the guitar that made me swear that I was done. It is a Jan 1999 Custom Shop JF55/12 with what was described as "Tree of Life" inlays. That certainly seems to fit with other "Tree of Life" inlays I've seen, but the pattern on this outdoes any of the others I've seen. I don't know how...
How do you tune those two surrounding the middle, PoD?12 String's post in the "GAD's 2023 Christmas Photoshop" thread inspired me to post this. Perhaps I should have added a bit tinsel?
Feel free to post your own 12 strings
They are Portuguese Guitars, Coimbra models. They were originally tuned C,G,A,D,G,A low to high, with the lower three courses being octaves and the higher three unison. I never did get the hang of the tuning though
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They are Portuguese Guitars, Coimbra models. They were originally tuned C,G,A,D,G,A low to high, with the lower three courses being octaves and the higher three unison. I never did get the hang of the tuning though
I tried tuning one B,E,A,D,F#,B, which worked quite well, but have since gone for heavy strings and standard tuning, which doesn't, so I'll probably go back to the higher pitch.
The other one is my take on a Cittern, tuned C,G,D,A,E, with the C and G being double octave triples, D an octave pair, A and E unison pairs. An interesting sounding instrument that I should really try playing more.
Curiously, Stefan Sobell, who is often credited with developing the modern Cittern, came up with the idea through his attempts to use a Portuguese Guitar.
Stefan Sobell Guitars » How I started: my first cittern
They are Preston tuners, on the headstock.
What I meant, PoD, is where/what (physically) are the tuners on those Portuguese guitars?
I love mandocellos! Mine is just a conversion of a cheap guitar, but it's still got that great rumble
