Cougar
Enlightened Member
Man, my 12-string story covers about 50 years.
<To be continued>
Well, to make a long story short....
My brother brought back a 70s Epiphone 12-string from Hong Kong. Gave it to my dad who never played it, so I absconded with it after a while, but I never really played it much either. It's in mint shape, but not worth much. Which is a shame because it plays and sounds pretty darn good! My travel 12-string.
Then I got the 12-string bug and bought a Takamine jumbo burst with abalone rosette. Pretty! Played and sounded OK. But by playing it, I was motivated to get a really good 12-string. Which meant Guild. So I joined LTG, got tipped to my JF30-12 that was down at Dana Point near Corona, CA. Made the trip (well, I was going to be traveling nearby anyway), picked it up. A total keeper holy grail 12er!
Later got the "little" Martin GPC12PA4 just for fun. Turned out to be a pretty cool little guitar.
Then, again TX tipped about a New Hartford F-212XLCE at a pretty stupid-low price. Hard to pass up that deal, which I didn't. It was essentially mint - my preferred condition :tiger: - but its mahogany was decidedly second fiddle to the JF30-12's maple, and I reluctantly packed her up and shipped her off in order to help fund the Gibson rosewood Songwriter 12, which is ALSO second fiddle to the JF30-12. :stupid: