12 String Guitar Must Know Tips
Take Care of Your Guitar
Techs say it is ok to remove all strings at once
Then why do you have to tweek the trust after a string change
Never again when one string at a time change
Once a year clean and re-set is fine to remove all
True experience of 35 + yrs.
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Originally posted by UC1z4_avLD5f5C4l–tXTAfQ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71nI-KbcfmE
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Awesome video i tune all my 12 strings to eb and all strings in unison gives a douvle guitar sound rock on
I Always play in standard tuning ..and use chords right up the neck too…love it!@…I only use 10 guage strings tho!?
My 12 string has non adjustable truss rods so I remove all the strings at once no problem.I do not have to deal with one string at a time.With adjuatable truss rods, one at a time is best.
Thanks Dave – good advice here.
Yeah except that you also want to maintain your neck and give it a good care with lemon oil. Not the best idea to replace one string at a time if you are conditioning your fretboard.
Modern acoustic 12 strings are more capable of being tuned to concert or standard pitch. Mine is a 1974 model when they still had to have baseball bat necks. I tune mine down a whole step to D also. Sounds better that way and improves ease of play. By the way, if you're tuned down to D the capo should be put on the second fret, not the first, to achieve standard tuning.
1 Step down is the STANDARD for 12 string!!….Period…..go to any music shop right now, they will be in "D Standard"…. I personally prefer "D" because it's Easier to play….being in E Standard just never felt right to me, the strings sit Too high, Too stiff, just doesn't play right on most guitars I tried.
I’m trying to learn guitar at 57 again and I’m getting a 12 string acoustic bc I love the beautiful sound,any ADVICE is appreciated thnx.
I change one string at a time on my 4 string bass. The stress on the neck is severe if you cut them all at once.
Martin techs change all the strings at once.
Good basic tips explained clearly. I've been playing 12s since 1963 after encountering instrumentals by Billy Strange. I've ALWAYS downturned all my past and present 12's by a whole tone. The lower tone you get that way is wonderful and, as DG says, you can always capo to return to standard. (I use a G7 12 string capo without any problems). The only exception was a Taylor 562ce which was designed to withstand standard tuning but certainly did not like being tuned down a whole tone. Short scale and lower string tension were the reasons. However, good 12s built today are generally fully capable of withstanding standard tuning. It wasn't always so back in the 60's and 70's. As for treating the neck, you don't need to remove all the strings anyway to do that. When I know I'm due to change the set, I use strips of cloth sprayed with the treatment I use and slip them under the strings so that I can apply and then wipe off any excess. It doesn't matter if the strings get any of the treatment fluid on them because they're coming off anyway. Fret dressing, of course, will require all strings to be removed, but that's not exactly an everyday requirement.
I have been playing 12 string guitar for almost 50 years. I spent several years playing 6 and seven nights a week, 52 weeks straight, always in standard tuning and always changing strings all at once with never any problems.
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whoa the quality of this guitar's tune tho ????
Which brand is cheap and quality ?
It's a "truss" rod, not a "trust" rod.
Not even close to being in tune!
I use 2 different Taylor 12 strings. One 354-CE,and one 355CE. Both were made in 2005.One was made in May and the other in October. One will take kindly to being left in E. The other will not. We are too busy getting wrapped around the axle with finding the "Right Way". We are missing the most important point. I had an Ovation 12 that was tuned to E. Two stress cracks developed on the top of the guitar extending from the bridge to the end of the body. The guitar was deemed hopeless. They sent Me a brand new guitar free of charge. What we are trying to do is make one technique apply to all guitars. Knowing what is best for Your particular guitar is far more important that tryin to find a single method apply to hundreds of thousands of guitars. Its just like the fact that Richenbacher 12s are strung differently. Are we going to deem Richenbacher wrong, cause they do things differently? You have to find what is best for Your guitar and follow that.
I take off 4 strings at a time and replace them before I move on. This keeps a more even tension on the neck. I have plenty of room for both inspecting and cleaning. I dont mix the string pegs up. Want to hear some 12 string magic? Put Your Capo on the 7th fret and play "Here comes the Sun". Theres an instant connection to George Harrison. R.I.P. George.
I have a 2015 Taylor 856ce 12 string and I have always taken all the strings off when changing the strings. I pre-stretch the new strings and they always stay in tune. Never had a tuning problem with this guitar Also have a 1966 EKO Ranchero 12 string and never had a tuning problem. Hmmmmm!!
How high should my action be? I feel like my action is too high.
Can i have the srting number used?
I tune my brunswick to standard usually use 9s or 10s on it. plays great with either and hardly ever needs adjusting tuning probs i found came from things getting loose a lot of vibration soon loosens screws . My 12 gets taken out in most weather including occasional rain and its not let me down nor ceased to delight in 13 years . very playable action and no rattles a true workhorse and yes i take all the old strings off at once …just detune them gradually so things settle first. i tried tuning down and it ruined that lovely sound completely and even 11s on it felt like washing lines and sounded flat …back to lighter strings and Std tuning
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Changing one string at a time is a preference. It's impossible to clean the neck unless you take them all off, which is what music stores do. If the neck were that sensitive, it would never be able to stand the tension of all the strings anywat, so this is basically a myth.
I want that capo for my 6 string. I need to hire someone as a 12 string guitarist to play alternative rock.
One more trick,l bring my 12 to a respectable lutherie and he shaves down the bridge which lowers the string from the 12 th fret to the bridge giving the guitar an effortless action,remember there's a truckload of tension on the 12 string acoustic.
I’ve had a Maton 12 string for 25 years and never had to adjust the truss rod and I always take all the strings of at once. Tuning down a step is ok if you want but a properly designed 12 string should withstand standard pitch fine. Also most capos don’t work very well with 12 strings. They tend to mute the lower octave strings due to different string thicknesses. I have a special 12 string capo to deal with that problem. Drop C tuning can result in very little tension on the sixth string and make for a lot of string rattle.
Meanwhile, Martin says to take them all off so you can clean your fretboard…
Thanks man!