Rupert67
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I have always loved the sound of a 12-string acoustic guitar so, for our 40th wedding anniversary, my dear wife has kindly bought me a Sigma DR12-28, which arrived yesterday, nestling snugly in a Hiscox case. (Don't worry, I'm buying her something equally delectable!).
I plan to play the guitar in for a week or two before taking it over to a favourite luthier, who set up my other guitars and those of a good friend of mine. He will strip it right back, chamfer the frets, reset the nut and saddle, check out the truss rod adjustment and generally set it up with a new set of strings to my preference re action, etc.
My question here is: When stringing a 12-string guitar, the octave strings of the E, A, D and G are commonly placed first in their respective pairs, i.e. when looking at the guitar in the playing position the octave string is struck first when stroking a chord downwards.
Those in the know will be aware that Rickenbacker has traditionally departed from this convention by switching the octave strings around, so that the 'normal' strings are struck first when playing a chord in the manner described above. Perhaps being electric this is the key to its unique sound, as played by George Harrison (The Beatles) and Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), among numerous others down the years.
Can anyone tell me what the audible difference might be if my twelve was strung the Ricky way rather than in the conventional way? Would the sound be fuller and less jangly perhaps, or totally the opposite?
I plan to play the guitar in for a week or two before taking it over to a favourite luthier, who set up my other guitars and those of a good friend of mine. He will strip it right back, chamfer the frets, reset the nut and saddle, check out the truss rod adjustment and generally set it up with a new set of strings to my preference re action, etc.
My question here is: When stringing a 12-string guitar, the octave strings of the E, A, D and G are commonly placed first in their respective pairs, i.e. when looking at the guitar in the playing position the octave string is struck first when stroking a chord downwards.
Those in the know will be aware that Rickenbacker has traditionally departed from this convention by switching the octave strings around, so that the 'normal' strings are struck first when playing a chord in the manner described above. Perhaps being electric this is the key to its unique sound, as played by George Harrison (The Beatles) and Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), among numerous others down the years.
Can anyone tell me what the audible difference might be if my twelve was strung the Ricky way rather than in the conventional way? Would the sound be fuller and less jangly perhaps, or totally the opposite?
