Marshall Paul

Barracuda - Heart ("You lying so low in the weeds")

In A Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly

haha!lol Yeah, that's the kicker eh. You pick one up for the first time and it's usually love at first strum! It puts it's hook into you and there's nothing you can do about it except buy and own one for yourself. All logic goes out the window! lol. It's good to hear you've got one comming your way finally. It will be an uplifting love affair for sure! Now, I got both mine second hand. Like new though. So I didn't have to wait a particularly long time for them to arrive. The white Gibby I have no idea the year of it. Got it years ago. The cherry Epi is a fairly recent aquisition, about ten years ago. The differences between the 1275 6 string neck and say one of my regular LP's is minimal. They feel, play, and sound exactly the same as each other. No difference at all. And I'm not real sure about the official widths on those necks, but they feel the same as each other, between the Gibby and Epi 12 string necks I mean. I don't have any trouble going between the two at all. I use a near standard width (2.5") strap made of soft leather and there's a little bit of padding in it too. It's worth investing a little in a good strap for these for obvious reasons. And keep it just for that git. I don't use strap locks, but then again I don't go throwing the 1275's around while playing them either! (lol). I tend to keep it in one comfortable position while playing the song. Not like pagey!! The 6 string necks get the same strings as my normal LP's. My standard fit has always been 8-38's. D'Addario or Ernie Balls. The 12 string gauge can get a little tricky. Took me a while to figure it out but if you want a good starting point for them here they are. The gauges are as such. The gauge for the standard strings are, high to low, .010, .013, .020 (wound), .026, .034, .042. The octave strings (the one's that are paired up with them) are. .010, .013, .010, .013, .020 (wound), .026. That should keep you going until you figure out a particular way you like them. Just in case you need to know, my acoustic 12 string guitars are all D'Addario EXP38's. Excellent set. Once again, I hope this helps some there mate, and all the best with your new git. Don't forget, when it arrives, we want pictures and a full players report!! (lol). In the Lounge area of course!

Breakfast At Sweethearts - Cold Chisel

All The Way From America - Joan Armatrading

Handbags and Gladrags - Rod Stewart

Eyes to Pearls - Pink Floyd

(trouble following the last couple...) Man On The Silver Mountain - Robin Trower

Songbird - Fleetwood Mac

Night Life - Foreigner

Saturday Nights Alright (for fighting) - Elton John

The Kick Inside - Kate Bush

Boston - More Than A Feeling.

Heaven Help My Heart - Tina Arena

Me, Myself and I - Joan Armatrading

Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zefon

Ready For Love - Gary Moore

Smooth Jazz - Herbie Hancock

Warriors - Thin Lizzy

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin ("there's still time for you to change the road you're on")

Double Crossing Time - John Mayall Bluesbreakers

Trouble Spot Rock - Australian Crawl

Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower

Got him L8! lol I've owned LP's and Strats from '73 to now and the best ones are the one's I still own. I kept those in particular for a reason. They felt and sounded right. I have a GoldTop that's about '79(?) or somewhere there and if I go to the rack to just pick out a git to play, for some reason I keep going to that first.

Rivers - The Tim Gaze Band