j45nick Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 I just acquired a nearly-pristine one-owner 1968 'burst ES 335-12. The headstock is about 2 1/4" longer than that on my standard Nashville '59 Historic ES 335, so it won't fit in the "stock" ES 335 case from Gibson. I haven't yet found specs for a case that might work with this guitar, but I know it's out there somewhere. Also, because the string tension loads are much higher than a regular 335, I am concerned about what strings to use. There's not a huge amount of choice out there, and precious little information on these guitars. And no, I would prefer not to tune the guitar down a step as some do. I use "vintage re-issue" strings on my Nashville '59, but Gibson doesn't make strings for 12's these days. Any input welcome. Gibsons currently owned: 1948-1950 J 45 (3644 8)(owned since 1966), 2009 '59 Nashville ES 335, 1968 ES 335-12 (980494) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 A Gibson EB-2 Bass case should work just fine for a ES-335 12........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Re strings for an electric 12 string..... Lucky in a way to be electric as this makes things simpler with more string gauges available Two choices IMO Whether to go for 'unison' tuning ie a set of 8's doubled up to 12 Or emulate an acoustic with lower 4 strings tuned in octaves My personal solution was to buy a custom set or make up my own as follows.... 1st...008/008 2nd...010/010 3rd...014/008 4th...022/010 5th...030/014 6th...038/022 V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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