GuitarsAnn Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Got my new SG 12 today!! WOW!!! Love it, Love it, Love it!!!! I did manage to break the hi G string, though. Rats!!! Have to run out tomorrow and get some. The body is definetly one piece and the guitar is beautiful!!! GuitarsAnn [biggrin] [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallastx Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Time to play Stairway to Heaven. Love the axe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Thank you!!! I'm working on it!! GuitarsAnn [biggrin] [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 . I'm a big fan of 12 strings. I see the nut is a smidge over 1-11/16" (1.695"), nice. My Ric has a 1-10/16" nut - very tight. Your SG12 sure is a beauty. Love the deep cherry color. Congrats. . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Thank you!! Yes, the color is definetly deeper than most SGs. The body is thicker and less beveled than my 1963 Les Paul Jr SG that I lost. The neck is a bit narrower than my Yairi twelve and my Martin D12-28, but I like it. I'm running it through a Line 6 Spider Jam 75W amp and it sounds AWESOME!!!! GuitarsAnn [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJCooper Posted December 1, 2011 Share Posted December 1, 2011 If the G string on a new twelve string breaks easily check to make sure absolutely sure that the Machine Shaft that the string attaches to does not have a burr in the hole. I took a dremel tool and lightly buffed both sides of the hole. I burned 3 .9 gstrings before I found this foreign problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted December 1, 2011 Author Share Posted December 1, 2011 Thanks, RJ. I will check that out if it breaks again. GuitarsAnn [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The RandyMan Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 12-strings rock! I was born and raised on 12-strings and always wondered why Gibson never made a 12-string SG (other than the EDS-1275). Now that they make one, I can't afford it. maybe someday . . . until then, you rock in my place! Very nice guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNemo68 Posted December 3, 2011 Share Posted December 3, 2011 Wow! A 12-string SG. That is pretty sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted December 3, 2011 Author Share Posted December 3, 2011 Thanks, guys!!! It is really sweet!!! I do need to get the action lowered a bit. I'm not sure how to properly set it up so I will seek out a good shop in the SE Wisconsin area to restring it and set the action and intonation for me. GuitarsAnn [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJCooper Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I had a 12 string 1967 non-reverse Firebird and it sounded as sweet as anything you could ever want. It was Beautiful in its own way, it was really thin bodied and the neck was from here to yonder. I used to play stairway to heaven for the fans in and around Rockhill South Carolina back in 1974/75 and it never let me down. I was basically a bass player in a group called Hambone but I had been playing that Bird since I was a Teenager. I sure do miss it! I traded it and after the trade the new owner had it stolen from his home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Thanks to this fine forum, I found info on setting up my SG12. Seems it was not all that complicated. The neck was nice and straight, being new, and all I really needed to do was lower the bridge. WOW was it off. Measuring at the 12th fret the action was nearly twice the Gibson specified height for an SG. Now that it's down where it should be, I'm no longer straining to play it and not slurring chords. It sure is nice to be able to change up chords quickly. I was surprised the guitar was so poorly set up, but it was easily corrected. Intonation was fine after the bridge was lowered. It was just a bit of a PITA to detune and retune all those strings. Stairway to Heaven was made for this guitar GuitarsAnn [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Very cool! How wide it the neck on that at the nut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Right around 1 11/16". Narrower than my Martin D12-28. Very comfortable, especially now that I have the action set right. GuitarsAnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instantkarma Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I've been watching your post, digging the photos, and waiting for one to arrive. Got her last week and was surprised as you were to find the action set way high. But all it took was dropping the bridge and pickups, no other adjustment needed. Now the action is as low as I want with no buzz, the neck is just amazingly true; now the easiest 12 I've ever played. Great tone, quite different from the Elitist Riv 12, more "dense" you might say as of course this is a solid body compared to the semi-hollow Riv 12. I do like the slightly wider nut on the Riv, but it's not a big deal. I thought the full humbuckers would be darker than the mini's on the Riv, and they are a bit, but still bright and clear. This is just a way fun SG to play with all the classic electric 12 sounds. Then play on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarsAnn Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 Glad you're likin' it, Karma. I did wind up adjusting the neck a bit. The trus rod was quite loose and the neck was bowing a bit. I actually raised the bridge back up once the neck was set. So, keep an eye on the action as you may need to adjust the neck as it settles in. Very easy to do and there are a bunch of sites with tips on everything. GuitarsAnn [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instantkarma Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Thanks for the tip on the neck, so far so good, have not needed to touch it, but will keep an eye out for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mKwatra427 Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 I've always wanted a 12-string electric... Anyone notice there's no Les Paul with 12 strings? (Can Gibson take a hint?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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