Its Black and it has double the strings and a set of "double" p90s so "Double Black" The neck is a modified Warmoth, it was a 70s style SmurfHat headstock that I rounded over. I made the body out of three pieces of alder. Jack Plate and Control plate attached by machine screws into threaded inserts so I can take them on and off as much as I want without wearing the softer alder wood out. P180s from GFS. Controls are Three-way Les Paul style pickup selector, coil tap switch (taps both pickups at the same time), Volume, Tone. Gotoh twelve string hardtail bridge, Gotoh Tuners. Finished with Rust-O-leum spray on Lacquer.
Half-Moth "Double Black" 12 String
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Nice build. Very clean. I'm counting the days until I get my 12 string. :tard:
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Really cool!
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Twelves are really cool. If you already own three for guitars and you haven't gotten a 12 yet, you really should make your next one a 12. For me, that number is my 2nd guitar.
Too bad they won't do a baritone-12, I think the longer scale length could really come in nice on the tones. I've been talking about doing a baritone-6, stringing 10-52 and only tuning down a whole step just for the range on an otherwise 'normal' guitar. Were it an option, I'd like to try stringing a baritone-12 9-42 and down 1/2 step - I didn't run the math, but that should put string tension near 'normal', with a smaller diameter string on a longer scale (for even nicer tones). That'd probably necessitate a unison G rather than octave, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing as when I do try melody work on a 12 string, the octave popping in if I forget and land on the G string is seldom what I had in mind. (Come to think of it, I may try switching it out on my D'Addario XL140's.)
Too bad they won't do a baritone-12, I think the longer scale length could really come in nice on the tones. I've been talking about doing a baritone-6, stringing 10-52 and only tuning down a whole step just for the range on an otherwise 'normal' guitar. Were it an option, I'd like to try stringing a baritone-12 9-42 and down 1/2 step - I didn't run the math, but that should put string tension near 'normal', with a smaller diameter string on a longer scale (for even nicer tones). That'd probably necessitate a unison G rather than octave, but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing as when I do try melody work on a 12 string, the octave popping in if I forget and land on the G string is seldom what I had in mind. (Come to think of it, I may try switching it out on my D'Addario XL140's.)
swarfrat said:
Have you seen the Taylor 8 string baritone acoustic? The two middle strings have an octave string while the other strings are normal, its an interesting idea and very cool guitar in my opinion. I played one over the holidays while I was demoing acoustics, I probably would have bought it had it not been $2800 =)
Doing an electric baritone with that concept would be a cool project.
tangent said:
http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Taylor-XXX9V-9String-Grand-Symphony-35th-Anniversary-AcousticElectric-Guitar?sku=583315
But as an electric.. would be cool.
If you bought a baritone (or regular scale) paddle neck, you could take use a hardtail bridge and substitute a single saddle with a double string saddle from a 12 string bridge and add octave strings wherever you see fit. File extra slots on the nut. Design your head stock. Interesting idea
