In the Weird things I'm GAS'ing for thread I mentioned that the only thing I really want these days is an electric 12 string. I take a look on reverb and GC used every couple of weeks, but I hadn't really come across anything at a price I've been willing to pay until last Thursday. I found this for $200 at a Guitar Center outside of Dallas, and I figured I can always flip it and make an easy $100-150 if I don't like it.
Before I get any further, a couple of pics:
And a few specs:
The serial dates to July '99, and it appears to be completely stock aside from Dunlop strap locks. The electronics aren't great, but they aren't horrible either; I'll be replacing the switch, jack, and pots, and probably the pickups as well. Clean tones are quite Strat-like, but overdriven tones are a bit of a jumbled mess. I'm really not sure what I want to do as far as replacement pickups. I'm not much of a Strat guy, so do I go with Rails or other single-sized HBs? Or do I replace the guard and go HSS or H-H?
I'm also not 100% sure which strings I want to put on this. I want to avoid flatwounds, but do I go with 9-42, 9-46, or 10-46? I'm not sure what strings are on it now (maybe I'll measure?), but tension seems decent though it's definitely in need of a setup.
Before I get any further, a couple of pics:
And a few specs:
- Alder body w/ Ash lamtop
- Maple neck w/ rosewood fingerboard
- 25 1/2" scale
- 22 frets
- 14" fingerboard radius
- 1 11/16" nut
- Gotoh-style fully intonatable bridge
- 5-way switch, master vol, master tone
- Yamaha A5 single coils: 6.1K bridge / 6.4K mid (rwrp) / 6.0K neck
- Swimming pool rout
The serial dates to July '99, and it appears to be completely stock aside from Dunlop strap locks. The electronics aren't great, but they aren't horrible either; I'll be replacing the switch, jack, and pots, and probably the pickups as well. Clean tones are quite Strat-like, but overdriven tones are a bit of a jumbled mess. I'm really not sure what I want to do as far as replacement pickups. I'm not much of a Strat guy, so do I go with Rails or other single-sized HBs? Or do I replace the guard and go HSS or H-H?
I'm also not 100% sure which strings I want to put on this. I want to avoid flatwounds, but do I go with 9-42, 9-46, or 10-46? I'm not sure what strings are on it now (maybe I'll measure?), but tension seems decent though it's definitely in need of a setup.
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