Electric twelve-string guitar
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A white Gibson EDS-1275
The electric twelve-string guitar is an electric guitar with twelve strings in six courses.
Both semi-acoustic and solid-body versions exist.
Makers and models
- Fender Musical Instruments Corporation:
- Fender Stratocaster XII.
- Fender Electric XII.
- Fender Telecaster XII.
- Fender Coronado XII.
- Gibson:
- Gibson EDS-1275 6+12 twin-neck guitar.
- Ibanez.
- Maton/Magnetone.
- Rickenbacker:
- Shergold:
- Shergold Modulator 12.
- Custom twin-neck guitars.
- Vox:
- Vox Mark XII.
- Vox Phantom XII.
- Vox Tempest XII.
- Gordon-Smith.
- A range of shapes, both single and double neck.
- Burns.
- Double Six
- Jerry Jones Guitars:
- Jerry Jones 12.
- Danelectro:
- Danelectro 12.
Notable players
- George Harrison (The Beatles).
- Roger (Jim) McGuinn (the Byrds).
- Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane).
- John McLaughlin.
- Jimmy Page (Stairway to Heaven).
- Alex Lifeson (Rush).
- Tom Petty.
- Pete Townshend (Tommy).
- Richie Sambora (Wanted Dead or Alive).
- David Crosby ( Crosby, Stills & Nash).
- Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, and Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
- Mark Hart (Crowded House).
- David Bowie