Electric twelve-string guitar

Rickenbacker 360/12

Top: Shergold Modulator 12. Bottom: Maton Magnetone TB36/12

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:
  • Rickenbacker 360/12.
• 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

• Alex Lifeson (Rush)
• Carl Wilson and Al Jardine (The Beach Boys)
• David Bowie
• David Crosby ( Crosby, Stills & Nash)
• George Harrison (The Beatles)
• Jimmy Page (Stairway to Heaven)
• John McLaughlin
• Mark Hart (Crowded House)
• Pat Metheny
• Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane).
• Pete Townshend (Tommy)
• Richie Sambora (Wanted Dead or Alive)
• Roger McGuinn (the Byrds)
• Tom Petty

See also

• Twelve-string guitar.