Re: From 12 to 6.....strings....

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:09 pm

I just took off the other 6 strings from my Vox 12-string.

I've now got a 6-string Ultrasonic with a slightly wider neck. Suits me perfectly!!

I'll still be using it as a 12-string too but I'm really chuffed with the feel of it as a 6-string. Due to my clumsy fingers & the fact that I've been used to wider classical acoustic necks its great. So damn easy to play!!

Kinda sacrilegious but who cares.

dain · Post by **dain** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:05 pm

i'll never forgive you

just dont fill in the extra holes!!!

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:29 pm

It just temporary. Honest!!

I actually had a novel idea for plugging the holes using rubber earplugs!!

At the moment the headstock looks like this.....

....apologies for the gratuitous foot-shot. I had to steady the camera with my knees due to the lack of light.

EDIT - Hard to believe its 1:30 in the morning.

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:49 pm

Nice shoes!

dain · Post by **dain** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:32 pm

you didn't have to take the tuners OFF?! can't you just not string them?

i'm very upset...

fuzzjunkie · Post by **fuzzjunkie** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:44 pm

"I actually had a novel idea for plugging the holes using rubber earplugs!! "

NOOOOOO!!!!! flashing LED lights! there is a certain kind you can get at craft stores that are in a little round chrome case and are powered by watch battery. some have magnets in the base..sometimes i cover the chrome plates of my Jag with them for instant light show...they are about the size of a tuner hole, they might just slide in...the ones i've seen are red, green or blue...$1.19 each!

Post by **mynameisjonas** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:04 am

dain wrote: you didn't have to take the tuners OFF?! can't you just not string them?

most tuners will rattle when you play if they're not strung...

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:49 am

Yeah, these rattled unfortunately.

mjet · Post by **mjet** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:19 am

PorkyPrimeCut wrote: I just took off the other 6 strings from my Vox 12-string.

I've now got a 6-string Ultrasonic with a slightly wider neck. Suits me perfectly!!

I'll still be using it as a 12-string too but I'm really chuffed with the feel of it as a 6-string. Due to my clumsy fingers & the fact that I've been used to wider classical acoustic necks its great. So damn easy to play!!

Kinda sacrilegious but who cares.

My favorite 6-string acoustic is a mid-60s Fender Shenandoah XII. I had a new nut put on last year and just had six grooves notched in - I can barely play 6, no need for 12.

dain · Post by **dain** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:04 am

i'm sorry but REAL MEN play all the strings...

northern_dirt · Post by **northern_dirt** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:27 am

dain wrote: i'm sorry but REAL MEN play all the strings...

I love this guitar.. 12 strign 6 string either or..

Id want one of each actually..

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:05 am

I almost bid on a 6-string neck & Starstream-copy body sold "as-is" for a project. The body was totally stripped but it was the neck I wanted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=014

This was before I realized that, rather than changing the whole neck I could just take 6 strings off & have a wider necked guitar. The best of both worlds. Also I think the neck pocket would have gaps due to the (possibly) narrower neck.

Incidently, I had it with 9-strings last night, leaving the A,E & D strings off. This way I could play some dirty fuzz/treble/repeater basslines & nice trebly melodic strums too.

Barring 12-strings is a chore to say the least, especially as the tension of 12-strings seems to raise the action.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:17 am

How long have you had this for?

I didn't know any OSG members had a 12 string Ultrasonic, which happens to be one of my dream guitars. Will you please show me lots of pictures of it, in 12 or 6 string mode?

PorkyPrimeCut · Post by **PorkyPrimeCut** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:22 am

My pleasure. This was the thread I started about her......

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