- Jeremy
Wot no catchphrase?
Whatever it is I’m sure someone will be along in a minute to ask what the point of it is!
Electric octave twelve string guitar?
Eastwood
Hammertone
"Strung E to e and tuned an octave up, think of it as a 12 string guitar with a capo at the 12th fret."
Last edited by Jacob; Aug-14-2019 at 3:30pm.
That Hammertone looks like a match, thanks Jacob.
- Jeremy
Wot no catchphrase?
The Hammertone is a copy of a 1960s Vox Mandoguitar, like this one.
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
Daniel Lanois played one of these on U2's The Joshua Tree.
Listen for the scratchy bit in the background.
Daniel
It is an octave 12-string guitar—tuned one octave above a standard 12-string.
Here's a guy playing a Ry Cooder tune on one:
Jim
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19th Century Tunes
Playing lately:
1924 Gibson A4 - 2018 Campanella A-5 - 2007 Brentrup A4C - 1915 Frank Merwin Ashley violin - Huss & Dalton DS - 1923 Gibson A2 black snakehead - '83 Flatiron A5-2 - 1939 Gibson L-00 - 1936 Epiphone Deluxe - 1928 Gibson L-5 - ca. 1890s Fairbanks Senator Banjo - ca. 1923 Vega Style M tenor banjo - ca. 1920 Weymann Style 25 Mandolin-Banjo - National RM-1
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