LEENEIA: I note your observation, i must clarify myself. I used to play a 12 string louden, wich earned me my nick name in the pubs, but a year ago, at a house, er gathering for want of a word, i cleverly lent it against the coffee table, to have it acidentally knocked (by a f***ing bodhran player incidentally) and split the neck from head to heel. louden would only re new the neck, way too many €, so a luthier very nicely repaired it, but i had to drop the tuning because of the tension, and it basically died. I sold it :o(
I now play a 6string 1970's martin d1, beut, and would never go back to 12 string. I have a gibson banjo also, but if i called myself martin gibson some one else who may have the same name may get a teensy bit p***ed off, and we wouldn't like that now would we
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