Pleasures of the 12? The sound, the sound, that's all.

The rest of it's a pain. But I too had the opportunity a few years back to buy a secondhand Guild 12: it was at *the best* guitar shop in London ("Rock Around the Clock" in Crouch End, actually) and like an idiot I bought a new Ovation 12 there instead. OK it sounds alright, but tinny when played acoustically compared to the Guild. It's OK if I put it through the amp, but that only magnifies the defects in my technique.

Good luck with yours, Dunkle.

But tuning? Don't even mention it.... "How will you know when the Day of Judgement has arrived?" "When the 12-string's ready to play....."