Twelve-string guitar
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A twelve-string guitar is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar. Typically, the strings of the lower four
An acoustic 12-string guitar hand-crafted in 1977
A reissue of the 1964 Rickenbacker 360 12-string guitar
Monkees guitarist Michael Nesmith playing his signature model Gretsch Model 6076
A limited edition 1988–1989 Rickenbacker 370/12 RM Roger McGuinn 12-string guitar (without his signature on the pickguard and without electronic compressor)
Rickenbacker 360/12
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The Rickenbacker 360/12 is the Rickenbacker company's 12-string variant of its 360 electric guitar model. Mainly known for producing "jangly" sounds, it was among the first electric 12-string guitars.
Twelve-string guitar
…the Searchers' cover version of De Shannon's "When You Walk in the Room." The electric 12-string gained prominence with the introduction in 1964 of the Rickenbacker 360, made famous through George Harrison's use of it on the Beatles' album A Hard Day's Night and many subsequent recordings. In 1965, inspired by Harrison…
Rickenbacker 360 12 WB 12 String body
The Beatles in 1964, showing George Harrison with his original-style 1963 Rickenbacker 360/12