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Hello dear guitarfriends.

Today i boucht for my self a new 12 string guitar.
I have playing on Yamaha APX 700 and CPX700,a Crafter,Ibanez and the Martin D12 X1 AE.
The Martin have a good sound,louder than the Yamaha APX or CPX.
Oke i know here are more people with a 12 string guitar,and my qwestion is over the G string.
That thin string is also tuning 1 octave higher than the normal G.
The man from the store tels me that the thinnist g is not a strong one.
What is the best way??? other tuning and a capo on the first posision???.

cheers..............From Holland Anton

Hi Anton thats nice,,,I noticed that they tuned down a half or whole step that slacken the strings and its ease'r to play,,but then for the right tuning you must capo it up,,,well I understand it that way...

Cheers....happy playing

Willem.

Hello Willem.

Yeh i try in my best writing,what my question is.
The thin G is not a strong one,break verry quick,say the man in the shop,
The setup is Martin string,i think the 012.
Elixer strings maby better????

cheersssssssssssss Anton

yamaha48 wrote:

Hello Willem.

Yeh i try in my best writing,what my question is.
The thin G is not a strong one,break verry quick,say the man in the shop,
The setup is Martin string,i think the 012.
Elixer strings maby better????

cheersssssssssssss Anton

Experts coming soon i geuss,,I aint !!! but you have strong hands(fingers).. they say barreeeees are very heavy..

Hi Anton, congratulations on your new Martin 12 string. Good move!
I would tune down 1 half step. It takes a lot of pressure off the G-string and you get a nice janggly sound and you can always cap 1 to go back up to normal. And the fist thing you have to try out on a 12 string is to tune to open D and try that out... fabulous sound!
Chris

Hello Chris.

Thanks for the hints and tips.
Good idee for drop D.
Yeh the G string is a weak string.
I have try a lot of songs today.
Yeh i try the things you have say.

cheers.........Anton

yamaha48 wrote:

Hello Chris.

Thanks for the hints and tips.
Good idee for drop D.
Yeh the G string is a weak string.
I have try a lot of songs today.
Yeh i try the things you have say.

cheers.........Anton

Chris said open D or 'm I wrong I believe drop D is only one string tuned down,,oh,oh maybe I forgot and I'm totally wrong,,,

i THINK that i'm wrong willem.

now i go to sleep,tomorrow a new day.

cheers Anton

Congrats Anton! What a nice guitar. I have been eyeballing 12-strings for a long time now, but not in the budget for a while....

Can't wait to hear it in action.

MJ

Congratulations, Anton. The Martin Stratabond neck is the strongest neck in the guitar world. There is a benefit to the sound with that neck as well. I won't go into the science of it here, but the tone of the middle frequencies is more clear. I have examined a few Martin X1 guitars, but no 12 strings. Like others said, I can't wait to hear this!