Best Danelectro 59X12 Red Burst Alternatives

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I spent a lot of time online looking into 12 string electrics, I was really after the 60's chimey sound. I looked at the usual suspects by Rickenbacker and Gretsch, and more modern items by Reverend and Rivolta, but nothing impressed me more, soundwise, than this. Of course, a YouTube sound demo isn't everything, but this guitar has really lived up to those demos and more. It has a single coil and humbucker pickup, which can be coil split (this makes next to no difference in the sound to my ears). But I tend to leave it on the single coil anyway for max chime and jangle, the humbucker could be useful for a warmer tone though. It's a little neck heavy as is common with 12 strings, but nothing serious (I tend to play sitting down anyway). The look and feel of the guitar is gorgeous and...

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The truss rod needed tightening, and the high G octave string had so much tension on it that the peg could barely turn. I've now replaced the plastic nut for a bone one and cut the slots properly. The plastic thing was a mile off. I've also changed the order of the strings so that the octave sits under the regular, as on a Rickenbacker. For my taste, having the octave above makes it far too loud. Somehow, there's less tension on the high G now, too. Changing the order of the strings is essential IMO or it's way too 12-stringy. All in all, a bit of an impulse buy, but it's growing on me.