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Super Clean & Collector Owned! 1966 Fender Electric XII 12-String Guitar + OHSC

$4,195.00

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Lovies is offering up this RARE 1966 Fender Electric XII Guitar in a 3-Tone Sunburst Finish! The 12-string guitar was never as popular as the regular 6-string. Although 12-strings were used by some folk and blues players of the 1930s, notably Lead Belly, it was not until the folk boom of the late 1950s that the instrument began to attract a larger following. The folk music trend inspired Gibson and Danelectro to make electric 12-string guitars by the early ’60s, but tradition-bound folk artists ignored these unconventional electric guitars. It wasn’t until early 1964, when Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison received a new 360/12 from Rickenbacker, that the electric 12-string sound gained prominence. He immediately put it to use on such songs as “You Can’t Do That” and “Hard Day’s Night,” exposing the world to a chiming new sound akin to a harpsichord. The electric 12-string soon appeared on numerous other ’60s records by the Who, the Byrds, and the Beach Boys. The popularity of the new “jingle jangle” folk-rock sound inspired Fender to begin work on their own 12-string model in late 1964, and the Electric XII was introduced in June of 1965. While the guitar became an indispensable tool for studio recordings (used on Cream’s “Dance the Night Away” and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”), it never became a popular seller. The Electric XII was dropped from the line by 1970. These include an offset contoured alder body, a tortoiseshell pickguard (3-ply white on other custom colors), a “hockey stick” headstock, six Fender “F” tuners on each side, a 21-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays (bound with block inlays by mid ’66), two split pickups, a 4-way rotary switch, and master volume and tone knobs. The strings are loaded through the body over a fully adjustable 12-saddle bridge. This little Piece of History is Super Clean for being over 40 years old, however, there are some finish marks on the top and some light buckle wear on the back. ALL Original-NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs, Includes Original Hard-Shell Case!!

WEIGHS in at 6.45 lbs

.812″ at the 1st fret
.915” at the 12th fret
Serial: 154183
SKU: 3147

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All guitars are GUARANTEED to arrive in described condition for full refund will be issued. All guitars are fully insured and we will deal with it.

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