12-string Manifesto, part 7
I've discussed various 12-string instruments, tunings, and conceptual approaches in these blog posts: 12-string Manifesto, part 1 12-string Manifesto, part 2 12-string Manifesto, part 3 12-string Manifesto, part 4 12-string Manifesto, part 5 12-string Manifesto, part 6 Clearly, 12-string instruments are important to me. Currently, I have two 12s that are in use: a Martin D-12-28, and the Santa Cruz DKK-12 , which I co-designed and was built for me in 2006. The D-12-28 is in C baritone tuning. The DKK-12 is in E contra tuning. The intervals for the C baritone tuning are such that the four lower strings are in octaves, and the two highest courses are in octaves. For the DKK-12, which was renamed to C3, as it is the third contraguitar, all courses are in octaves. Over the past few months, my sensing of octaves has transmutated into something else, which is discussed in this blog post . I usually gravitate to about the heaviest string gauges possib...
