12 string guitar

The 12 string guitar is a magnificent instrument. It can make your playing really come alive. Martin guitars are the best on the market place. They are the originators of the guitar design. The wide base verses the narrower top give the guitar its unique sound. Do yourself and your audience a favour and get yourself one of these brilliant sounding instruments.

The strings on the 12 string guitar are arranged differently than your average 6 string guitar. You have 6 sets of 2 strings. 4 of these strings are set an octave apart from the other. For example the two bottom E strings are an octave apart. The next two strings and so on. The highest pitched strings are set to the same note exactly. When a chord is played, the guitar comes alive and with the right technique, you can be on the way to being a real virtuoso.

Many greats of the music industry wouldn't be without their Martin guitar. Some of these are stars like Slim Dusty, Willie Nelson and Lonnie Donegan. Lonnie Donegan recently had a guitar named after him because of his loyalty to his Martin guitar using the same one for around 50 years.

The Martin guitar is a real piece of American history as it is a real benchmark in the music industry. This company is the one which created the original guitar style. The way when you look at your guitar side on you'll see that the top is narrower than the bottom, which gives a great treble sound from the top, whilst there is a booming bass from the wider bottom. Martin is the guitar of choice.

So what are you waiting for, combine the best of guitar design with a 12 string arrangement and you'll have an instrument that will knock the socks off of your audience.