Springsteen's 12-String Telecaster

danajohnhill · December 9th, 2009, 10:19 AM

This video doesn't look or sound very good, whoever made it put his email address on it, and Bruce isn't in his best voice, either. But, he is playing a 12-string Tele, which you can see and hear pretty distinctly at about 1:55.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKIlo8ofX7Y

(I'm sorry I can't get the video to embed properly here.)

Has Fender ever made a production 12-string Tele, or is it strictly a Custom Shop guitar? I desperately want one.

Tidepoolbay · December 9th, 2009, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danajohnhill

This video doesn't look or sound very good, whoever made it put his email address on it, and Bruce isn't in his best voice, either. But, he is playing a 12-string Tele, which you can see and hear pretty distinctly at about 1:55.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKIlo8ofX7Y

(I'm sorry I can't get the video to embed properly here.)

Has Fender ever made a production 12-string Tele, or is it strictly a Custom Shop guitar? I desperately want one.

I have only seen the Telecaster twelve strings from the custom shop.
Fender did make a twelve string Stratocaster in the 90's.

Jack Wells · December 9th, 2009, 11:16 AM

That looks like the Custom Shop 12 string from the '90s. The 12 string Stratocaster is built by Fender Japan and is still in production and is part of the current FMIC lineup.

http://www.fender.com/products/searc...&sa.x=0&sa.y=0

bossaholic · December 9th, 2009, 11:50 AM

Here ya go!

Groovey Records · December 9th, 2009, 11:59 AM

Ought to throw a BBender on it

What ever you do don't show this to Bossaholic...woops too late! lol

BigKahune · December 9th, 2009, 12:55 PM

Ringin' and chimin' ! Very cool. Thanks for the link!!

Dave Yeats · December 9th, 2009, 06:57 PM

There are some good threads on this forum about 12-string teles, both homebrew and the Custom Shop models. Here's one:

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/telecaste...ring-tele.html

littlericky · December 9th, 2009, 10:09 PM

Anyone see this on ebay?

http://cgi.ebay.com/DIY-12-STRING-EL...item439bf127f8

December 9th, 2009, 10:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
danajohnhill Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 134	Springsteen's 12-String Telecaster This video doesn't look or sound very good, whoever made it put his email address on it, and Bruce isn't in his best voice, either. But, he is playing a 12-string Tele, which you can see and hear pretty distinctly at about 1:55. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKIlo8ofX7Y (I'm sorry I can't get the video to embed properly here.) Has Fender ever made a production 12-string Tele, or is it strictly a Custom Shop guitar? I desperately want one.

December 9th, 2009, 11:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jack Wells Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 66 Posts: 15,461 101 Photos	That looks like the Custom Shop 12 string from the '90s. The 12 string Stratocaster is built by Fender Japan and is still in production and is part of the current FMIC lineup. http://www.fender.com/products/searc...&sa.x=0&sa.y=0 __________________ . Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

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