D12 basement find

Vic Plowman · Post by **Vic Plowman** » 25 Jan 2021 6:43 pm

Im not computer friendly and doing this on my phone So Iâ€™ll try this one more time. This D12 was in such corroded condition from being stored in a dirt floor basement that I didnâ€™t know if it could be saved or not. I have cleaned all the parts except for the changer and linkage devices polish the aluminumTo a fair state and now it looks OK. I restrung it turned the front neck to E9 And the back neck to C6. It has eight paddles to need levers of which only pedals Six, seven and eight Affect the c6 neck, Every thing else affects the front neck. No labels or names anywhere I could find so donâ€™t know who made it.I know nothing about a 12 string so Iâ€™m not sure of the pedal and lever tuning. I just turned The necks and not the petals or levers. Both nuts and rollers need replaced the changer has some grooving on the front neck and is dirty And Iâ€™m not the person to take it apart and clean it. All the mica and any decorative trim Is mostly gone. I made a peddle board and I am having one pedal worked on as it was seized on the pivot rod. At this point it does play and everything functions and it sounds fairly decent to me. I am going to try again to upload some pictures and a picture of The copedent. I hope the pictures work this time and maybe I can find a little more information about it .Thanks for reading my rambling

James Flaherty · Post by **James Flaherty** » 25 Jan 2021 7:25 pm

Wow, that looks pretty cool! I wonder who played it previously. Can't wait to see it when it's all done.

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 26 Jan 2021 6:54 am

Interesting guitar. What do all the switches do? I see it has 2 jacks. Is each pickup wired to it's own jack?

As far as tunings go, the ones you listed make absolutely no sense to me. If your goal is to play the sounds and licks you heard on records, radio, etc, those tunings most likely won't get you there.

Still a cool guitar.

Dennis Detweiler · Post by **Dennis Detweiler** » 26 Jan 2021 7:57 am

Looks homemade to me? Are the pullers welded to the cross shafts? Changer looks mechanically like push/pull. Likely built before all pull changers were introduced?

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 26 Jan 2021 8:21 am

The changer looks more like a pull/release to me.
Erv

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 26 Jan 2021 10:12 am

Looks homemade to me too. Also looks like a pull release changer to me.

Vic Plowman · Post by **Vic Plowman** » 29 Jan 2021 9:54 am

I wonâ€™t finish anymore of this d12. I will offer it for sale after making a case.
The pullers are welded to the cross shafts .
Donâ€™t know how to price it maybe take some offers.
With that it will be fairly cheap.

Rich Upright · Post by **Rich Upright** » 29 Jan 2021 10:06 am

I hope it comes with a truss!