New toy: Sierra 12 String
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New toy: Sierra 12 String
Only two made and I now own one. My good buddy HowardR owns the other and I was at the Dallas show when this one was bought by someone else and Howard bought his. This is slightly different than Howards as it has a third switch which cycles it through different treble and bass settings (Correction: I was going by Howards memory. Turns out his has this switch as well and they are identical in every way). Really amazing sound and sustain, I've never heard anything quite like it.
Could this be the holy grail I've sought for so many years? I'm think the answer is yes!
Could this be the holy grail I've sought for so many years? I'm think the answer is yes!
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Some of the later models have leg sockets.
I have an 8-string which I love for its tone and wide string spacing, but it is heavy. Serial #002 so it doesn't have leg sockets. I use a stand.
Is that a Tonealigner pickup?
I have an 8-string which I love for its tone and wide string spacing, but it is heavy. Serial #002 so it doesn't have leg sockets. I use a stand.
Is that a Tonealigner pickup?
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Really has perfect scale length and string spacing. The sound is indescribable.
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bob, this has leg sockets. It looks like a Tonealigner, but I'm not certainer. do any other pickups look like that?
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I literally can't believe I am the owner of this beauty. It puts everything I've ever played (and I've played just about everything) to shame. Especially for a 12 string. I'll get some recordings up as soon as my string order arrives from juststrings.
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And I just happen to have the only other one ever made.....
I remember these two at the Dallas Show.....I forget the year but I believe it was the last year that Don Christianson had the company......
Bill, I have the same switch on mine......our guitars are identical........and yes, we were both at that show......funny how things come around in circles sometimes.......but what took you so long?.....
I remember these two at the Dallas Show.....I forget the year but I believe it was the last year that Don Christianson had the company......
Bill, I have the same switch on mine......our guitars are identical........and yes, we were both at that show......funny how things come around in circles sometimes.......but what took you so long?.....
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It must have bern 2005 or 2006. That is when i ordered my first superslide, so it would have been about that time. 17 years ago !
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Travis, I've added an F# and G# to the top. It gives me a beautiful root position Major 7 on strings 1, 3, 4, 6. And the top 5 notes are a minor pentatonic scale. Great for improvising over blues and rock stuff.
The sound is amazing.
The sound is amazing.
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Fixed.
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Hey Bill congrats on that badass Sierra, what tuning are you playing and what is the idea of leaving strings off? (Forgive my ignorance I’m a pedals guy who is nursing a rapidly growing fascination with the non-pedals world)
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Hi Gary. First, I am not leaving strings off. I just hadn’t received my string order from juststrings when I took possession. It has all 12 strings on now. I am using an extended alkire eharp tuning. From bottom to top C#, E, F, F#, G G# A B C# E F# G#
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