Ben's Top 5 Acoustic 12-String Guitar Riffs!

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  • @Lowend_Chug
    @Lowend_Chug 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love it! 12-string beauties! Lots of 80's bands played 12-strings as well....

  • @adamziolkowski2549
    @adamziolkowski2549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Supertramp!!! My favorite 😍
    Yea, Roger used a jumbo body Guild f-512. Really a beautiful guitar. Also a nice touch with Boston in there…

  • @AmericaBumpertoBumper
    @AmericaBumpertoBumper 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I thought it was Don Felder that played the 12 string on Hotel California.

    • @MattyK-USA
      @MattyK-USA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right you are. Felder wrote the music for Hotel California.

    • @richardsears4811
      @richardsears4811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Felder wrote music, plays electric 12 on record doubling part. Live he plays Gibson 12/6 double neck switching between rhythm and lead. Frey played the acoustic 12 rhythm part throughout.

    • @AmericaBumpertoBumper
      @AmericaBumpertoBumper 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardsears4811 ok. Thanks for the info.

    • @vocalion9519
      @vocalion9519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I mentioned this in a separate post. Don Felder said that he played a Takamine 12-string with a DeArmond pickup.

    • @MattyK-USA
      @MattyK-USA 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardsears4811 Nice info! Thanks 👍

  • @effess8698
    @effess8698 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The intro to Wish You Were Here always gives me a little chill

  • @michaelluke2264
    @michaelluke2264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Same era - Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas. Bit later - Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive - what about doing some 12 string reviews and blind comparison?

    • @daddio307
      @daddio307 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I second that request.

    • @johnl4peace
      @johnl4peace 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, I'm shopping for the easiest 12 string to play that still has some low note volume as well. Under $2200.

  • @ArgentPure
    @ArgentPure 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Rush Closer to the Heart should have been included as number 1!

    • @NolanZewariligon
      @NolanZewariligon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      RIP The Professor :'(

    • @frmcf
      @frmcf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wondered if he would choose that song, it’s a great song but Rush weren’t that big in the UK, so it possibly didn’t even occur to him. :(

  • @omegabri
    @omegabri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Nice one, Ben. Love playing my 12. Pink Floyd is a beautiful riff, then changing into the C....Gorgeous track 👍 How about 'Wanted Dead or Alive : Bonjovi', or 'Hole Hearted by Extreme'. They're both firmly in my favourite 12 string track to play

  • @Terribleguitarist89
    @Terribleguitarist89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got my first 12 string when I was 15 (my dad's 70s Hofner acoustic). To this day they're still my absolute favorite guitars to play and definitely shaped my playing style significantly as I use slides vs bends a ton.

  • @MalcolmPowder
    @MalcolmPowder 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Hole Hearted by Extreme has to be there

  • @MrSlash00r
    @MrSlash00r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Is it just me or is the tuning off just a bit on the last two guitars? Otherwise, really enjoying these best-of segments .. nice! PS. One non-70s riff you might look at is Hole Hearted by Extreme.

    • @kingrobert1st
      @kingrobert1st 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The first one was way off couldn't listen more than 2 bars.

  • @renecents
    @renecents 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    HC intro 12 string was played by Don Felder, I believe.

  • @evrlee
    @evrlee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Life by the Drop" from the unplugged sessions is my favorite 12 string song..

  • @pressonc
    @pressonc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving the new acoustic material. Keep it coming.

  • @Valvey789
    @Valvey789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    From the 60's--- Hazy Shade of Winter, California Dreamin, When You Walk In The Room.

  • @vocalion9519
    @vocalion9519 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In an interview appearing in Guitar World, Don Felder said that he played the Hotel California intro on a Takamine 12-string with a DeArmond pickup.

  • @El-Scorcho
    @El-Scorcho 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this series! Can’t wait to see what’s in store for February

  • @71goaliemask
    @71goaliemask 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think this video provides some good starting points for further videos... How about how to record 12 string guitar, combining line out from the guitar and ambient mic placement... Ben is a great addition to the Andertons crew... let's hear some Kottke "ya know ya want to!!"

  • @stephenmarsh3986
    @stephenmarsh3986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Both the Alvarez sound the best to me especially the AD60 - a very balanced and rich sound.

  • @gastondeveaux3783
    @gastondeveaux3783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ben you are amazing !

  • @tramlad2
    @tramlad2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some top work Ben, very enjoyable , i love a 12 string, but don't have one in my armory ....Yet! you have sent me a conundrum, as i am now torn between a 12 , and semi acoustic!

  • @rustydodge6167
    @rustydodge6167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    AWESOME! Well Done 🤘🎸🤘

  • @IndigoJo
    @IndigoJo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Know any Leo Kottke? He used to always play a 12-string (not sure if he still does).

    • @radricster
      @radricster 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kottke's old Capital double album "The Best" is some of the best guitar I've ever heard.

  • @gzo313
    @gzo313 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wasn’t War Pigs played on a. 12 string acoustic?

  • @SamaSays
    @SamaSays 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    waited to hear Bowie all the way through loved it

  • @amydefries9325
    @amydefries9325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A 12 string says much more than a 6 string sometimes. A needed boost in the spirits. Bring back the 12 string nowadays.
    The Church-Under The Milky Way
    A modern 12 string song,

    • @exionem
      @exionem 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Haunting song. Love it.

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Picks
    1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
    2. Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin
    3. Closer to the Heart - Rush (RIP Neil Peart)
    4. Love of My Life - Queen
    5. Wanted Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

    • @cpad007
      @cpad007 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely need some Zeppelin in there and OtHaFA is fantastic and one of my fav Zeppelin tunes!

  • @robbilton9006
    @robbilton9006 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hole hearted by Extreme.
    Just brought my old Eko Ranchero over to Canada with the recent interest in 12 string lately.

  • @frederickthompson8686
    @frederickthompson8686 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice departure from the usual riff stuff. But why not include a Martin? My HD 12-28 has a lot more low end than the guitars you featured, and that's the reason why Gilmour et. al. all played Martins!

  • @ed.t.hansen6499
    @ed.t.hansen6499 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    would be nice to hear a comparison of differnent buitars to include the thin body; Sands, Godin's etc.

  • @solarblue72
    @solarblue72 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The classic wanted dead or alive from bon Jovi has to be one of the best from the 80s......plus Poison with ever rose has its thorn, would be my pics.

    • @steveeckert8396
      @steveeckert8396 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Every Rose was on a 6 string

    • @GuitarJeff
      @GuitarJeff 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@steveeckert8396 Nope it was 12 string, you can hear it in the official sound track and anytime you see them play it live.

  • @colincannings7946
    @colincannings7946 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Once again, there is reference to the AMP! Or for that matter, the Microphone! It only takes a few seconds of speech, to include info on the AMP, and or MICROPHONE. Are we hearing the guitar, through an Amp, from the onboard pickups? or, as an acoustic guitar, through the Microphone, that is sitting in front of the guitar?

  • @mokrybonk8342
    @mokrybonk8342 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:34 1976, played by Don Felder

  • @16gero95
    @16gero95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    '39 by Queen, Thrasher by Neil Young are not mentioned a lot

  • @matthewajello1299
    @matthewajello1299 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    tangerine? stairway? over the hills? no? just me? okay

  • @martinlavansch9516
    @martinlavansch9516 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ben -- you only had to ask and you could have borrowed my EKO Ranger 12.... (complete with new Fishman pick up...)

  • @chunkymonkey059
    @chunkymonkey059 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is Dead or Alive on a 12 string?

  • @l1feson
    @l1feson 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the Faith takes it for me! Nice playing

  • @alanredversangel
    @alanredversangel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do i get the feeling you were thinking of Starman and got the wrong Bowie song.

  • @michaelluke2264
    @michaelluke2264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent - you did tell me to be have patience!!

  • @seagreenyweeny
    @seagreenyweeny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would love to hear "Back To The Old House" by The Smiths.

  • @prongs0611
    @prongs0611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic riffs! Love the 12 string guitar... I actually have that Fender one! Really awesome guitar, not expensive either :)

  • @DAVIDGREGORYKERR
    @DAVIDGREGORYKERR 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Illegals "EAGLES" Tribute band also played that at a concert that I was at The Braid Ballymena Northern Ireland"

  • @russheath15
    @russheath15 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well played again Ben great player.
    Checkout his album it’s great 👍
    I thought the Faith sounded the best.

  • @gerritdodge3246
    @gerritdodge3246 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Byrds-8 miles high. IIRC Roger Mcguinn played a 12 string on a few of their big hits.

  • @netterstyl
    @netterstyl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    -Maggie Mae (which must be included on any list)
    -Yes
    -Over The Hills And Far Away
    -John Denver
    -Poco (Crazy Love)

    • @gzo313
      @gzo313 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      netterstyl what songs by Yes and John Denver did you have in mind?

  • @charlierussell7887
    @charlierussell7887 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ben,
    Selection for the 80s:
    SRV's Life by the Drop!

  • @snipermonkey3384
    @snipermonkey3384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not ticket to ride?

  • @ehonorio
    @ehonorio 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don Felder had written the riff and played on the album. Glen only played the rhythem on gigs. Even on gigs, Felder played the riff with two arms Gibson Guitar 6/12.

  • @TheFrizor
    @TheFrizor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Queen -'39
    Nuff said

  • @CMDRTeatime
    @CMDRTeatime 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great tunes Ben and some of my favourites (although I would have added Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel's Come Up and See Me). Although not strictly 1994, there's some great tracks to try on the Page & Plant album No Quarter although you'll have to mess with tunings - DADGAD for No Quarter - Open G for That's The Way and back to Standard for Gallow's Pole. Even better if you have an Ovation 12 string for the latter two :-)

  • @naturalrestingface4909
    @naturalrestingface4909 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rain Song?

  • @MartinSmith
    @MartinSmith 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Question by the Moody Blues!!

  • @marcgree
    @marcgree 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful

  • @acausalfermion
    @acausalfermion 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    As iconic as Wish You Were Here is, I find myself More and More drawn to Pink Floyd's earlier output. The guitar work on Meddle is absolutely sublime...I think Fearless was originally played on a 12-string. #PinkFloyd #Meddle #DavidGilmour #PsychedelicRock

  • @leetmeatz
    @leetmeatz 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Daniel Rossen's (from Grizzly Bear) solo album has some excellent 12 string songs. Check out his live performance of "Golden Mile" on KEXP's TH-cam channel.

  • @YVIL65
    @YVIL65 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Roger Hodgson was known to play Guilds.

  • @ToniLivo
    @ToniLivo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Patiently waiting for the Fender Am Original 70s strat release...

  • @googo151
    @googo151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    JESUS WHEN YOU PLAY THAT G CHORD, THAT 3 FINGER IS HUGE. LOL! WISH I HAD HANDS LIKE THAT.

  • @Tilbo_
    @Tilbo_ 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dead or Alive springs to mind?

  • @craighutton767
    @craighutton767 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of 12 string recordings are just two 6 strings recorded overdubbed with the octave changed on one

    • @StarQueenEstrella
      @StarQueenEstrella 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s an old studio trick whereby one guitar has an otherwise normal set of strings and the other has the octave strings. The guitar with the octave strings is now called a Nashville-tuned guitar.

  • @jazzsounds8159
    @jazzsounds8159 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Fender 12 sounds good.

  • @adambishop5739
    @adambishop5739 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hotel Cali wasn't quite right, but I'm sure he knows this and probably took a little bit of artistic license and made it his own. I suppose, good to hear an alternate version!

  • @kingrobert1st
    @kingrobert1st 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Roger Hodgson played a Guild Jumbo 12 string.

  • @geoffhensher7100
    @geoffhensher7100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like Ben's playing and the addition to the Andertons TH-cam channel but the Fender and the Faith sound terrible.

    • @williamcatalano1762
      @williamcatalano1762 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      To me the Alvarez AJ80CE maple sounded the best. And that's coming from someone that hates the fuckin' eagles man. lol

  • @exposito1
    @exposito1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don Felder played the 12 string on Hotel California, not Frey.

  • @joesasser4421
    @joesasser4421 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My Sweet Lord...George Harrison MBE!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @damob5969
    @damob5969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To not feature a Maton guitar and play a John Butler song just seems like a massive missed opportunity

  • @Richardgreenmusic.
    @Richardgreenmusic. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Waiting - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has a great 12 string riff (1981).

    • @forensicbass
      @forensicbass 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, another great Ric electric 12 sound. There should be a "best electric 12 string riff" video sometime.

  • @spyderlogan4992
    @spyderlogan4992 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    OK, does that Fender 12 have a strap button right smack dab on the upper bout?...looks terrible. Why why why? And you missed 'Wild Horses' by the way...

  • @SlowToe
    @SlowToe 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well played my son

  • @jonathanoliver5217
    @jonathanoliver5217 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hotel California came out in '76

  • @budandbean1
    @budandbean1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonder how long this will stay up? Those eagles bastards Fry and Felder, seem to think they are getting screwed out of any royalties and put copyright protests up against anyone that plays their songs on TH-cam. Let’s see how long this video stays around...

    • @budandbean1
      @budandbean1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@madisntit6547 Damn glad to see too!

  • @geomiezzi
    @geomiezzi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo molto interessante Ziggy Stardust mi e' piaciuto molto

  • @eliwarner9727
    @eliwarner9727 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Holy shit I got here before The Eagles take it down and sue Anderton’s

  • @vanhalen1776
    @vanhalen1776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If anyone wants to get a decent 12 string without spending shit tones of money then go get the Gear4Music one on amazon for £80. Can't recomend it enough will be the best £80 you will ever spend mark my words.

  • @BobMurray1
    @BobMurray1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Breaking The Girl??

  • @TheBreadman24
    @TheBreadman24 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stevie Ray Vaughan Life By The Drop please

  • @jimcamp2423
    @jimcamp2423 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Heart's "Crazy on You", you need an Ovation 12 String. That's almost a video unto itself, Ovation 12 string riffs. Non-1970's, "Dead or Alive" Bon Jovi.

    • @StarQueenEstrella
      @StarQueenEstrella 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s a six-string, not a 12-string

  • @mattyburrows9059
    @mattyburrows9059 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    john butler funky tonight .skip to 2:30 and listen for 12 seconds..this 12 seconds shits on everything th-cam.com/video/YhZ7YbxSYGg/w-d-xo.html and fingers mitchell but they both use 11 strings

  • @kemptonklutz
    @kemptonklutz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You play like a demon Ben. As for suggestions, when doing a video like this, why not tell us which guitar you preferred? To my ears the Faith guitar sounded by far the better.

  • @SeamusFries
    @SeamusFries 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    How could you not include and Zeppelin or rush? Very famous for 12 strings

  • @dommccaffry3802
    @dommccaffry3802 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr tambourine man ?

  • @wyattguell2533
    @wyattguell2533 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wanted dead or Alive🤘🏻

  • @phreak1118
    @phreak1118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I play acoustic... I play a 12-string 80% of the time.

  • @leehynes5543
    @leehynes5543 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Name- by Goo Goo Dolls was a nice 12 string song

  • @DaGSlM2015
    @DaGSlM2015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Don is gonna get you!

  • @chevyguy5525
    @chevyguy5525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    5 months after upload and somehow still monetized despite playing Hotel California...
    ...hello...God?

  • @keithmalpass563
    @keithmalpass563 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eight Miles High - The Byrds.

    • @forensicbass
      @forensicbass 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      On a Ric electric 12

  • @bernardopellicel1019
    @bernardopellicel1019 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No Tangerine? I'm off

  • @1066wastrel
    @1066wastrel 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I`ve just realised I can`t play Hotel California, I thought I could, Bugger!

  • @jetblack7044
    @jetblack7044 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Suicide Note Part 1 by Pantera

  • @moestock1058
    @moestock1058 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thought Zeppelin Tangerine would be in there.

    • @Skunkwaffle
      @Skunkwaffle 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or "Over The Hills And Far Away"

  • @dudustickytricks
    @dudustickytricks 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No Kottke? Although, he's not as big as the artists featured in this video...

  • @72spawndn
    @72spawndn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    No John Denver???

  • @mikegogel78
    @mikegogel78 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your favorite was Ziggy, huh?

  • @redrobnco1
    @redrobnco1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Breaking the Girl by the Red Hot Chilli Pepper's

  • @derekchapman5167
    @derekchapman5167 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Umm, no Hole Hearted??? Odd....

  • @wilsonkok4754
    @wilsonkok4754 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think this isn't from the 70s?....
    While my guitar gently weeps - The Beatles (written by George Harrison)

  • @howardjohnson6584
    @howardjohnson6584 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eagles don't use a capo for hotel.

  • @robertlester641
    @robertlester641 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    5 for 5!