Thanks for watching and I am glad it was helpful ..I am a self taught player for the most part etc. I think it's great that you are documenting your journey.. Best of luck! Practice every chance you can ..Jake
@@guitarhoarder1972 You're very welcome Jake! That's great to see what is possible even with self learning... I'll keep the daily practice going for sure! And thanks for the great videos you put out.. they're appreciated!
Hi there, tune the 12 String Martin down to an Open D Tuning it‘s better for the bridge and the 12 Sting lives longer. If you are in Open D Tuning you are automaticly in Standard E Tuning if you put a Capo on the second Fret
@florianweigel4165 Thank you! I knew about the tuning etc. it was not my guitar, so I left it the way it was. 12 string guitars should have a better truss rod in my opinion. thanks again! Jake
thanks to Nolan for letting me check it out ..I oiled the fret board etc..it could use some more I'm sure . It inhaled what I put on it ..thanks again! Jake
The main problem is the preamp WHICH has a velcro bag inside so to change the battery you have to loosen ALL the strings. Pull out the bag. And the tighten all the strings again I took out the cheap Fishman and put in a K&K. Sounds much better and there's no battery. $750 for axe $129 for K&k pickup. Did installation with friend. It will need a setup. The K&K doesn't sound like rubber bands. It holds up to all the other Martin's. D12 D28 GPC's but try it first.
Is $375 a good price for a used one? How does it sound compared to the D12-28? I have the D28 12 string but it’s not electric and I don’t play out with it fear of loss or damage. Will this one accommodate?
Yesterday I got a new Martin 12 string X Series Special .It may be made in Mexico, but it is amazing playing and sounding
congratulations!
Thank you , that was the best review i have seen ! I going to pick up the Martin DX2E 12-String X Series . I learned a lot from you review !
Thanks for the view and the kind words ! Best of luck in your martin twelve string quest! Jake
This is awesome!! I only started learning guitar recently & I'm documenting my entire learning journey on here so this was super motivational!
Thanks for watching and I am glad it was helpful ..I am a self taught player for the most part etc. I think it's great that you are documenting your journey.. Best of luck! Practice every chance you can ..Jake
@@guitarhoarder1972 You're very welcome Jake! That's great to see what is possible even with self learning... I'll keep the daily practice going for sure! And thanks for the great videos you put out.. they're appreciated!
I love Matin guitas .. I’m thinking about buying one..
Hi there, tune the 12 String Martin down to an Open D Tuning it‘s better for the bridge and the 12 Sting lives longer. If you are in Open D Tuning you are automaticly in Standard E Tuning if you put a Capo on the second Fret
@florianweigel4165 Thank you! I knew about the tuning etc. it was not my guitar, so I left it the way it was. 12 string guitars should have a better truss rod in my opinion. thanks again! Jake
Thanks for looking it over! Nolan will be happy!
thanks to Nolan for letting me check it out ..I oiled the fret board etc..it could use some more I'm sure . It inhaled what I put on it ..thanks again! Jake
The bridge and pin height also need to be taken down to reduce the pull. I use a spoke plane with no trouble.
The main problem is the preamp WHICH has a velcro bag inside so to change the battery you have to loosen ALL the strings. Pull out the bag. And the tighten all the strings again
I took out the cheap Fishman and put in a K&K. Sounds much better and there's no battery.
$750 for axe
$129 for K&k pickup.
Did installation with friend.
It will need a setup.
The K&K doesn't sound like rubber bands.
It holds up to all the other Martin's. D12 D28 GPC's but try it first.
Beauty.
Is $375 a good price for a used one? How does it sound compared to the D12-28? I have the D28 12 string but it’s not electric and I don’t play out with it fear of loss or damage. Will this one accommodate?
@thirdgearband not a bad price if it's in good shape. I would go up another level if you can swing it.
@@guitarhoarder1972 how’s the sound compared to my D28? I guess this Mexican one is a laminate right?