Favorite Non Harrison/McGuinn 12 String Licks

[collin]

For Rickenbacker specific:

1) The Who- I Can't Explain --- there are two excellent 12 string leads (the first being the best of them).

2). The Beach Boys- I Get Around---I don't think it was recorded with a 12er in the studio, but live Carl Wilson played that killer riff on his Ric 12.

[chuck_king]

I'm not positive it's a 12-string as opposed to multi-tracking or some other studio trickery, but "September Gurls" by Big Star is a favorite, and it sure sounds like there's a 12 on there.

[shamustwin]

I don't think SG is a 12. Sounds like a couple very bright strats. Good approximation of the jangle though.

[wayang]

Nice twelve and six string pairings in the opening section, but my favorite stuff is Rutherford's 7/8 twelve strumming thoughout the final section/keyboard solo...oh yeah, and the repetitive pattern during the fadeout...it's all great:


"As sure as eggs is eggs..."

[kennyhowes]

I don't think SG is a 12. Sounds like a couple very bright strats. Good approximation of the jangle though.

+1.

[JakeK]

I don't think SG is a 12. Sounds like a couple very bright strats. Good approximation of the jangle though.

Susanna uses a Ric 660/12 when she performs the track live. Before 2008, she played it on her '80s 620/12.

[gretsch929]

An outstanding twelve-string lick is the opening for the Hollies' Look through and Window, by Tony Hicks.

[blue330]

Thanks to whojamfan for mentioning The Move! Shazam is really like no other record in being so pop and so heavy, one of my all-time favorites! The extensive use of the (Fender) Electric XII shows how great electric 12s are when cranked up. Something you just don't hear enough of, if ya ask me.