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Electric 12-Strings

The Fender Electric XII was by far the most recorded electric 12-string guitar. Everybody from Jimmy Page to Glen Campbell, Joe Perry, Joe Walsh, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan and Tim Buckley played them. In fact, pretty much every 1960s or 70s record with electric 12-string guitar that wasn’t The Beatles or The Byrds was recorded with a Fender.

“The Fender XII was available in sunburst and any custom colour that was available in 1965. This Sonic Blue is the only

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