mr dave

the rickenbacher's are pretty much 'the' electric 12 string as far as i know, but they're going to cost you. fender does offer a 12 string strat also. PRS and gretsch also have electric 12s but they're well over 2 grand a piece according to musiciansfriend.com

as far as the merits of a 12 string go there's no reason you can't play lead on them. you can't really play blues based leads since bending strings becomes a big hassle but you can most definitely take advantage of the natural chorus sound of the instrument for other types of lead passages.

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