Please tell me about Fender Electric XII's

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:30 am

Hi, This year one of my main goals is (aside from vintage fender amp setup) is to buy one of these guitars can you tell me what there like and such and such also... are they worth it?

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:44 am

nick mccabe make's one sound pretty good...

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Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:48 am

It depends whether two to five grand or so is worth it to you more

Now that that's out of the question (lest a miracle, or a badly butchered axe find you)...

A Squier Venus XII gives you the exact same bridge and similarly designed pickups. Get one of those for cheaper, though not necessarily cheap. An early MIJ Strat XII has the same bridge at least. Later Strat XIIs diverge from the formula entirely.

They're a whole lot like what you'd imagine a twelve string Fender to sound and feel like, anyway. The bridge design is brilliant and cool.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:32 am

Jagermeister wrote:It depends whether two to five grand or so is worth it to you more

Now that that's out of the question (lest a miracle, or a badly butchered axe find you)...

A Squier Venus XII gives you the exact same bridge and similarly designed pickups. Get one of those for cheaper, though not necessarily cheap. An early MIJ Strat XII has the same bridge at least. Later Strat XIIs diverge from the formula entirely.

They're a whole lot like what you'd imagine a twelve string Fender to sound and feel like, anyway. The bridge design is brilliant and cool.

2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red

but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:38 am

this just sold but the seller wouldn't get a hold of me about the missing bridge piece...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0291430728

a guy on offset knows where to get an aged pearloid pickguard with all the electronics for $400

keep an eye out for shenandoah acoustics (60's fender, block and bound xii neck bolt on).

i would still say get a venus xii, i saw a sunburst one on ebay go for under $400 iirc.

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:39 am

TheDude2112 wrote:
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red

but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?

k.

Not that I doubt your budget, but I personally just don't think any guitar is worth that much... Besides, you could probably build one from scratch, or have one built for less than that.

Jagermeister · Post by **Jagermeister** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:42 am

finboy wrote: keep an eye out for shenandoah acoustics (60's fender, block and bound xii neck bolt on).

i would still say get a venus xii, i saw a sunburst one on ebay go for under $400 iirc.

...Did the XII with the Villager or whatever acoustic neck ever get built by whoever on here? I always figured it would be a goofy looking idea, what with the neck shaped to go around a soundhole, but I don't suppose that would have necessarily kept it from being awesome...

If one really wanted one, I'd likely recommend that they buy both the Venus and a Jazzmaster body blank.

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:57 am

Jagermeister wrote:
finboy wrote: keep an eye out for shenandoah acoustics (60's fender, block and bound xii neck bolt on).

i would still say get a venus xii, i saw a sunburst one on ebay go for under $400 iirc.
...Did the XII with the Villager or whatever acoustic neck ever get built by whoever on here? I always figured it would be a goofy looking idea, what with the neck shaped to go around a soundhole, but I don't suppose that would have necessarily kept it from being awesome...

If one really wanted one, I'd likely recommend that they buy both the Venus and a Jazzmaster body blank.

robOG's, it looks good, the shenandoah has the normal end of the neck, like a regular fender electric

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:50 am

Jagermeister wrote:
TheDude2112 wrote:
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red

but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?
k.

Not that I doubt your budget, but I personally just don't think any guitar is worth that much... Besides, you could probably build one from scratch, or have one built for less than that.

thats what ill do i probably cant afford vintage.. even more so with this recession

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:50 am

Jagermeister wrote:
TheDude2112 wrote:
2 to 3 grand should do it i have a whole year to save up... or ill build one like im doing slowly with the bass v the color im looking for is fiesta red

but if anyone finds one keep me posted please? ill have money by end of year. any thing else anyone knows ... playability things like that?
k.

Not that I doubt your budget, but I personally just don't think any guitar is worth that much... Besides, you could probably build one from scratch, or have one built for less than that.

thats what ill do i probably cant afford vintage.. even more so with this recession

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:45 pm

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for the low low price of $3199 usd, this could be yours.

nsv · Post by **nsv** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:35 am

2500 is a good price for vintage.