period in the mid 1960s, the electric 12-string guitar was setting pop soundscapes on fire, and it seemed the instrument would be with us forever — until, virtually overnight, it wasn’t. Certainly Rickenbacker’s 360/12 of 1964 set the standard, as played by both the Beatles’ George Harrison and the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn on some of the most influential 12-string-laden recordings of the era. The Fender Electric XII of 1965 was a cleverly designed attempt to grab a slice of the market. And while the 12-string fad faded faster than the company could have predicted, the Electric XII found its way onto a
