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He Ain’t Neck Heavy…

NEVILLE’S ADVOCATE

“The headstock on my new 12-string has dived towards the floor. Could it be that the headstock is carrying an extra half pound of metal?”

They say that with 12-string guitars you spend half the time tuning and the other half playing out of tune. They should have added, “and lifting the neck up because it’s dropped due to the weight of 12 cast metal tuners!”

As someone who’s ironed his own clothes since he was about 12, I

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