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Fender Electric XII

The Fender Electric XII is a twelve-string electric guitar Fender produced from the mid 1960s to the end of the decade. It has a long scale and a distinctive body, a two-piece pickup with twelve pole pieces arranged so that each string pair can be sensed separately, and an offset headstock shaped to take the extra tuners, all of which give it a bright, ringing twelve-string tone with unusually even response across the strings. It was used on many recordings of the period, and it is highly regarded by players who want a twelve-string electric with a clear, bell-like sound.

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