So far I am really pleased with the action, the tone and the very quick try out of the electronics part through my Boss Micro Cube - I shall wait a week or two to put it through the Marshall 100 watt amp! Capo tried up to the 7th fret works fine. The price included delivery and ordered Saturday - delivered Tuesday. Last Friday I received an email which led me to a website where the guitar is on offer at £369 - reasonable and tempting. This month was no exception with a £360 plus bill for our current eldest cat (he's worth it) and that seemed the end for this year of my 12 string improvement campaign. I had thought about the VE2000GG about 18 months ago, however, we have 3 cats who seem to present us with vet bills just at the point where I had decided to take the plunge. I have looked around over the past year or so to see and try various 12 strings but not found any that I liked, other than a Martin DX12AE - very nice and reasonable price at around £600. The Epiphone is fine as a 'give it a bash' instrument, though not as refined as I would like. I have got the Ovation as low as is possible, but still not quite right. Unfortunately the years have started to catch up with my hands and I find I need a much lower action. So why have I bought the VE2000GG 12 string? Age is the simple answer. I still have an Ovation Celebrity 12 string which I rarely use, plus an Epiphone DR212 which I bought very cheaply last year. That I passed on, gratis, to a friend who wanted to try 12 string playing. My first was an EKO Ranger 12 string bought in the early 1970's. I am not new to 12 string guitars, having owned a few over the years. I notice Gordon suggests a full tone below and would be interested in others experience in tuning this model. I have spent the last day acclimatising it to my home and tuning a semitone below standard tuning - that I may adjust in time as the guitar settles. I finally made the leap and ordered a new VE2000GG 12 string guitar, which arrived yesterday afternoon.
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