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: A friend of mine has a Vox model #442858 12 string guitar w/case in very good condition and would like some idea of its current value. I would appreciate any info you ca give me....Thanks

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: A friend gave me a Vox Super Lynx guitar. The serial number is 313134. Can anyone tell me where and when this guitar was made, or what it's worth now? Are there any websites that can guide me to identifying this guitar?

: Thanks,
: Clint

I have a Vox 12 string acoustic Shenandoah model. The serial # is 900773. Can anyone tell me anything about this model, how old it is or what the serial # signifies. Thanks

: : I have a acoustic guitar.Hensel Minerva
: Hand made by the Williams&Sons Co. Ltd . Circa 1942.
: Purchased through Sears for 82.00.Do you have any information on this guitar?

My father in law also has a similar guitar and he is looking for information as too current value and rarity. Any information that you have would be appreciated

The finish sounds like a Japanese Kawai, though the cutaways sound more like a copy of a Les Paul Signature (which was a short-lived 1970s Gibson model based on the ES-335 -- Gibson's own electric 12 was a thin archtop, another ES-335 variant, and what you've got there might be a copy of that). Two sources that could probably help you out, especially if you've got a scanned-in snapshot to send online, are Experienced Instruments in Chicago (experiencedinstruments.com) and Subway Guitars in California (do a search on "fatdawg," the proprietor's nickname). Good luck with your investigation. (By the way, I've asked a luthier friend of mine to put a 1970 Epiphone acoustic 12-string neck on a 1964 Zimgar jazzbox body to make a single-cutaway archtop electric 12 -- someone may have done a similar experiment. Sounds intriguing anyway!)

: The E, A, D, & G strings (The thin ones) are tuned 1 octave higher than the heavier string that they're next to. The B & high E strings are tuned the same as the string they're next to. Hope this helps.

Your all a bunch of fages!

: The E, A, D, & G strings (The thin ones) are tuned 1 octave higher than the heavier string that they're next to. The B & high E strings are tuned the same as the string they're next to. Hope this helps.

First before you even tune your 12 string you need to look at what strings your using.Most 12 strings are strung with light gage strings,I highly recomend a medium gage .052-.012 One other adjustment is the A octave string (thinner one)it is a solid string,you need to buy one separate A string(being wound).As the set will contain a solid string and it most always rings. Now when you tune your guitar with these strings on you need to always tune one note lower than the paticular tuning you want to use. Example: for a standard tuning e E a A d'd g'g b b e' e' you should tune to d D g G c'c f'f a a d' d'
Now if you decide to use any alternate type tuning keep this in mind as it will apply to all alternate tunings.One more example,Open C:
c C g G c'c g'g c c e' e'
should be b B f F b'b f'f b b d' d'
I hope this helps and good luck as the 12 string is a great instrument to learn to play!! V PEACE I

: : How are the strings on a 12-string tuned? I know about the standard tuning of the phat strings, but the doubled ones are giving me some trouble. I can't remember where I saw the last chart put out telling which strings were tuned to what and the intervals between the strings and their doubles. Any help would be great.

: :Well russel, I have to tell you, these guitars were pretty cool back in the day.

: :They originated in Japan back in the late 50's and then the rights were given to Wollworths, a multi-stuff store like walmart. It was kind of like how Sears made the Silvertone guitars.

: :For some reason though, all of the Audition guitars with wireing made back in the 60's just sounded bad when the 80's struck.