JimN wrote:iefje wrote:These tracks also feature Hank on 12-string guitar:
“Breakthru'” (electric).
“Bony Moronie” (acoustic).
“Stand Up Like A Man” (electric).
“If You Leave Me Now” (acoustic).
“Alice In Sunderland” (electric).
“Me Oh My” (acoustic).
“Fiesta”, part of the medley “Finders Keepers/My Way/Paella/Fiesta” (electric).
“Love Is Falling In Love Again” (electric).
Some of these definitely feature a 12-string guitar. Others do to my ears, but I could be mistaken for hearing two overdubbed 6-string guitars with those.
There's a 12-string acoustic on If You Leave Me Now, but it was recorded some time after the J-45s and B-45 were destroyed by baggage handlers (with the six-stringers later replaced by Martins). Perhaps one was hired or borrowed for the session?
Finders Keepers (Fiesta) medley: overdub, no doubt at all. The notes don't even move in the same direction all the time. That'd be a good trick on a 12-string!
Bony Moronie - yes that's an acoustic 12-string. Probably / possibly recorded while the Gibson acoustics were in working order.
Alice In Sunderland - same as Breakthru, I'd say: double-tracked guitar (Maroc 7 also).
Me Oh My - yes - acoustic 12-string.
Love Is Falling In Love Again - No 12-string is audible, just plenty of double-tracked guitar PLUS what sounds like a Coral Electric Sitar (also heard on tracks on the Marvin, Welch and Farrar albums).
Incidentally, listening again to Love is Falling In Love Again, I am struck by how similar it is to You Rescue Me from the "Life In The Jungle" album.
Thank you for clearing that up Jim. This is valuable information for my instrumentation features. I didn't know that some of Hank and Bruce's acoustic guitars were destroyed though.
