I played one of those Italia guitars years back and liked it quite a bit. However ... I couldn't get past how ugly they are! (the one Jeff is holding looks better ... but they used to have these weird pearl colors) ... I got a Schecter 12-string for awhile that I liked better overall (a bit cheaper too). Of course, I soon found a Fender Electric XII and never looked back.
Can't find it now, but I read an unusual comment from Jeff Foskett in an old book online ... in which he said he switched from a Fender Electric XII to Epiphone 12 because the music required a higher quality instrument or something like that. I would think if it were good enough for Billy Strange and Pet Sounds, that would be the gold standard![Smiley]()
That said, I met Jeff once and he seemed to be a very nice fellow.
... Found a link, here it is:
https://books.google.com/books?id=LpdMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT99&lpg=PT99&dq=tijuana+brass+%2212+string%22&source=bl&ots=lpcub_kxWA&sig=UDqBecEZ-cOhacH_CPMq1PS_0UE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC7-P3icvRAhVqjFQKHR8DC3EQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=tijuana%20brass%20%2212%20string%22&f=false
(... scroll back one page ... can't figure out how to link to a specific page in this book)![]()
Can't find it now, but I read an unusual comment from Jeff Foskett in an old book online ... in which he said he switched from a Fender Electric XII to Epiphone 12 because the music required a higher quality instrument or something like that. I would think if it were good enough for Billy Strange and Pet Sounds, that would be the gold standard
That said, I met Jeff once and he seemed to be a very nice fellow.
... Found a link, here it is:
https://books.google.com/books?id=LpdMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT99&lpg=PT99&dq=tijuana+brass+%2212+string%22&source=bl&ots=lpcub_kxWA&sig=UDqBecEZ-cOhacH_CPMq1PS_0UE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiC7-P3icvRAhVqjFQKHR8DC3EQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=tijuana%20brass%20%2212%20string%22&f=false
(... scroll back one page ... can't figure out how to link to a specific page in this book)