hello friend,
there has been some discussion on here recently about 12 string guitars. also, of late i've been on a big blind willie mctell kick, & i got to thinking about his guitars. the early ones, in particular. from the early photos i have of him, there seems to be two stellas, a sunburst/white binding model of some kind, & perhaps another stella, though i'm not sure. the stella in question is a jumbo(?), tailpiece model. in the pic where he's wearing the derby cap, & holding the neck up above his head (i think it may be the same guitar he's pictured w/ in the photo w/ ruth day) you can see into the sound hole, & the label is an oval. not the square stella one i'm familiar w/.
my curiosity is A. you see stella six strings pop up all the time,(& on ebay, some in very poor shape at really high prices) you very rarely see any twelves. were they that rare of a model? B. if so, were those jumbos he was playing even rarer? other famous 12 string guys like barbecue bob, or leadbelly played what looks to be a grand concert sized guitar. & i thought jumbos didn't come along till the 30's.
maybe this is another example of a musician preferring a particular kind of guitar (12 string jumbo) & not just 'what they could get their hands on'?
there has been some discussion on here recently about 12 string guitars. also, of late i've been on a big blind willie mctell kick, & i got to thinking about his guitars. the early ones, in particular. from the early photos i have of him, there seems to be two stellas, a sunburst/white binding model of some kind, & perhaps another stella, though i'm not sure. the stella in question is a jumbo(?), tailpiece model. in the pic where he's wearing the derby cap, & holding the neck up above his head (i think it may be the same guitar he's pictured w/ in the photo w/ ruth day) you can see into the sound hole, & the label is an oval. not the square stella one i'm familiar w/.
my curiosity is A. you see stella six strings pop up all the time,(& on ebay, some in very poor shape at really high prices) you very rarely see any twelves. were they that rare of a model? B. if so, were those jumbos he was playing even rarer? other famous 12 string guys like barbecue bob, or leadbelly played what looks to be a grand concert sized guitar. & i thought jumbos didn't come along till the 30's.
maybe this is another example of a musician preferring a particular kind of guitar (12 string jumbo) & not just 'what they could get their hands on'?