twelve-string guitar

American  

[twelv-string] / ˈtwɛlvˌstrɪŋ /

noun

1. an acoustic guitar having twelve strings instead of six, with each pair tuned an octave apart, and more difficult to play than the standard guitar.

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Example Sentences

At one point, Crosby aimed his twelve-string guitar over the stage’s edge and, belting out the powerful lyrics he had written, nearly fell off.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ledbetter,” The Times reported, “is the Negro who sang himself out of two penitentiaries and into matrimony. He sings songs of his own composition and accompanies himself on a twelve-string guitar.”

From New York Times

Negro folk songs as sung by Lead Belly, "king of the twelve-string guitar players of the world," long-time convict in the penitentiaries of Texas and Louisiana.

From Project Gutenberg

The Pope's feeling for the less fortunate also showed at a Los Angeles rally where John Paul was moved by Tony Melendez, a 25-year-old musician born without arms who played a twelve-string guitar with his toes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Periodically a short man in rumpled suit and bow tie moves into the prison toolroom, lugging a tape recorder, a six-string guitar, a twelve-string guitar and a fiddle.

From Time Magazine Archive