Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String

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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Sept 29, 2016 16:41:46 GMT -5

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Post by RobertW on Sept 29, 2016 16:41:46 GMT -5

G5022CWFE-12 Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Cutaway Electric, Fishman® Pickup System, White MRSP? $999USD

The guitar i almost bought in trade for the Fender Hellcat 12, except dealer wanted $600 cash ontop on top of the $400 trade-in.

I was very happy I didn't after i tried the 6 string version and saw that the gold binding trim was metalflake!!

Pickguard SCREWED on...what were they thinking? 😱

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TonyKgull Global Moderator Posts: 6,425 Location: Ontario, Canada	Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Sept 30, 2016 0:56:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TonyKgull on Sept 30, 2016 0:56:35 GMT -5 Ok, this is weird, but just on looks alone, I can't decide whether I love it or hate it. LOL. Very weird. I don't think I've ever been this ambivalent about the looks of a guitar before.
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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Sept 30, 2016 2:55:16 GMT -5

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Post by Derick on Sept 30, 2016 2:55:16 GMT -5

There is something about this guitar that would stop me from buying it.

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I was enamoured, until I held in it my hand.
I was almost expecting ball-fringe around sound hole.

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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Oct 10, 2016 9:27:45 GMT -5

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Post by Derick on Oct 10, 2016 9:27:45 GMT -5

No still don't like it, it has not grown on me in the slightest.

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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Oct 10, 2016 15:24:58 GMT -5

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Post by RobertW on Oct 10, 2016 15:24:58 GMT -5

as long as it not near enough to see the metalflake, its fun to look at.

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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Oct 10, 2016 18:54:44 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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My local shop had one of the 6-string ones for sale. I kind of liked the looks of it. Picked it up to play it and it was the heaviest guitar I have ever held. Strummed it and it sounded like an electric solid-body strummed acoustically. I carefully set it back on its stand and that pretty well satisfied my curiosity. I think it was about $700. My back would have been killing me after playing that thing standing up for an hour. YMMV

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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Oct 10, 2016 20:04:35 GMT -5

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Oct 10, 2016 18:54:44 GMT -5 prsteve said:

My local shop had one of the 6-string ones for sale. I kind of liked the looks of it. Picked it up to play it and it was the heaviest guitar I have ever held. Strummed it and it sounded like an electric solid-body strummed acoustically. I carefully set it back on its stand and that pretty well satisfied my curiosity. I think it was about $700. My back would have been killing me after playing that thing standing up for an hour. YMMV

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I bet the electric version is lighter!

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TonyKgull Global Moderator Posts: 6,425 Location: Ontario, Canada	Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Oct 10, 2016 20:36:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TonyKgull on Oct 10, 2016 20:36:52 GMT -5 Having the pick guard partially covering up the "f" hole is just........wrong.
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Rancher™ Falcon Jumbo 12-String Oct 11, 2016 21:24:07 GMT -5

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Oct 10, 2016 20:36:52 GMT -5 TonyKgull said:

Having the pick guard partially covering up the "f" hole is just........wrong.

I have tried both ways and the difference was minimal or inaudible both from the player's and the listener's point of view. As long as the guard is tight and doesn't rattle, it's a matter of preference. If you can hear the difference, good for you, but I can't. If you have a pickup, there would definitely be no difference.
Some of us brace our fingers on the guard.

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