The Rickenbacker 360/12 is the most famous and popular electric 12-string guitar, thanks to its use by George Harrison on more than a dozen Beatles songs like A Hard Day’s Night, Can’t Buy Me Love, and Ticket to Ride and by Roger McGuinn (who actually used a Ric 370/12) on Mr. Tambourine Man.
But although the Fender Electric XII 12-string electric is not as well known, its distinctive sound may arguably be equally as familiar, thanks to its use by Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, When the Levee Breaks, and other songs, as well as on Beck’s Bolero with Jeff Beck, by Pete Townshend on several tracks of the Who’s Tommy, by Eric Clapton on Cream’s Dance the Night Away from Disraeli Gears, and by Wrecking Crew studio guitarist Billy Strange on the Beach Boys’ Sloop John B.
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