Editing Twelve-string guitar (section)

==Playing==
The 12-string guitar's greater number of strings and higher cumulative string tension complicates playing, in both hands. Fretting chords requires greater force, and the width of the neck and the added string tension combine to make soloing and string-bending challenging. The gap between the dual-string courses is usually narrower than that between the single-string courses of a conventional six-string guitar, so more precision is required with the pick or fingertip when not simply strumming chords. Consequently, the instrument is most commonly used for accompaniment, though several players have taken the time to develop the 12-string guitar as a solo instrument. Flat-picking solos are more frequently seen with electric players, whereas a few acoustic players, such as [[Leo Kottke]], have adapted [[fingerstyle]] techniques to the instrument; players such as Ralph Towner have applied [[Classical guitar|classical]] playing techniques. <br />

Roger McGuinn developed his own style of playing a 12-string guitar. The neck of a [[Rickenbacker 360/12]] 12-string guitar is as wide as the 6-string guitar. Solos are therefore easier to play and he used his banjo techniques to play chords. In addition to applying a [[Dynamic range compression|compressor]], this determined the sound of the Byrds. Lead Belly adapted both the traditional, simple strum style and the finger-style method that was becoming popular at the time as well; Blind Willie McTell also played finger-style 12 string.