12-string guitars

Six courses of two, the upper four in octaves, and a sound no other instrument makes. Most twelve-strings are dreadnoughts, because the tension asks for a big box; the Martin HD12-28 is the classic of the type. David Benavides builds something rarer, a twelve-string on a size 0 body that is light to hold and clear across every string.

Every twelve-string here is set up before it leaves, which on a twelve-string matters more than on anything else in the shop.