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Like I mentioned in
my introductory post, I've been reading Andrew Sandoval's
The Monkees: The Day-by-Day Story of the 60s TV Pop Sensation. Two days ago, I read the entry for Thursday 16 March 1967, and I discovered that Mike Nesmith played an electric twelve-string guitar on "You Just May Be the One." When
I recorded a version a couple days before reading that, I used just electric six-string guitar. As far as I'm able, I want to make my recordings accurate (even if they are incomplete), so I'm a bit annoyed at learning that only now (but also a bit amused by the timing) because I have an electric twelve-string guitar, and - had I known "You Just May Be the One" uses one - I could have played it and made my recording a little bit more accurate.
I'm assuming the electric twelve-string guitar that Nesmith used is the Gretsch that's also featured in the show. I have a Burns Double Six (because that's the kind the Zombies' Paul Atkinson had), so while it's not accurate as far as brand, at least it's an electric twelve-string. At some point, I'd like to be able to have brand-specific instrumental accuracy, but I don't have the money for that now. I'm making it a principle to get instruments I don't have any type of before I get specific brands of instruments that I already have some make of. I already have an electric twelve-string guitar, so instead of a Gretsch twelve-string guitar, I'm saving up to buy a flute.
