After about 6 months of holding steady I've recently been doing an end run around my "NO MORE GEAR" new years resolution. Trades are OK. I've also been using the "I don't have that type of instrument yet" rationalization. It got me a Kramer acoustic/electric bass a couple months ago.
Then last week this Lyle electric 12 string showed up on kijiji.
Ugly yet beautiful headstock
The bridge trapeze its not original, everything else appears to be. You can see 2 small pads where the trapeze rests on the body. I hope to replace it with an original some day, but there are not a lot of 12 string bridge trapezes out there.
Seller had it in to the local shop for a setup. Looks like lots of shimming but it does play nice.
Triple binding abounds
I seems to be a dead-ringer for an Aria 1212 or 1312. Does anyone know what the Lyle model number is ?