i would try a 12 string electric guitar...

...if they weren't so damned expensive. When you can't even get one on Amazon for under $300, yeah, not exactly cheap. Fully assembled, that is. The not-assembled 12 string electric guitar kits are under $200, but I'm not confident one would work all that well once put together.

And it's not like there's much choice at the guitar store for an electric 12 either. At the time I write this, Guitar Center has a total of, ironically enough, 12 guitars if you want an electric 12. Most are semi-hollow electric 12 guitars. One of the few solid-body options is the Squier Paranormal Troy Van Leeuwen Telecaster XII -- which by the way is the "cheapest" (meaning not cheap) new electric 12 that Guitar Center has.

I've actually never played an electric 12. Acoustic 12, yes, but not electric. And I do want to try one.

If I actually do the nutty thing of buying an electric 12, I'm glad the strings for one don't cost that much more than a standard 6 set.

At the same time, however, I have no clue how to intonate an electric 12. One would assume it's mostly the same as a 6-string electric, but maybe it's one of those guitars where intonation is only good for the first 7 to 9 frets. And if that is true with an electric 12, I suppose that's acceptable. Who solos above the 12th fret on an electric 12 anyway... or solos on a 12 at all for that matter?