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    Overlord of Music Fretworn's Avatar
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    12 string bass!

    Current:
    GTH-1

    Completed:
    AST-1FB
    First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
    ES-5V
    Scratchie lapsteel
    Custom ST-1 12 String
    JBA-4
    TL-1TB
    Scratch Lapsteel
    Meinl DIY Cajon
    Cigar Box lap steel

    Wishing:
    Baritone
    Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck

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    GAStronomist wokkaboy's Avatar
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    wow never heard a 12 string bass but that sounds unreal. That Davie guy is a freak player
    Current Builds and status
    scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
    JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
    Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck

    Completed builds
    scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
    MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
    Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in

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    Mentor Chuck's Avatar
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    I've got one of the early Variax basses that has a bunch of "modelled" sounds in it - including a 12-string. Much easier to play on the Variax than with all those strings, but as you say Woks, Davie can do absolutely anything!!
    Completed Builds: #1 TL-1 "Telemaster" (GOTM Oct 2016); #2 The "Maplecaster" scratch build; #3 JB-4 "Bass IV" (co-winner GOTM Jan 2017); #4 ST-1M "Surfcaster" (GOTM Apr 2017), #5 JZA-1 "EC Deluxe"

    In Progress:
    Build #6 N1R "Semi-scratch" build
    Build #7 JZA-1 Baritone

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    Overlord of Music dave.king1's Avatar
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    Not sure I see the point of it, sounds unusual but maybe once a year it might get a run.

    Many years ago I got an Electro Harmonix Frequency Analyser so I could play harmony with myself in one song, too much stuffing around and became a very expensive toy ( ~$250.00 in 1976 ) I got $450 for it in 2014

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    Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick used one quite a bit....
    "If it's Blues music in a bar and it helps people swallow their drink of choice, or it's a dance song and people get up off their chairs and shuffle their feet, or it's a Jazz tune and the Chardonnay tastes so much better... then it's all good."

    - Marcel

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    Not exactly the same, but John Denver used to play an 18 string guitar! He stopped playing because it never stayed in tune on stage!
    Acoustics:
    1995 Maton EM725C - Solid 'A' Spruce Top, QLD Walnut B&S, AP5 Pickup
    2015 Ibanez AEL108MD-NT - Laminated Spruce top, Laminated Mahogany B&S, Fishman Sonicore Pickup


    Electrics:
    Pitbull LP-1S - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=5745
    Carsen Superstrat Rebuild - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6284

    Builds in Progress:
    Silent Guitar Semi-Scratch Build - http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=6809

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    GAStronomist stan's Avatar
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    Sounds cool , but to me it seems like its getting away from being a bass - but damn he is good

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