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    DB's waiting for the interest in 12-string basses to pick up......
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    Oh no he isnt...... :?

    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    I'm trying to imagine what a 12 string bass would sound like with three strings to a course. Surely it would be quite muddy.

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    Whilst we're on the topic of extended range instruments.. Is there opportunity for a hard tail 7 stringer?

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    /<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from lawry on April 5, 2014, 07:21
    I'm trying to imagine what a 12 string bass would sound like with three strings to a course. Surely it would be quite muddy.
    If you've listened to Cheap Trick, Kings X, Pearl Jam or Galactic Cowboys you've heard 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:
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    Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck

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    How the hell do you know this shit, Fretty? Do you need to get out more?

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    I'm a big fan of both Kings X and Galactic Cowboys, and I know they got into 12 string bass from Cheap Trick's Tom Peterson. The bass player from Pearl Jam was a King's X fan and picked up 12 String bass from them.

    And me I just remember useless music facts... it's a blessing/curse.
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    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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    Hehe... I would love a 12-string bass.... of course...
    "Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius

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    Gotta admit, an eight or twelve string bass does have some appeal. Not certain I would do it, but it definitely has appeal.

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    /<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from lawry on April 5, 2014, 07:21
    I'm trying to imagine what a 12 string bass would sound like with three strings to a course. Surely it would be quite muddy.
    Au contraire, they ring like bells. The other two strings in each course are tuned an octave up from the standard bass.

    The trick is to tune one of the higher strings slightly flat so it gives a natural chorus effect. The music store I used to work at had 2 of the Hamer 12-strings. I adored them.
    "Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius

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