Anyone ever play a Galveston guitar or bass?
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Jeroen
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Re: Anyone ever play a Galveston guitar or bass?
I once saw this huge 8-string bass of theirs (that's 8 strings besides eachother, not a 4-string with octave strings. Maybe I'm mistaking though, it could have been a 7-string). I'm very curious about those, although any bass with more than 5 strings is a bit too radical to my liking.
I once saw this huge 8-string bass of theirs (that's 8 strings besides eachother, not a 4-string with octave strings. Maybe I'm mistaking though, it could have been a 7-string). I'm very curious about those, although any bass with more than 5 strings is a bit too radical to my liking.
75lespaul
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Re: Anyone ever play a Galveston guitar or bass?
Here's one of the doublenecks I like and the 8 string bass, but look at the 12 string bass! WTF?????
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Galveston-8...7393096665QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GALVESTON-D...7392222596QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GALVESTON-T...7392124867QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Here's one of the doublenecks I like and the 8 string bass, but look at the 12 string bass! WTF?????
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Galveston-8...7393096665QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GALVESTON-D...7392222596QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-GALVESTON-T...7392124867QQcategoryZ4713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Re: Anyone ever play a Galveston guitar or bass?
Wow..... the 8 string bass would be great for some Who tunes.... and the 12 string would be cool for some Cheap Trick tunes.....
This Galveston brand i forgot who makes it.... it's a large company that makes many different brands...
Wow..... the 8 string bass would be great for some Who tunes.... and the 12 string would be cool for some Cheap Trick tunes.....
This Galveston brand i forgot who makes it.... it's a large company that makes many different brands...
ratherdashing
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Re: Anyone ever play a Galveston guitar or bass?
That percussive, almost Middle Eastern sound you hear occasionally on "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica is a 12 string bass.
That percussive, almost Middle Eastern sound you hear occasionally on "Wherever I May Roam" by Metallica is a 12 string bass.
Re: Anyone ever play a Galveston guitar or bass?
Phew! Just realized how old this thread is. No matter. It bears responding to.
As aggravating as it has been to find do little anywhere on the guitar or the company, I find the 12-string bass quite utile. Only two things bother me with what I have to admit I bought because it was the least expensive 12-string I could find at the time, I really love it. Only two complaints; it's heavy as he'll (Well duh...) and the active electronics switch pops real loud when switching on. I couldn't fix it and my guitar tech and his assistant couldn't find the cause. Just pop the tuner on (completely shuts the signal down), switch the active electronics on, then pop the tuner back off. No big deal from then on. The neck is good, fretboard - I don't believe - is any wider than it needs to be. Be honest - to fit 12 strings with one of them a bass and the other two a heavier gauge guitar it's gonna have to be kinda wide, and it is heavy, but so is my Les Paul. I think if there was one change I would make if I could, and honestly only one, it'd be the active electronics pop in the switch. I can easily bypass it with the help of the Peterson foot switch true-bypass tuner, but I'd rather it just not happen at all. So if anyone has found the secret easy to fix it... I can't say I'd gladly pay a grand for the guitar, but I DID gladly pay $400 for it (used) and a hard shell case, and I can't say I'd gladly pay the 3-4 grand they want for Hamers and Waterstones, either.
Phew! Just realized how old this thread is. No matter. It bears responding to.
As aggravating as it has been to find do little anywhere on the guitar or the company, I find the 12-string bass quite utile. Only two things bother me with what I have to admit I bought because it was the least expensive 12-string I could find at the time, I really love it. Only two complaints; it's heavy as he'll (Well duh...) and the active electronics switch pops real loud when switching on. I couldn't fix it and my guitar tech and his assistant couldn't find the cause. Just pop the tuner on (completely shuts the signal down), switch the active electronics on, then pop the tuner back off. No big deal from then on. The neck is good, fretboard - I don't believe - is any wider than it needs to be. Be honest - to fit 12 strings with one of them a bass and the other two a heavier gauge guitar it's gonna have to be kinda wide, and it is heavy, but so is my Les Paul. I think if there was one change I would make if I could, and honestly only one, it'd be the active electronics pop in the switch. I can easily bypass it with the help of the Peterson foot switch true-bypass tuner, but I'd rather it just not happen at all. So if anyone has found the secret easy to fix it... I can't say I'd gladly pay a grand for the guitar, but I DID gladly pay $400 for it (used) and a hard shell case, and I can't say I'd gladly pay the 3-4 grand they want for Hamers and Waterstones, either.
