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[Kosh Naranek]

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Nice score! Those Hamer 12 string basses are iconic rock n roll instruments.
King's X, Cheap Trick, Pearl Jam and a few other bands evidently found engineers who could make these sit right in a mix.

 

[dystrust]

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I haven't heard this particular instrument, but would better electronics help with clarity & sitting in the mix? I only ask because the USA Hamer 12s usually have EMGs, a P/J set or 35DCs AFAIK.

 

[JOLLY]

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I haven't heard this particular instrument, but would better electronics help with clarity & sitting in the mix? I only ask because the USA Hamer 12s usually have EMGs, a P/J set or 35DCs AFAIK.

Possibly so. I've thought about putting some Blackouts in it, but the wiring in the bass is freakin insane.

 

[MortallyWounded]

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Jeremy smoked in class today...

 

[astrozombie]

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It's really hard to record and put in the mix of a song.

It seems to me like the kind of bass that a whole song is revolved around because of all the harmonica envolved. I'd play long sustaining chords over it and let it do the melody.


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[DrNewcenstein]

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One of these days....

Here's a page you might like.
http://www.12stringbass.net/quadbass.htm

 

[JOLLY]

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Oh yeah, I've been on that site many a time. Thanks.

 

[Johnny the Kid]

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Jeremy smoked in class today...

Jeremy spoke in class today.

 

[JOLLY]

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Jeremy spoke in class today.

lol....I wasn't going to say anything.

 

[Adieu]

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lol.......I only say that becasue I am a moron, and I have a Hamer 12 String bass sitting behind me.

Boooring,,.no kahler no dice

 

[Rich_S]

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The reissue CD of Cheap Trick's "In Color" is an interesting listen in terms of 12-string bass production and mixing. The CD version reveals a lot that I never heard on my old LPs back in the day. Also, the CD has some demos as bonus tracks, and you can hear rough mixes. The 12-string really sticks out. I believe In Color was the first album on which Tom Petersen played 12-string (right after he invented the crazy thing).

One thing I noticed is that he quickly developed the ability to play just the high strings, I assume by using some modified, angled stroke with a pick.

Buy the CD, take a listen. Interesting stuff, in the historical context. Also one of the all-time great rock albums.

 

[JOLLY]

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thanks,Rich.......I will have to check that out.

 

[BTMN]

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Tom plays his like a bass and a guitar. IMHO he adds a ton to the guitar feel at live Trick shows.