12 string bass
 

anybody ever heard of a 12 string bass?

how do you play one?
like a 12 string guitar?

:jailed:

I think I saw one in a concert .. Don't know how this thing can be played, but still it looks nice ..

yes, it's played like a 12 string guitar, or and 8 string bass.


they are played by hitting 3 (2 in an 8 strings case) at the same time, giving it a fuller sound. the tunings for one would be Eee-Aaa-Ddd-Ggg. for each standard bass string there are 2 smaller (long guitar) strings that are one octave higher.

:afro:

sTEVE!

http://www.abum.com/show/11534/rocki...11_string_bass
one in action.

although awesome that bass is, that's a completely different thing than i think he's talking about.


you're showing an insane 11 string each with individual notes.

but i think he meant 12 sting with tripled notes. i could be wrong tho.

i was just looking for an excuse to post that awesome link :D

...and i present....

http://www.12stringbass.com/b12l2.jpg

fun to play, im sure.

i think thats a 7 string guitar and a four string bass simply combined.

thats pretty intense.

isn't it great:D i haven't a clue how i stumbled across it but you see it and you just wanna throttle the guy for being so frickin' awesome..

And how about that Chapman Stick, eh? :P

^those things are insane. apparently there are only like....300 (i may be wrong on this number, the last time i actually heard anything about these was about 2 years ago, so my memory is a little shaky) of those ever. my old music teacher had one. it was crazy.

spinal tap anyone remeber that guys bass it had 2 fretboards

what is a chapman stick????

My couzin plays it and i've seen how hard is it on a count of how big it is

Hmm.

Last time i checked... John Paul Jones plays one of those.

(John Paul Jones is bassist of Led Zep for those who dunno who the heck he is)

However, given the fuller sound, wouldn't the added strings be overkill?


Cheers,

Crawldaddy

pretty cool