curious about a 12-string bass

[hayabusa]

i just came to know about the exixtance of 12-string basses. does anyone know how its tuned and played?

i noticed it's got four large strings and for every large string there're 3 small strings close to it. i figured that the four strings are E-A-D-G. how about the rest of the small strings? but won't playing more than 1 string at a time sound like mud?

 

[stewartbass]

the 12 string bass described by you is

tuned like a 12 string guitar

E, octave E, 2nd octave E, A, octave A, 2nd octave A......so on and so forth.

there is also the 12 string bass tuned in 4ths like your usual bass.

low F#, low B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db.

these multi stringed instruments are rare and mostly custom ordered and produced.

see, CONKLIN, FODERA, JAMES TYLER, RITTER...

 

[Z3r0_G]

you should all see yves carbonne and jean baudin. those are REAL 9/10/11/12/13 string basses.

 

[shinobi]

sick

 

[warwickw]

Getting string replacement is a headache

 

[marcoweeo]

dat's one real ugly bass :? i mean, da body looks horribly weird.....

 

[rottenramone]

..

that's actually a surfboard for 9 - 12 yr old kids. just have strings slapped on it.


bro warwickw bro

not getting any 9 strings?

 

[Z3r0_G]

http://www.jerzydrozdbasses.com/legendX.htm

you cant say that this is ugly man.

 

[marcoweeo]

it's nice, but the thing i hate bout oversized basses r the necks!! it's juz so nt sexy..................... but the sound's darn uber nice

 

[marcoweeo]

n JD basses sure kick ass man!! ddamn nice!

 

[shinobi]

i think its damn cool. in a band setting you will be like carrying a bazooka of a guitar. sure attract attention

 

[Z3r0_G]

you can shut ur guitarist up too man. haha

"i've got more strings than you!"

 

[shinobi]

with 10 strings and a mind blowing 36 (THIRTY-SIX) frets,

you don't need a guitarist

 

[Z3r0_G]

yea who needs a guitarist? lol!

 

[BadgerS88]

Can you imagine taking this on the MRT. Guard will come up with gun,

*Freeze!!! Put the Bomb down!!!* hahaha :lol:

But ofcourse you guys still need guitarists! who else is gonna play all the more trebley chords and solos?! hehe :wink:

 

[Z3r0_G]

mybe we should ban guitars altogether. Brian Bromberg can do solo stuff on his bass as wel. all you need is a good whammy pedal that goes an octave up or higher. heck, with that i can reach even higher than a guitar!

or we should all just listen to yves carbonne and jean baudin. =p

 

[BadgerS88]

 

[shinobi]

nolah we still need the guitarist to play the chords, keep the rhythm and lock with the drummer

 

[exin]

look at bill dickens .. who needs guitarists with him around ... hahahah

 

[BadgerS88]

:smt010