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"my mate........" Of course it was......

now I am laughing at fingering a bugger.......

Cataldo basses in the US do 8s and 12s and they have OK reps from what I hear. They do a T bird shape. Hamer also did their blitz bass as a 12ver, and that is very metal and pretty rare!

FYI for any of you out there on the 8 String trail that happen to like a Sandberg bass, Sandberg produced about 10 or so, so the unicorns are out there. I have no further details except the last one left the factory last year to I think an endorsing artist, and that Sandberg produce quality machines. They have no plans to do any more currently, which is a shame.

@Al Krow I can predict the future, you’ll go, have the time of your life and get a blinking 12 string and dUg amp before me. IF that does happen, i’ll still be your friend, but I may have a little sulk and a pouty bottom lip...😢

There you go, posted at the same time as wolverine, he knows better than i

Pretty sure it has 8 saddles, but I can’t remember if each is adjustable in height or not sorry. I have a suspicion that the Schecter has poo saddles as well, happy to be wrong

@Al Krow oh sweet Jesus Bas, all you have done is find out what most people already knew that some manufacturers make a multi string bass, then because you have the horn for a neck through and decided Schecter are an OK brand (in which the QC and innovation is probably more centered in the new range cf the old range) based on someone else’s research (wonder who that was....) you declared the Schecter King and are now getting one, only if I get a 12 string, despite being less than tepid on an 8 string not long ago. Never professed to be an expert, never make sweeping judgements or comments without due diligence or knowledge, in general of course, I fear the opposite is a nigh on daily occurrence for you. Bas it’s like being back at school with plasticine and potty time, or fuzzy felt and stickle bricks with you sometimes, I know you used to look at my homework and pretend it’s yours. Go in Bas, get your nap in before milk and cookies ps love you xxxxx

@Al Krow BazzyBear if you wanted to know about 8 strings I could have told you all of them without you having to throw your dud grenades that don’t go off, but you wouldn’t have believed me, you never do......😢 BTW in your case IMHO the H stands for horrific.....🤣

@Al Krow there are always different viewpoints buddy, will people in the audience know the difference between your delicious Nordstrand pick ups vs a set from ironstone, a UK company which for the price (another Bas fave) are very good and price point alone stand up very well. @Delberthot has a more than valued opinion and you can pick from it what you like, BUT consistently whether it’s this gentleman or @Wolverinebass and his point everyone says it has its own big sound, which cannot be exactly replicated, thus if you want it, you want it and take the rough with the smooth. if it was all about rough approximation Bas you wouldn’t be flipping pedals like a BBQ chef flips burgers to get the sound you want, you would just stuck with your zoom.

Bas, your 4 octave Pedals will get you 80% there, Plus which one of your bases would have to go out the window, rules are rules?!

@Al Krow thanks buddy, one day you’ll realise the world is not flat.....but it’s not about convincing you fella! You also remember your other statement about no decent famous bassist ever using a 12, and it turns out one of your fave ones did......?! You know I love you Bas, there is nothing wrong with theories, and they get you 20% the way there, but sometimes you need something a bit harder, like practical evidence to get to your magical 80%. Of course i’ll let you know. And BTW you can Always get a better price point between the two types of basses (as in a 12 cheaper than an 8), depends what exactly you want.

@Al Krow so sorry, i take it back. I got the wrong end of the stick, I thought you were basing your statements on personal experience not on video clips gleaned from YouTube or opinions from others regurgitated. @NancyJohnson nope not played a 12, but have played an 8 and I am fully aware it will not be a walk in the park, but I don’t find that daunting. I find it a challenge I am willing to take on. Bas, may well be spot on with his figures, but if so it’s by accident considering he assumed a 12 String was a 6 course single octave String bass about 2 weeks ago....

Oh no!!! guitar guitar have a great deal on an MXR Bas Chorus deluxe when I looked about a day ago, very discounted price

@Al Krow after launching your grenade I would like to know where you get your figures from? Why does 8 strings get you 95% of the way there with a chorus pedal? How do you know an audience may or may not know the difference? How do you quantify that it is also 150% more playable? Where have you got your costings from? USA bases, Indonesian, Korean, Luthiered? And for which makes Bas? Maybe I am missing a trick here, can you enlighten me....? BTW you do remember when we say 12 String we mean 4 courses and four fundamentals don’t you....?!

I spoke with the guy in email and he seems a really nice guy. He is in the middle of building a custom 15 for someone. I agree it’s the business

This is a whole heap of 12 String goodness! https://youtu.be/kZ5Lh3s5gZM

Yep a 12 String is in my list of to gets when the right one comes along. For me it’s all about dUg Pinnick and he had a Hamer before his custom Yamaha. I had a long look at Waterstone, Musicvox, Galveston and that Dean, but I don’t think any of them live up to the Hamer IMO. This guy in Australia is doing custom 12vers and I think they look the beans. It will set you back about £3k before any import. http://www.konigbassworx.com.au/kbwbassgalleryK12.html

Get some rocks and stones out and bash it, may as well make it a full relic now.....

Be good to hear. They are vastly underrated basses

@krispn and as you know you kindly donated it to me to enjoy, and I loved it so much I got a CaliCB compressor as well. Both amazing

G&L is a whole different animal. I had an ASAT and also an ASAT semi hollow which is the same electronics as the L2000. Tos MFD pick ups have a lot of volume, and balls. To my ear and mind they are a bit Treble harsh. I think Leo compensated his overall and high end hearing loss by winding the pick ups to replace this, hence the sound of the bass. very well made bass, but if you like your pedals or a bit more subtlety you may have to dial back a bit or struggle. I have a couple of pre-amps I really like and it didn’t play nicely with them, but straight into the amp, very good. i did use GHS boomers and it didn’t mind them at all, but they die quick. To my ears it hated Ernie Ball Slinky’s

I used to have 2 compressors, went to 1, now I have one per 2 mini boards I can link to form 1 big board and change compression character. (Pm me if interested and i’ll Show you). i has them beginning and end of chain, primarily compression at the start for a clean tone and then change to end of chain of using dirt or envelope to even out spikes at the end, or as a boost as I had 2 basses which were vastly different. It’s not a bad option all around

Or if you have a second compressor, or a compressor full stop, set it to a volume boost for the bass or basses that need it?

No worries so you could.......fit drop tuners to every string. They do them with switches on the far side of the tuner. E String a double drop tuner one step to Eb one step to D, all other strings down half a step at a flick. 5 banger for the B tuning. The volume boost pedal holds water still for any volume change.