warwickhunt Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Just taken delivery of [color=#000000][left]my new/used Galveston 12 string and despite rusty strings I'm chugging through these Cheap Trick songs like a good un... along with the obligatory 'Jeremy'![/left][/color][/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000][left]Took 15 minutes to get the action down from the Double Bass height that it was, to something closer to my usual and though intonation as all over the place, I'm not going to spend a lot of time on that aspect as these old strings will be going and then I'll do a full set-up. [/left][/color][/font][/size] [size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000][left]Obviously it requires a lot of adaptation of technique; aside from the muckle wide neck and neck dive, you need to get a bit more of the meat of your finger 'over' the bass string to depress the pairs of octave strings and (luckily) you'll never be attempting slap attack![/left][/color] [color=#000000][left]The upside is that you go back to the four after this and it's like a toy. [/left][/color][/font][/size][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000][/color][/font][size=4][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000][left] [/left][/color][/font][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Not real until we see some pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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warwickhunt Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'll give it a polish when the new strings go on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 On second thoughts, please can we NOT have any pics. That's giving me a headache just thinking about trying to play it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_Bass Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 That is lovely! Do you have any difilculty fretting a note? I'm guessing that will require some adaptation from the left hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz666 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 [quote name='mart' timestamp='1329224385' post='1539014'] On second thoughts, please can we NOT have any pics. That's giving me a headache just thinking about trying to play it! [/quote] Never mind playing it, tuning it must be interesting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted February 14, 2012 Author Share Posted February 14, 2012 Fretting the note requires you to place the finger slightly more over the string so that your tips also fret the octave strings but it isn't 'that' different from normal, though I have to confess that trying to do a one finger one fret chromatic walk up the neck requires a bit more pressure than normal! Tuning isn't so bad you just need to tune the first string (say the E's) sharp, then the A strings less sharp then the D less so and by the time you get to the G strings the others are virtually pulled into tune; a quick tweak and job done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) Those Galveston 12vers are meant to be pretty good - they've got a loyal following on the 12 string bass forum. Edited February 14, 2012 by RhysP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Nice! From the looks of things it uses the same hardware as the Dean. IMO you really need to step up to Tune or Chandler to get something significantly better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettsguitars Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 [quote name='Fitz666' timestamp='1329224631' post='1539025'] Never mind playing it, tuning it must be interesting..... [/quote]I was gonna say that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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