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Twelve-string bass
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The twelve-string bass is an electric bass with four courses of three strings each, though they occasionally have six courses of two strings.
HAMER B12S
HAMER B12S
Hamer Guitars
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Hamer Guitars was an American electric guitar manufacturer founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer and Jol Dantzig. The company's early instruments featured gu
Twelve-string bass
…strings tuned to the octave. The first known 12-string bass guitar, the "Hamer Quad," was designed by Jol Dantzig and built in 1977 for Tom Petersson by Hamer Guitars. Petersson's Cheap Trick bandmate Rick Nielsen reports that Petersson first conceived of the instrument in 1973, and worked with Hamer over the next…
Hamer Guitars on display at a music exhibition, 2008
Hamer Guitars on display at a music exhibition, 2008
Cheap Trick on stage in 1977 with their Hamer instruments: Rick Nielsen (left) with a standard model and Tom Petersson with a 10-string bass
Cheap Trick on stage in 1977 with their Hamer instruments: Rick Nielsen (left) with a standard model and Tom Petersson with a 10-string bass
A 1980 "Special" model
A 1980 "Special" model
Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest playing a Hamer Phantom GT
Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest playing a Hamer Phantom GT