12-string Bass Guitars
The first known 12-string bass guitar, the "Hamer Quad", was designed by Jol Dantzig and built in 1978 for Tom Petersson by Hamer Guitars. Commercially available 12-string basses such as those from Hamer Guitars are strung in triples such as:
- high e, high e, low E,
- high a, high a, low A
- high d, high d, low D
- high g, high g, low G
Bassists of note who have utilised the 12-string bass guitar are Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, Frank Bello of Anthrax, Jason Newsted of Metallica, Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick, Doug Pinnick of King's X, Eric Brittingham of Cinderella, Tim King of Soil.
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