bassists who play 8 and 12 string basses

[moogboy]

tell me about a few 8 and 12 string bassists and what are some good songs that prominently feature the 8 or 12. please refrain from telling me about Tom Petersson. i already know his story.

[BassMan250]

John Paul Jones had an Alembic 8-string, you can hear it on Achilles Last Stand.

[moogboy]

Originally Posted by BassMan250

John Paul Jones had an Alembic 8-string, you can hear it on Achilles Last Stand.

i love that song! i thought that album had a weird bass sound.
also, i forgot Greg Lake. i already know about him. as well, i want to see people who used an 8 or 12 extensively. JPJ used an Alembic 8-string for all of Led Zeppelin's Presence album. im looking for people who have done that, or almost an entire album with an 8 or 12.

[Joshua Pickenpaugh]

King's X's albums "Gretchen Goes to Nebraska" and "Dogman" are good examples of Doug Pinnick's Hamer 12-string. Mark Egan's "Mosaic" album has a couple cool examples of his fretted 8-string playing. The first track on Micheal Manring's "Book of Flame" as his altered tuned 10-string bass. And let's not forget "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam.

Also, didn't Robert Trujillo play some 8-string on some of the Suicidal Tendencies/Infectious Grooves recordings?

[collicsws6z28]

Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam

[Sneckumhaw]

I think Newsted played a 12 on, er... something.

Someone will tell you.

[PeaceFrog]

Jimmy Haslip on the Yellowjackets releases, one song in particular called "Claires Song" sounds like an 8 stringer.

[PhR]

Originally Posted by moogboy

JPJ used an Alembic 8-string for all of Led Zeppelin's Presence album.

No he didn't, there's clearly a 4 string bass on many of the songs. I may be wrong but I can hear an 8-string bass only on "Achilles Last Stand" and "Nobody's Fault But Mine". Also, I still think he used a Hagström 8-string bass and got the Alembics (4- and 8- strings) for the 1977 tour. The bass sound on both songs is a bit more "rusty" (in a good way) than the hi-fi of Alembics.

Squire used an 8-string on a few songs like "Hearts", "Changes", "It's Over" (a bonus track on the remastered "90125") and "Going For The One".

"Jeremy" is Jeff Ament's most famous 12-string bass track but the song "Leash" (Vs.) has a great 12-string bass part too.

You said you knew enough of Petersson's stuff but I still want to say that he doesn't use the 12-string that much in the studio. "Cheap Trick" (1977) is an album which has quite a lot of 12-string bass and the single they did at the time with Steve Albini (Baby Talk b/w Brontosaurus) has his Chandler on both sides.

[PhR]

Originally Posted by Joshua Pickenpaugh

King's X's albums "Gretchen Goes to Nebraska" and "Dogman" are good examples of Doug Pinnick's Hamer 12-string.

According to some info there's no 12-string bass at all on "Dogman" and on "Gretchen" it's only on "Out of The Silent Planet" (the first song), maybe some other I can't recall now. King's X's most 12-string bass-heavy albums are "Faith Hope Love" and "King's X" (1992).

Moogboy, check out also this list:
http://www.12stringbass.net/master.h...scography1.htm

[Tim F]

Ol' "Basher" Nick Lowe played a Hamer 8string on many projects in the 80's, including Rockpile. A great sound, inspired me to build my first 8stringer in '83.

[PhR]

Originally Posted by Tim F

Ol' "Basher" Nick Lowe played a Hamer 8string on many projects in the 80's, including Rockpile. A great sound, inspired me to build my first 8stringer in '83.

That's true, his Hamer B8S appears in the cover of "Labour Of Lust" (as a small silhouette pic), though he probably didn't use it on the album. I think he used it more live with the Rockpile, like on this great clip featuring some unknown guest singer from Birmingham:
Little Sister

The dB's used an 8-string on the song "Neverland" from the album "Repercussion". The bass was loaned from someone called John Entwistle...

[Thunder_Fingers]

Originally Posted by Sneckumhaw

I think Newsted played a 12 on, er... something.

Someone will tell you.

"Where ever i may roam" apparently..

Moogy:
John played 8ers, i know he had a 8 string spyder he used quite alot a while "The who and all their stage men used to flee my side of the stage whenever it was in use, it had a huge sound"

[Alan Vorse]

Noel Redding on Hendrix's "Wait 'til Tomorrow."

[JimmyM]

Go to 8stringbass.com, 12stringbass.com, and 12stringbass.net for some great info on octave-string basses. I've always wanted one, and even though I've got little or no real need for one, I'm thinking about taking the plunge on a cheap 8-string, maybe a Dean. I would get a 12, but I think they're going to work out to be too heavy for me. An 8 probably will too, but at least it's not as heavy as a 12.

An 18-string is right out, though.

[Kink Rimson]

Originally Posted by PhR

According to some info there's no 12-string bass at all on "Dogman" and on "Gretchen" it's only on "Out of The Silent Planet" (the first song), maybe some other I can't recall now. King's X's most 12-string bass-heavy albums are "Faith Hope Love" and "King's X" (1992).

Moogboy, check out also this list:
http://www.12stringbass.net/master.h...scography1.htm

There is 12 string on Dogman, the song 'I Pretend' has a bass break and you can clearly hear the extra courses.

'Out of the Silent PLanet, from Gretchen is an 8 string, according to Mr Pinnick.

[moogboy]

Originally Posted by Thunder_Fingers

"Where ever i may roam" apparently..

Moogy:
John played 8ers, i know he had a 8 string spyder he used quite alot a while "The who and all their stage men used to flee my side of the stage whenever it was in use, it had a huge sound"

i knew John played an 8. why else would i be interested in one? he had a Rickenbacker prototype 8 string* that can be heard on Success Story off of the Who By Numbers, an Alembic 8 that was on anything post-Who By Numbers and a Buzzard 8 for his solo shows.

*this bass' headstock can be seen on An Ox's Tale at the bit about Bobby Pridden

[12stringbassist]

[Thunder_Fingers]

Originally Posted by moogboy

i knew John played an 8. why else would i be interested in one? he had a Rickenbacker prototype 8 string* that can be heard on Success Story off of the Who By Numbers, an Alembic 8 that was on anything post-Who By Numbers and a Buzzard 8 for his solo shows.

*this bass' headstock can be seen on An Ox's Tale at the bit about Bobby Pridden

thats true, i have a picture of that ric in my "Bass Culture" book. there was made 2 of it, its stringed the wrong way on the octave strings, and Chris Squire have the other.

[moogboy]

Originally Posted by Thunder_Fingers

thats true, i have a picture of that ric in my "Bass Culture" book. there was made 2 of it, its stringed the wrong way on the octave strings, and Chris Squire have the other.

i have videos of Chris playing that bass. he used live for Roundabout, in which he bass part was doubled by an acoustic guitar.

[PhR]