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12 (Twelve) String Thunderbird

#141
L. L. Elwood said:
I went ahead and copied your Hamer spacing. MUCH better and superior playability. Also i brought the octaves together down at the bridge.. Much better as well.. One additional tweak I made was I notched the saddles deeper to even the playing plane... if that makes any sense.. big improvement!
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Cool glad that helped. Yeah having the bottoms of the octaves and roots all aligned on the same plane is the way to go - at least in my own experiences.
 
#142
Just found this thread, and for the first few pages I was completely against all the naysayers... I just knew it would work out perfectly. But now, seeing the end result, and hearing how well it plays and how comfortable you seem with it, I've changed my mind. There's no way it's ever going to work, you're wasting your time and money. You should just give up now and run it through a bandsaw, save yourself any headache... What? You don't have a bandsaw? That's okay, I got your back... Just send it to me, I'll cut it up for you. Won't even charge you. I'd send you pictures of the cut up pieces, but my camera doesn't work and I don't have any internet signal, but you can just take my word for it, I will definitely get rid of it for you and would never get caught rocking the most awesome 12 string Tbird at a gig or anything...

LOL! Seriously, well done sir! Your next mission, should you choose to accept it, figure out a way to build me a 15 string (5 string w/ 2 octave courses) Les Paul bass. Now THAT is something I would absolutely rock out at gigs! :)
 
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#146
Using string guides is probably a good idea, both functionally and aesthetically.
That's really the only flaw one could pick at, in my opinion.
I don't think repositioning the tuners would accomplish much more than throwing off the overall look of the headstock.
Other than the two strings laying against the G string post, it looks perfect.

Bravo on persevering against so much opposition, and a job well done.
 
#152
Thomas Kievit said:
What makes you think that?
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Because I had a 10 string bass, and the octave above the low B made the lower notes sound cool. The lower you go on an octave stringed bass the cooler is sounds. But when you play really high notes the octave strings don't sound as cool any more.

BEAD would also be a cool tuning for an 8 or 12.
 
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#153
Because it's cool for YOU doesn't mean it's for anybody else as well who plays those 8 or 10 string basses ;)

Ric5 said:
Because I had a 10 string bass, and the octave above the low B made the lower notes sound cool. The lower you go on an octave stringed bass the cooler is sounds. But when you play really high notes the octave strings don't sound as cool any more.

BEAD would also be a cool tuning for an 8 or 12.
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