New Mike Adler TWELVE STRING BASS????

[Jay Terrien]

I just checked out Mike Adler's site and it says in bold caps:
"THE 12 STRING IS COMING":
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Where are the specs????? 12 string WHAT????? Pix?????

How would you tune it? With a low F#???? More information needed!!!

JT

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

I just checked out Mike Adler's site and it says in bold caps:
"THE 12 STRING IS COMING":
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Where are the specs????? 12 string WHAT????? Pix?????

How would you tune it? With a low F#???? More information needed!!!

JT

Well, if it's going to be a non-doubled 12 string, it will surely go below low F# to a low C# striing.

 

[superbassman2000]

the 12 is coming!!

i know jauqo usually knows a lot about adler...maybe he can fill us in...plus i wish those jauqo vids would work...i couldn't find where i could watch them!

 

[oversoul]

Its probably a new bass for Garry Goodman, I think he was planning to take the extra step and add one more string, woa I cant wait to see this behemoth

 

[Atshen]

The 11-string already have a low C# string, so I guess they will add a high string. Darn, this one will have to be really thin!

 

[niomosy]

Didn't the guy that got an Adler 11 str talk about the possibility of pushing to a 12 string in an article? I thought I recall reading that. If so, perhaps this is for him?

 

[Atshen]

According to Garry Goodman, the Adler 11-string is tuned C#, F#, B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb.

I guess the 12-string could be tuned C#, F#, B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab.

C# is low enough already (even a bit too much, IMO).

 

[oversoul]

yes, I had the impression that Garry Goodman had mentioned that somewhere...

 

[geshel]

I'd be impressed with a string that can be tuned to Ab on a 34" scale.

Tuning a .009 to high G on a 25.5" scale is scary enough.

 

[Anti_Wish]

i cant wait till i see whoever got it tear it up. ive heard goodman play and if its his i thiink im going to crap my pants. he is sooo good.

 

[j-raj]

OMG! I love being a bassist, stuff like this never ceases to amaze me.


What's wrong with a low G#, the 12-string could be tuned G#, C#, F#, B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb.

 

[narud]

cool, a new instrument i get to ridicule

 

[Brendan]

I'd be impressed with a string that can be tuned to Ab on a 34" scale.

Tuning a .009 to high G on a 25.5" scale is scary enough.

Ditto. It's not the instrument, it's the strings, at this point.

 

[Bernie Connors]

Very cool! I wonder if it'll be at Winter NAMM or Summer NAMM?

 

[Atomic-Hedgehog]

the only 12-string basses i've seen are with 4 trippled strings, i believe Hamer makes one... *shrugs*

 

[Marlat]

Given the amount of 9, 10 and 11 strings that are being made, I now refuse to be impressed until someone brings out a 15-string bass.

 

[embellisher]

OMG! I love being a bassist, stuff like this never ceases to amaze me.


What's wrong with a low G#, the 12-string could be tuned G#, C#, F#, B, E, A, D, G, C, F, Bb, Eb.

C#00 is 17 Hz. That would make G#000 what, around 14 Hz? And the C# string is .198 IIRC.

As difficult as it is to imagine being able to tune a high Ab string to pitch without breaking it, it has to be another high string.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

C#00 is 17 Hz. That would make G#000 what, around 14 Hz? And the C# string is .198 IIRC.

As difficult as it is to imagine being able to tune a high Ab string to pitch without breaking it, it has to be another high string.

I agree-think it will be fanned to accomodate the tension of the higher strings?

 

[Marlat]

I agree-think it will be fanned to accomodate the tension of the higher strings?

COuldnt you make the higher strings a substantially shorter scal by adopting something similar to the drone string on a banjo? Ie the tuner for the higher strings start about 2/3 of the way up the neck rather than at the headstock. It would look kinda unconventional, but not significantly more than an 11 or 12 string bass does anyway.

 

[j-raj]

C#00 is 17 Hz. That would make G#000 what, around 14 Hz? And the C# string is .198 IIRC.

As difficult as it is to imagine being able to tune a high Ab string to pitch without breaking it, it has to be another high string.

Dang! I was really hoping to hear about another step in the lower direction.