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It's really a matter of personal preference. Most 12-string players prefer the octave strings above the bass strings. This has become the standard over time. When playing downstrokes with a pick, you hit the octave strings first. But not a lot of players use only downstrokes when playing with a pick. And there are some players who prefer it the other way around; the octave string below the bass string. It is called reversed triplets. When you play finger style you'd hit the octave string first. But the difference is hardly noticeable. Since you really hit all three strings at once. The biggest difference you'll notice between the two is actually on your fretting hand. Pressing three strings down with your finger feels quite different when they are reversed.

That's a truly stunning-looking bass, and I'm glad to hear the sound does it justice.

Wood 'Plugs' would(!) Be better as Dowel will show End Grain, which might need attention before a finish. Or...

Longshots in a pub carpark in East Manchester this afternoon. Bass player with a Capri Orange P and a fridge. Respect!

Thanks, and interestingly I bought not only a hand-held reamer today but also a step drill bit! I'm aiming to use the former but will have the latter on standby. I love the fact that whatever job you need to do, someone has invented a tool. However, there is one major problem - knowing what that tool is called! I'd never heard of a step drill until I searched reamer and they appeared low in the results 🤔 This is the body in question, I'm hoping next time I post a photo it looks a whole lot better

@Basvarken: what's the order of the strings? If I remember an old article right, playing with a pick or fingers defies the order. Is this true? With pick the downstroke hits the lowest first, and with fingers it's the other way around, yes/no?

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We arrived early and went round the festival before anyone else! Bought some naga chilli sauce which was my level. Tried hotter ones, but the flavours weren’t as good.

added a diy noise maker from holy island it can run of the two solar panel but one of mine is faulty, but it has a back up 9v super simple sounds weird which is what I want

When enlarging headstock tuner holes I’ve used successfully either a hand-held reamer (as suggested by @Hellzero) or a step drill bit with a drill chuck and t-bar handle. Slow and steady by hand………just watch out for chips occurring in the surface coating (poly worse than nitro). If you can locate centrally a washer or coin of the desired final hole size, pre-score around it with a sharp scribe. This will help minimise chips and serve as a guide for the drill/reamer.

I couldn’t play that. The band would be running round trying to find me trying all the chilli products

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My solution for that - a wristband, pulled up to where the forearm meets the body. I play basses with zero forearm contouring, even binding without issue if I do this.

Marvellous!

I did buy that but returned it due to the lack of a forearm contour. It sounded great and the colour looked amazing. Was really sorry to part with it but I knew from previous experience, it would be uncomfortable for me to play.

Here? Basschat? I am losing my grip. I thought I had been through the adverts!! Off to look now!