NBD: New Rarity Day. Hamer B12L.

[Sean]

I've just got back from Islington after collecting this monster that I bought 6 weeks ago. I'd given up on finding one years ago. 

 

I've gigged a 12 in the past, I've played "those" songs live, I've seen Cheap Trick a few times, I've seen Tom Petersson guesting with Pearl Jam playing Surrender in the US, I've been chasing one of these for years. 

It's a 1999 B12L and it's like New Old Stock. It's pristine.

@Wolverinebass has given me some great pointers for biamping via the HXStomp and shared patches that I've already trialled with 4-string Spectors. 

It's the first set-neck bass I've ever had, apropos of nothing, just saying. 

 

It needs a set up, it'll get new strings in the morning and then I'll see what it can do. 

 

It's relatively light for such a thing @9.5lb. No idea of neck dive yet. That's the original Hamer case and the original certificate with serial number is in there.  

 

More pics and updates as the week progresses. 

 

 

Edited 11 hours ago by Sean

[itu]

That bass looks serious! Hopefully we will hear some playing after you have changed strings. That number of strings, it may be wise to change one at a time and not stress the neck too much. 

[Wolverinebass]

9 hours ago, itu said:

That bass looks serious! Hopefully we will hear some playing after you have changed strings. That number of strings, it may be wise to change one at a time and not stress the neck too much. 

From experience, you would want to change one course of three at a time. I did make the mistake of taking them all off at once to restring and it took the neck almost a full day afterwards to equalise back. Which was a bit stupid.

Edited 3 hours ago by Wolverinebass

[HeadlessBassist]

That's a fabulous looking thing. Obviously going by the mantra of, "He who dies with the most strings wins!"

[LeftyJ]

38 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

That's a fabulous looking thing. Obviously going by the mantra of, "He who dies with the most strings wins!"

 

Pianists: "Hold my beer"