Interesting tailpiece on a 12-string bass. And very interesting electronics on the Explorer-style, too.
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@northernbassist
I know nothing about 12-string basses like this. Looking at the string diameters, it's clear that the additional strings are meant to be tuned to much higher. Are the two smaller strings tuned in unison an octave above the main string?
i believe so. guessing that it takes a lot to get the ring that they'd be looking for. Trying to keep the octave strings tuned to different notes sounds like a nightmare.
I play a lot of bass chords, on the A D G strings (E just muddies things up too much) and you need roll off the Bass freqs and push the mids and treb a bit on a Rickenbacher 4001 and you get both a nice bottom and can play some nice rich complex chord tones..
I could see this working okay.