Anyone recognize this Tom Petersson 8-string Hamer

[Sugar]

Maybe if any pics of him using it on stage or maybe using in the studio. 
 

[cmatthes]

Pretty sure that one was never owned by Tom.   It’s been discussed here and elsewhere...Tom may have signed it, but he didn’t own many 8s.

[custom53]

I never saw him with a 8 string but I did see him with  a 12 String... Like the one I had..

 

[Sugar]

9 hours ago, custom53 said:

I never saw him with a 8 string but I did see him with  a 12 String... Like the one I had..

 

How do these sounds? How would you use this vs a 4 string? By that I mean what is it best suited for?

[HAMERMAN]

One way they seem to get used is to thicken the sound of a trio to sound more like they have a rhythm guitarist. Listen to some early King's X to get a rough idea. 

[Biz Prof]

20 minutes ago, HAMERMAN said:

One way they seem to get used is to thicken the sound of a trio to sound more like they have a rhythm guitarist. Listen to some early King's X to get a rough idea. 

There are several tunes on Gretchen Goes to Nebraska where the heavy texture of the 12er fills the gaps when Ty Tabor is taking a solo.  It's very obvious, yet it sounds perfectly natural on those recordings. The lads knew what they were doing.

[JohnnyB]

24 minutes ago, HAMERMAN said:

One way they seem to get used is to thicken the sound of a trio to sound more like they have a rhythm guitarist. Listen to some early King's X to get a rough idea. 

If you want to hear how a Hamer 12-string bass in the capable hands of Tom Petersson can drive a song, listen to CT's rendition of "I Want You to Want Me" at their "Live at Budokan" performance. Play the video sound through a full-range set of headphones to hear how the thrumming of a 12-string bass can propel the song from start to finish.

 

[Carl.B]

2 hours ago, HAMERMAN said:

One way they seem to get used is to thicken the sound of a trio to sound more like they have a rhythm guitarist. Listen to some early King's X to get a rough idea. 

I would say just listen to some Cheap Trick!

[Sugar]

https://postimg.cc/gallery/FsmwwG9
 

more pics of bass. Any more thoughts from seeing these?

[cmatthes]

Yep.   Somebody got to bring a bass backstage and had the band sign it.   I’m even more convinced now that TOM never owned/played that bass.

[Steve Haynie]

Tom would not be one to put a visitor pass on one of his basses.

[Sugar]

Cool thanks guys. Looks like possible headstock crack too but not sure. What would be real $ value if u were buying it yourself. Those emgs would coming out though Fast  lol.

[GuitarGuy65]

I've always loved this Cheap Trick song as it gives a great representation of the 12 string bass sound...

Another tune would be "Jeremy" from Pearl Jam, just listen to that intro:

 

[TB1]

The shop can say whatever they want if that's what they're saying

It's  never been owned by Tom

Nice modified  signer bass

I had a really fun exchange with them today!

Its not for sale

[Willie G. Moseley]

During the pub rock/Rockpile era, Nick Lowe played a Hamer 8-String Bass, and he'd opined that it sounded like 'dinosaurs eating cars,' so Hamer ran an ad with him and his bass. My perception is that he's sometimes overlooked when multi-string Hamer basses are being discussed.

[DaveH]

50 minutes ago, TB1 said:

The shop can say whatever they want if that's what they're saying

It's  never been owned by Tom

Nice modified  signer bass

I had a really fun exchange with them today!

Its not for sale

Sounds interesting... Care to elaborate?

[0054]

1 hour ago, Willie G. Moseley said:

During the pub rock/Rockpile era, Nick Lowe played a Hamer 8-String Bass, and he'd opined that it sounded like 'dinosaurs eating cars,' so Hamer ran an ad with him and his bass. My perception is that he's sometimes overlooked when multi-string Hamer basses are being discussed.

I can hear him singing "She was a winner, who became the doggies dinner" 

[cmatthes]

She never meant that much to me.

[gtrdaddy]

8 hours ago, TB1 said:

I had a really fun exchange with them today!

Its not for sale

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[polara]

When I was playing bass more than guitar I owned (not simultaneously) a B12L, a B12S, and a B8S. They were all tons of fun, especially the long-scale 12. As I was in a trio doing noisy originals the sound became part of our sound. They do teach you to play more economically and purposefully, as if you’re the sloppy or hesitant you can REALLY hear your mistakes. 

[Rich_S]

You can really hear the 12-string sound on In Color, which I believe was the first album on which Petersen used one.  Without listening to the album, I can’t say which tracks illustrate it best.  You’re All Talk springs to mind, though.  

40 years down the road, I’m struck by how quickly he mastered an entirely new instrument.  There are times you can hear him using up- or down-strokes to play the bass strings and the octaves independently of one another.

[cmatthes]

2 hours ago, Rich_S said:

You can really hear the 12-string sound on In Color, which I believe was the first album on which Petersen used one.  Without listening to the album, I can’t say which tracks illustrate it best.  You’re All Talk springs to mind, though.  

40 years down the road, I’m struck by how quickly he mastered an entirely new instrument.  There are times you can hear him using up- or down-strokes to play the bass strings and the octaves independently of one another.

Actually, there is no 12 string bass on “In Color”!   
True story!

[Rich_S]

Not even the bonus tracks on the CD from a few years ago?  That may be what I’m thinking of.

[Steve Haynie]

Listen to Heaven Tonight and you hear the 12 string bass on Auf Wierdersehen and On Top Of The World.  It was a different sound than the distorted bass on the first two albums. 

 

[DaveH]

Heaven Tonight is my favorite CT album. It conjures up so many memories