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12-String Bass Brand List

To make it easier to track down your favorite brand of 12-string bass, here is a list of all the brands and custom builders found on this site:

 
 
  • Adam Fogo

  • AI Guitars

  • Bonobo Guitars

  • Brooks

  • Career

  • Carlo Robelli

  • Cataldo

  • Catanna

  • Chandler Guitars

  • Chris Whitely

  • Custom Chandler Style

  • Custom Mirror Front

  • Custom Thunderbird Style

  • Dean Guitars

  • Dommenget Guitars

  • DRW Instruments

  • Electrical Guitar Company

  • Emerald Guitars

  • First Act Custom Shop

  • Galveston

  • George Downing

  • Gibson Custom Shop

  • Gibson Explorer Conversion

  • Gretsch Custom Shop

  • Grinder

  • Hades

  • Hamer Guitars

  • Hense

  • Hiroshi Kid’s Guitar Company

  • J.C. Harper

  • Jet

  • Jorgensen

  • Josh Helms

  • Kenny Howes

  • König Bassworx

  • LaCroix Guitars

  • Lutz Fahrenkrog-Petersen

  • Marcus Martini

  • Marleaux Bass Guitars

  • Matthias Haydn

  • Mike's Custom Guitars

  • Modulus Guitars

  • Moze Guitars

  • Musicvox Guitars

  • Nosiglia Guitars

  • October Guitars

  • Oktober Guitars

  • Phil Pro Guitars

  • Robert Cole

  • Rothstein Guitars

  • Schecter Guitar Research

  • Shamray Custom Shop

  • Shine

  • Silver Star

  • Starfire

  • Stevie Conlon

  • Tennessee

  • Tommi Myöhänen

  • Unsung Musical Instruments

  • Venson

  • Vox Humana Custom Shop

  • Walter Griswold

  • Warrior Instruments

  • Warwick Custom Shop

  • Waterstone Guitars

  • Whitehouse Custom Guitars

  • William Fellows

  • Wishnevsky Guitars

  • Yamaha Guitar Development Custom Shop

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Hamer Tone - A Sleeping Giant
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Hamer's Multi-String Basses
Hans Grimm
Ian Edmundson
If I Had A Hamer
Mark Rowe
Tony Senatore
Tom Petersson
When Four Strings Aren't Enough
Tom Petersson - Japan 1996
Bibliography
12-String Bass Anthology
100 Greatest Rock Bassists
2,000 Guitars - The Ultimate Collection
American Basses
Cheap Trick
Guitars of the Stars
King's X
Pearl Jam
Rock Guitar Heroes
The Bass Book
The Bass Space
Titans of Bass
The Ultimate - Hamer Guitars
Chandler
Flying V 12
Royale 12
Chandler Pickguards
Chandler Specs
Chandler Pricelists
Chandler Warranty Card
Chandler Ads
Chandler Players
Other Chandler Info
Paul Chandler Interview
Conversions
Adam Fogo
Gibson Conversion
Kenny Howes
Lutz Fahrenkrog-Peterson
Mike's Custom Guitars
Robert Cole
Rogue LX408
Stevie Conlon
Tommi Myöhänen
Custom 12's
AI Guitars
Alexandre Paschalis
Bonobo Guitars
Brooks
Cataldo Basses
Catanna
Chandler Style
Chris Whiteley
Dommenget
DRW Instruments
Electrical Guitar Company
Emerald Guitars
George Downing
Gibson
Gretsch
Grinder
Ibanez
J C Harper
Jorgensen
Josh Helms
Klingon
König Bassworx
LaCroix Guitars
Marleaux
Matthias Haydn
Mirror Front
Modulus
Moze Guitars
Nosiglia Guitars
Prat Basses
Rothstein Guitars
Schecter Guitar Research
Shamray
Thunderbird
Vox Humana
Walter Griswold
Warwick
Whitehouse
William Fellows
Yamaha
Fantasy 12's
Dean
Dean Rhapsody
Dean B-Stock
Custom Deans
Dean Serial Numbers
Dean Catalogs
Dean Ads
Dean Specs
Dean Players
Dean Sightings
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Big Wreck
Blue Floyd
Brenda Freed
Buck Brothers
Carmine Appice
Chasing Turtles
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick Tributes
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Cliff Hillis
Clatter
Crunchy
Curtis Mayfield Tribute
Dave Pomeroy
DJ Judge Show
Dry
Dug Pinnick
DumBass
Enuff Z'Nuff
Éonz
F5
Frühstück
Gabby Hayz
Galactic Cowboys
Garlic
Glitterhick
Gov't Mule
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Grip Weeds
Hamsas XIII
HIKS
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Hunk
In The Machine
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Jennifer Mansfield Peal
Jerry Rigged
John Corabi
Johnny Cash
Joydrop
Judge Unger
Jupiter Groove
Kelly Fairchild
Kerbcrawlers
Kevin Macza
King's X
Lead Kross
Les Fradkin
Life Sex & Death
Lyle Ritz
Mary's Magnet
Meghan Cristeen Martin
Metallica
Metro Society
Miles Helm
Minds Of One
Mother Love Bone
Mötley Crüe
Patrick Alexander
Paul Gilbert
Pearl Jam
Punch Drunk Cabaret
Rapid Fire
Raven
Rich Krueger
Richard Savoie
Ricky Wayne Sprague
Riverdog Sampson
Robert Cole Band
Scars Blue
Second Glance
Second Story
Section 16
Shalini
Soil
Something Orange
Something Primitive
Sorentinos
Souls At Zero
So What?
Spencer Perskin
Stephen Jay
Steve Bailey
Talk Radio
Tempest
This Picture
Thousand Pound Shyne
Tim Harden
Tony Senatore
TriPod
Union
Vince Neil
Weird Al Yankovic
White Fear Chain
Wrathchild America
Xaltar
Z
Zebulon Pike
12 x 12 Compilation
Overkill Is Just Enough
Garudio
Safety In Numbers
Discontinued 12's
First Act Custom Shop
Hiroshi Kids
Phil
Shine
Starfire
Tennessee
Venson
Wishnevsky
General Information
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Origin of the 12-String Bass
12-String Bass Misinformation
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Steve Ames
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Tony Leicht
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Oktober Players
Tony Leicht Interview
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12-String Bass Tunings
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Hamer Factory Tour
Unsung Musical Instruments
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Career
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Unsung Custom 12's
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Hamer Guitars
Warrior
Warrior 12's
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Warrior Catalog
Warrior Tailpieces
Waterstone
Bob Singer Interview
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Ozone Solid Body
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