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Eight-string bass guitar

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An eight-string bass guitar is a type of bass guitar with double course strings normally tuned in octaves, with both strings in a course usually played simultaneously. [1]

65 relations: Abraham Laboriel, Alcatrazz, Anthrax (American band), Bass guitar, Bent Sæther, Butt Trumpet, Cheap Trick, Chorus effect, Chris Squire, Cinderella (band), Course (music), Crosstown Traffic (song), Dean Guitars, Doug Pinnick, Electric Ladyland, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Eric Brittingham, ESP Guitars, Extended-range bass, Frank Bello, Genesis (band), Greg Lake, Hagström, Hamer Guitars, Ibanez, Ibanez K5, Ibanez K7, Jason Newsted, Jeff Ament, Jimi Hendrix, John Entwistle, John Paul Jones (musician), Jol Dantzig, King's X, Korn, Led Zeppelin, Lemmy, Manic Depression (song), Mark Egan, Metallica, Michael Manring, Mike Rutherford, Motörhead, Motorpsycho, Nick Lowe, Paulo Jr., Pearl Jam, Plectrum, Raney, Reginald Arvizu, ..., Rickenbacker, Schecter Guitar Research, Sepultura, Slapping (music), Soil (American band), The Who, Tom Petersson, Twelve-string guitar, Univox, Victor Wooten, Warmoth Guitars, Washburn Guitars, Yes (band), Zon Guitars, 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be). Expand index (15 more) »

Abraham Laboriel

Abraham Laboriel Sr. (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks.

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Alcatrazz

Alcatrazz was an American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea.

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Anthrax (American band)

Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bent Sæther

Bent Sæther (born 18 February 1969 in Oslo, Norway) is the bass guitarist and lead vocalist of the Norwegian psychedelic rock band Motorpsycho from the start in 1989.

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Butt Trumpet

Butt Trumpet is an American, Los Angeles based punk project band, founded and maintained by Thom Bone, that is known more for its crass lyrics and deliberately offensive style.

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Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1974.

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Chorus effect

In music, a chorus effect (sometimes chorusing, choruser or chorused effect) occurs when individual sounds with approximately the same time, and very similar pitches converge and are perceived as one.

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Chris Squire

Christopher Russell Edward Squire (4March 1948 – 27June 2015) was an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist and a founder of the progressive rock band Yes.

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Cinderella (band)

Cinderella was an American rock band formed in 1982 from the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Course (music)

A course, on a stringed musical instrument, is two or more adjacent strings that are closely spaced relative to the other strings, and typically played as a single string.

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Crosstown Traffic (song)

"Crosstown Traffic" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix recorded in 1967 and released in 1968.

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Dean Guitars

Dean Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Dean, is an American manufacturer of stringed instruments and musical products.

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Doug Pinnick

Douglas Theodore "Doug" Pinnick (born September 3, 1950), sometimes stylized as dUg Pinnick or simply dUg, is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock/progressive metal band King's X. He has performed on fifteen albums with King's X, and recorded four solo albums.

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Electric Ladyland

Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970.

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Eric Brittingham

Eric Brittingham (born May 8, 1960) is an American bass guitarist best known for playing in the band Cinderella.

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ESP Guitars

is a Japanese guitar manufacturer, primarily focused on the production of electric guitars and basses.

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Extended-range bass

An extended-range bass is an electric bass guitar with a wider frequency range than a standard-tuned four-string bass guitar.

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Frank Bello

Francis Charles Joseph Bello (born July 9, 1965) is an Italian American musician who plays bass guitar for the thrash metal band Anthrax.

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Genesis (band)

Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey in 1967.

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Greg Lake

Gregory Stuart Lake (10 November 1947 – 7 December 2016) was an English bassist, guitarist, singer, songwriter, and producer who gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock bands King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP).

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Hagström

Hagström is a musical instrument manufacturer in Älvdalen, Dalecarlia, Sweden.

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Hamer Guitars

Hamer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars founded in 1973, in Wilmette, Illinois, by vintage guitar shop owners Paul Hamer, Jol Dantzig James Walker and John Montgomery.

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Ibanez

is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki.

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Ibanez K5

The Ibanez K5 is the signature bass for metal band KoRn's bassist Reginald Fieldy Arvizu.

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Ibanez K7

The Ibanez K7 series is a signature series of seven-string guitars created by Korn guitarists James "Munky" Shaffer and Brian "Head" Welch.

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Jason Newsted

Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American metal musician, known for being the third bass guitarist with the band Metallica from October 1986 until his sudden departure in January 2001.

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Jeff Ament

Jeffrey Allen Ament (born March 10, 1963) is an American musician and songwriter who serves as the bassist for the American rock band Pearl Jam.

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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

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John Entwistle

John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, singer, songwriter, and film and music producer.

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John Paul Jones (musician)

John Richard Baldwin (born 3 January 1946), better known by his stage name John Paul Jones, is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer.

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Jol Dantzig

Jolyon C. Dantzig (Jol Dantzig) is known as an artist, businessman, songwriter, designer, guitarist, luthier, author and one of the founders of Hamer Guitars.

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King's X

King's X is an American rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups.

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Korn

Korn (stylized as KoЯn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Lemmy

Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy, was an English musician and singer-songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead.

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Manic Depression (song)

"Manic Depression" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967.

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Mark Egan

Mark Egan (born 1951 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra.

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Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band.

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Michael Manring

Michael Manring (born June 27, 1960 in AnnapolisTom Mulhern, Bass Heroes: Styles, Stories & Secrets of 30 Great Bass Players: from the Pages of Guitar Player Magazine, Backbeat Books, 1993,, p.26) is an American bass guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Mike Rutherford

Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford (born 2 October 1950) is an English songwriter and musician.

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Motörhead

Motörhead were an English rock band formed in June 1975 by bassist, singer, and songwriter Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, who was the sole constant member, guitarist Larry Wallis and drummer Lucas Fox.

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Motorpsycho

Motorpsycho (initiated 1989 at Trøndertun, Melhus, Norway) is a band from Trondheim.

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Nick Lowe

Nicholas Drain Lowe (born 24 March 1949), known as Nick Lowe, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer.

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Paulo Jr.

Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. (born 30 April 1969, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian musician/bassist for heavy metal band Sepultura.

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Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.

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Plectrum

A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument.

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Raney

Raney is a surname, and may refer to.

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Reginald Arvizu

Reginald Quincy "Fieldy" Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Los Angeles County, California) is an American musician.

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Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker International Corporation is an electric string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California.

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Schecter Guitar Research

Schecter Guitar Research, commonly known simply as Schecter, is a US guitar, bass and amplifier manufacturer.

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Sepultura

Sepultura ("grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17.

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Slapping (music)

Slapping and popping are ways to produce percussive sounds on a double bass or bass guitar by bouncing strings against the fretboard.

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Soil (American band)

Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is an American rock band that was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997.

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The Who

The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964.

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Tom Petersson

Thomas John Peterson (born May 9, 1950), better known as Tom Petersson, is an American musician who is best known for being the bass guitar player for the rock band Cheap Trick.

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Twelve-string guitar

The 12-string guitar is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar.

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Univox

Univox was a musical instrument brand of Unicord Corporation from the early 1960s, when they purchased the Amplifier Corporation of America of Westbury, New York and began to market a line of guitar amplifiers.

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Victor Wooten

Victor Lemonte Wooten (born September 11, 1964) is an American bass player, composer, author, producer, educator, and recipient of five Grammy Awards.

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Warmoth Guitars

Warmoth Guitar Products, Inc. is a manufacturer and distributor of electric guitar and bass parts, located in Puyallup, Washington, USA.

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Washburn Guitars

Washburn Guitars is an American manufacturer and importer of guitars, mandolins, and other string instruments.

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Yes (band)

Yes are an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by singer Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford.

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Zon Guitars

Zon Guitars is a manufacturer of bass guitars founded in 1981 by Joseph Zon.

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1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

"1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" is a song by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, featured on their 1968 third album Electric Ladyland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight-string_bass_guitar

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