Cheap Trick-Tom Petersson 12 String Bass - 92

[ironmannjb]

Great, I've always wanted to hear his bass by itself. Thank you

[kwmrz]

It is a Hiroshigi... See the Dragon inlay... Hense the name Hiroshigi Dragon. They don't make you fly, but it will make your left arm fall off. I used to have two... now only one... and it's on ebay for only $5K!

[kwmrz]

Hiroshigi "Kids" bass... I used to have TWO of them. One is on eBay right now :)

Better have a big checkbook!

[wabankik]

...Very Familliar,That Whole intro was all him & Bun(need your Love),very Pioneering for '79,sounds Great,

[DrowningCreekBand]

That bass sounds like shit.

Boring vid.

[Vinnybrain]

@DrowningCreekBand ehhh.....i dont agree. being part of a power trio, this cat MADE cheap tricks sound (A BIG sound) SINGLE HANDEDLY for many years. can you say the same?

[Jan1515]

1:23 "shit n-word swine"???? lol

[804pillow]

A 1-manOrchestra

[CSXer]

Something tells me all the Japanese in the crowd are very confused....

Tom needs a better interpreter...

[InvaderOfYourHeart]

always thought the intro for "Need Your Love" was guitar, ha!

[antecresearch]

he is playing hamer!!

[BassPedal2009]

no hes playing a hiroshigi kids' bass. Hes past his Hamer here.

[BassPedal2009]

in my opinion, one of the nicest basses tom has ever played

[porkrollsammy]

The instrument is grouped into four groups of three strings. Guitar and bass strings mixed together.

[sourmelee]

Is it triple octaved too?

[simonejp91]

usually not but it is possible

[Masamuneblader]

This particular 12-string bass is not triple octaved just a pair of octave strings in unison for every main string. Most 12 strings are like that but i've seen the 3 octaves done.

[CheapTrick94]

his arent but there out there

[CheapTrick94]

at 1:22 tom goes AH SHIT!

[holepick27]

holy shit!

a hirogishi kids bass!!!!!

[Jroyale12]

can you still get those basses ?

[holepick27]

Nah, theres only 50 ever made,

I believe theres actually one on Ebay, but it $15,000.

[Jroyale12]

why this bass cost so much? does it make you fly across the stage or what?

[CheapTrick94]

it was made exclusively in japan and Holepick27 is right there is but hes also selling a hamer acoustic look with it. and if you listen to is you can see why it would cost so much haha

[porkrollsammy]

I think Tom was playing Chandler basses at the time of this video. He's now playing Waterstone basses.

[holepick27]

Yeah i know about the Chandlers, and trust me I dream of the Waterstones, but you can tell its a Hiro Kids bass from the Dragon inlay on the body. the 12stringbass site covers em

[Smakutus]

He was playing the Kids basses at this time but probably had a Hamer or two for back up. Even after he started playing the Chandler stuff he had a green/blue Kids 12ver that he would use on the song "You're All Talk" during the album shows in the late 90's. He would tune the low E's up to G's for that song so he could hit that low note with a open string.

Jeff

[porkrollsammy]

Thanks for that info Smackutus.

[804pillow]

@porkrollsammy dUg Pinnick from KING'S X owns a lefty!!

[checkeredsockmonkey]

Thank you for posting this - its simply smashing!!

[CheapTrick94]

dude where did u find this clip

[porkrollsammy]

It's from a "Rare Collection" Cheap Trick video from a ways back.

[OhClaire714]

Thanks for posting this...can you tell us when it was filmed?

[porkrollsammy]

You're welcome.I think it was filmed during Cheap Trick's 1992 Tour Of Japan at Tower Records.