RIP

 
 

rip magazine

  • Article Title - King’s X: To Boldly Go…

  • Issue - Volume 5, Number 4

  • Date - March 1991

  • Pages - 7-8

Published between 1986 and 1996, Rip Magazine was focused on hard rock bands. Larry Flynt, founder of magazines such as Hustler, was the publisher.

This issue includes a photo of Doug Pinnick of King’s X with his left-handed Hamer B12S 12-string bass. The topic of the article is Doug’s songwriting. Also included is an interview with Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen, and that interview includes a photo of Tom Petersson with a black Hamer B12A 12-string bass.

 

Tom Petersson and the black Hamer B12A 12-string bass.

 

rip magazine - November 1990 issue

A full page ad for Cheap Trick’s Busted album includes a Hamer B12A 12-string bass.

 
 

rip magazine - March 1993 issue

A two-page photo of Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament includes a Hamer “Ament” 12-string bass.