RIP
rip magazine
Article Title
Magazine
Country
Issue
Date
Pages
King’s X: To Boldly Go…
RIP Magazine
USA
Volume 5, Number 4
March, 1991
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.
rip magazine - November 1990 issue
A full page ad for Cheap Trick’s Busted album includes a Hamer B12A 12-string bass.