Shamray is located in Moscow, Russia. This custom shop Shamray 12-string bass was built in 2008 and the design was obviously inspired by Rickenbacker. Similar to the Rickenbacker 4003 series 8-string basses, it has a 4-saddle bridge, unbound neck and body and dot inlay neck. Interestingly, unlike the Rickenbacker's, the Shamray incorporates the standard string arrangement.

Alex Berezin gave the 12 a workout at the show. He writes, "It has Chernishov's custom-made passive pickups. The huge single pickup sounds like a natural overdrive, and the neck pickup gives kind of a Cheap Trick sound. I'm not a huge fan of Cheap Trick at all (which I see is an unusual thing for a guy who plays a 12ver), but I respect their sound much, and I think it's a good sign if a 12ver sounds akin to Tom's."

Alexey "Evil Alex" Berezin in Moscow, Russia had this bass custom built for him. Alex designed the bass, created the blueprints and procured many of the parts that were incorporated into it. He started with the design of the Soviet-made Roden 4-string bass as the inspiration for his new 12-string.

The Roden bass was built by the Moscow Experimental Factory of Musical Instruments in the mid 1970's. While the bass had a solid body, there was a large control cavity directly underneath the pickguard.

Alex stated, "The original Roden had a very big electronics cavity, and believe it or not, it added a smooth hollow-body feel to this bass's sound. Therefore, a full hollow-body construction of this new 12-string bass is a natural progression. I added the F-holes to the design so that it has a classic vintage feel over it."