Double neck guitars - are they played in "real life"?

John_P

I have a couple - an Emerald 12 and 6 carbon fibre acoustic and a 7 and 6 electric I made from Ibanez parts - heavy and awkward but great fun.    

Funkfingers

Adey said:

Some twin neck guitars seem to be a guitar and a bass combined...

What's the point of that?

One musician, doubling on two instruments means extra pay!

The player can Dance On A Volcano and see whether Supper’s Ready. 

Boromedic

Danny1969 said:

I use one all the time, SG Custom Shop jobbie 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHc0FxYXj9c

It takes some getting used to .... not so much the weight but the inbalance ....they are very neck heavy so you balance it with your foreman while playing it.

Good job that mate, sounded brilliant!

DrCornelius

Danny1969 said:

I use one all the time, SG Custom Shop jobbie 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHc0FxYXj9c

It takes some getting used to .... not so much the weight but the inbalance ....they are very neck heavy so you balance it with your foreman while playing it.

That was bloody awesome

axisus

Billy Sheehan has a twin neck bass, both with 4 strings. Apparently he can't get on with 5 string basses so one is BEAD, and the other EADG.

merciful-evans

Never liked them. One or both will always be at the wrong playing position. Heavy as hell. All because you didnt make up your mind what sort of guitar to bring.

Oh yes, they look silly too.

roberty

Strings and setup... just thinking about it makes me want to cry lol

KKJale

There is compelling evidence for the awesomeness of a guitar/six string bass combo. 

https://i.imgur.com/CwZq1lo.jpg

PhilKing

I have an Ovation 6/12 double neck which gets used on a few songs.  TBH we could get away with a 6 & 12 string on a stand (which is what we used to do), but it looks good to have the double neck.  @WezV built me a bass & 12 string doubleneck for a prog rock band that I used to play in.  There was 12 string on the intro and the pre-chorus, which is why I needed it (needed is probably a bit of an exaggeration). 

axisus

merciful-evans said:

Oh yes, they look silly too.

[shock!] They look amazing!!!

Adey

axisus said:

merciful-evans said:

Oh yes, they look silly too.

[shock!] They look amazing!!!

No. Definitely silly!

Unless your surname is Page.

ICBM

Adey said:

No. Definitely silly!

Unless your surname is Felder.

FTFY

TheOtherDennis

Danny1969 said:

I use one all the time, SG Custom Shop jobbie 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHc0FxYXj9c

It takes some getting used to .... not so much the weight but the inbalance ....they are very neck heavy so you balance it with your foreman while playing it.

Top work that man.

And may I also add serious props to whoever did the sound on that video? Just as good as your fretwork.