Bass & guitar together

[zontar]

So if you HAD to play a double neck bass & guitar-(For this the bass can be whatever number of strings you like-and fretted or fretless, etc)
Would you prefer the bass be the higher neck physically or the lower one?
I ask this because most double necks with bass & guitar that I see seem to be with the bass higher physically.
maybe they saw Jimmy Page & Bill Wyman and figured it made sense?

So what would your preference be--or maybe it wouldn't really matter which it was.

If you wouldn't play it either way--well, there is no option for you--sorry.
Maybe next time.

 

[quickfix]

Not something I've ever thought about before, but my answer didn't take more than a couple seconds to figure out.
I voted for guitar neck above the bass neck. I play my guitars pretty high, and my bass at belt buckle level.

 

[zontar]

Not something I've ever thought about before, but my answer didn't take more than a couple seconds to figure out.
I voted for guitar neck above the bass neck. I play my guitars pretty high, and my bass at belt buckle level.

That was my choice as well--I don't wear my guitar that high--but I don't like it down at my knees--it's a bit lower than where it would be when I am sitting, and I wear my bass a bit lower than that.
Having the bass neck higher feels awkward (Yes I've played double necks with bass & guitar before--but never owned one--I once tried to talk a friend into getting one so we could switch between bass & guitar in a song and get a drummer & start a band He didn't go for it.)

 

[Bodeanly]

I voted bass neck higher because my posture and technique are more defined with bass. I usually just beat the hell out of a guitar... And that would only look cool a little lower. It's a mullet of sorts: business up top, party down below.

 

[Maxwebster]

Everyone’s going to have their own preference but to me it depends on what your focus is. I’m a bass player that might be occasionally required to strum out some simple guitar parts on a song so I prefer the bass on top. If my priorities were reversed then my necks probably would be too.

 

[DigitalMan]

It seems to me that bass on top would balance better. Did Jimmy Page really have a double neck that included bass? Was Zepplin covering a Spinal Tap tune?

 

[bigtone23]

When I was in high school, a bandmate had a 70s Ibanez 2404 Bass/guitar double neck. It was a white SG/EB3 looking thing. The bass was on top. Seemed to work fine that way. I wonder how it would balance had the guitar been on top?

 

[Blaargh]

Probably bass on top. I'd be using the bass side much more- The guitar side would be an extra. Other way around seems a bit harder to balance, but you could probably work that out if you designed it properly.

 

[Gorn]

It seems to me that bass on top would balance better. Did Jimmy Page really have a double neck that included bass? Was Zepplin covering a Spinal Tap tune?

Derek Small's double neck was all bass. A four string and an 8 (octaves).

 

[DigitalMan]

Derek Small's double neck was all bass. A four string and an 8 (octaves).

Just saying what song would have multiple bass parts?

 

[AltGrendel]

Just saying what song would have multiple bass parts?

Awaken - Yes. (live, of course)

CS played a triple neck Wal and used each neck throughout the song.

Here's what I'd want, something like this:

 

[M.R. Ogle]

I built this one. It suits the way I play both guitar and bass best like this.

 

[twinjet]

Bass on lower deck, guitar above. Just feels right in terms of height as I also play slightly above the waist.

 

[Spectrum]

Bass on top, like a Ric 4080, since I play finger style. Also this is what a doubleneck should look like; without Geddy attached to it it's just not as cool:

 

[mikezimmerman]

Right hand technique with fingerpicking the bass and strumming the guitar with a pick would probably make guitar neck on the bottom feel better for me.

 

[electracoyote]

I'm digging the cool double neck pics.

I can't decide which is better, because I play guitars and bass equally poorly, and like them both at belt level. I suppose I could play either one higher up, so I would probably put the primary instrument on the bottom.

 

[LowDownHawkeye]

Bass right handed, guitar left handed. Then they can both be at the same level.

Just kidding of course.

 

[chungweishan]

Guitar neck higher.
If I was playing a two-neck, I figure that the only reason would be guitar-soloing and maybe comping a few chords. Thus I'd prefer the guitar neck closer.

The bass neck would be in my preferred playing position/height.

 

[thewildest]

Bass on top, (in my case) tuned in 5ths from the middle towards the top, and in 4ths to the bottom

 

[placedesjardins]

I play the guitar higher than the bass, so the guitar neck would go on top for me. .