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Bass & guitar together
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Aw, man, you must have your reasons to let it go, but it is one awesome-looking beast!
À propos of double-neck Rick copies, @Walfretless5's custom is more than link-worthy here:
Custom Rutherford Double Neck Build
And another thread about double headless (East Asian) basses/guitars:
Buying a Headless Double Neck.....
Thanks. Yeah, it plays great. I got it for yet another Prog project that fell apart. So it goes....
Uhm, if the guitar is a regular 25" or thereabouts the bass is in the usual, almost-30" Dano scale, or exactly three more frets as shown (bridges are aligned so it's easy to see). Verry cool though. Too rich for my present blood, but cool!
I was going by this bit in the description..
bass scale: long scale, C-shape neck plywood rosewood fretboard, 21 frets,
Noted. Thing is, either that (or the pic) is a mistake, or the guitar is a(n unusual for Danelectro, at least AFAIK) 28-odd -inch baritone, no two ways about it. My money (not ^^') is on the first hypothesis.
I have a custom Carvin doubleneck, 6-string guitar (with tremelo!) on top and 4-string bass on the bottom. All black, both with inline headstocks. I bought it in 1989. It was the only Carvin I'd seen in that configuration, with the guitar on top. The inline headstocks really work well together, too. All the tuners on both necks are almost in one line, and all easily accessible from the top. I found it hanging in the Hollywood Carvin store, a cancelled custom order for someone. As soon as I tried it, I liked it and bought it. It was the first and still the only doubleneck that I found reasonably comfortable to play. I still have it, although I rarely play it these days. If I remember right, I paid $1100 for it.
I tried a lot of doublenecks before finding that one. I didn't like any of them that had the bass on top. Two reasons: When playing bass, the back of my left hand would always be hitting the headstock of the guitar. When playing guitar, it was bending my wrist too far when playing chords. I didn't have either of those problems with the bass on the bottom.
The one silly thing on the Carvin was that Floyd Rose tremelo on the guitar neck originally had the standard arm, which really got in the way dangling down over the bass. I made up a new low profile tremelo bar that stays down about the level of all the strings. That solved the problem, and even served somewhat as a thumb rest while playing bass.
I also didn't like the original pickups in it (this was a 1988 instrument, back when Carvin's pickups were kind of lame), so I put DiMarzio humbuckers in the guitar and EMG's in the bass. It's still a nice bass/guitar to play. If I remember right, it weighs around 11 lbs.
I tried a lot of doublenecks before finding that one. I didn't like any of them that had the bass on top. Two reasons: When playing bass, the back of my left hand would always be hitting the headstock of the guitar. When playing guitar, it was bending my wrist too far when playing chords. I didn't have either of those problems with the bass on the bottom.
The one silly thing on the Carvin was that Floyd Rose tremelo on the guitar neck originally had the standard arm, which really got in the way dangling down over the bass. I made up a new low profile tremelo bar that stays down about the level of all the strings. That solved the problem, and even served somewhat as a thumb rest while playing bass.
I also didn't like the original pickups in it (this was a 1988 instrument, back when Carvin's pickups were kind of lame), so I put DiMarzio humbuckers in the guitar and EMG's in the bass. It's still a nice bass/guitar to play. If I remember right, it weighs around 11 lbs.
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Most likely it would at least cost more than a single neck.
So more reason to learn to do it yourself.
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Hey if I can do it--at last for the basic stuff--just about anybody can learn to do the most basic stuff for themselves--and maybe even more--especially if you're even half decent with tools.
Sure some things you need to be better at tools to do--but there are so many resources to learn from.
And many threads that list those resources.
A local store once advertised a sale on string changes.
Not a buy a set of strings & we'll change them promo or anything like that--just strings changes.
I've always been a fan of mutant instruments 
. I hear a lot of people whine about the weight of these things but I find balance to be the more important issue when shopping for one. I can put up with the weight for a couple of songs but dealing with a poorly designed double is like wrestling with a tantrum throwing toddler!
. I hear a lot of people whine about the weight of these things but I find balance to be the more important issue when shopping for one. I can put up with the weight for a couple of songs but dealing with a poorly designed double is like wrestling with a tantrum throwing toddler!Attachments
I'm pretty sure I could subdue an adult faster and easier than when I try changing my 1 year old's diaper.I've always been a fan of mutant instruments
