Double neck Bass/Guitar Pro's/Cons

[twocargar]

Lots of fun, them doublenecks! (see my avatar)

+1 to making sure you get a case for it. I still don't have one for mine. Also make sure you have a stand too.

 

[Bruce Johnson]

More story and great pictures of Quad here:

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Hey, it may be show biz, but like the gimmick of playing two saxophones at once it's got to be a huge hit with fans! I love it!

Thanks for that link! I hadn't seen those pictures of it. As usual, Mike and I get no credit, and we're feeling bad all the way to the bank. Dean paid for it, so the glory is theirs! That's okay, that's the way this business operates, and we'll be happy to build their next crazy project.

 

[kcole4001]

When I was a teenager I had a double-neck, and the first time I showed it to my guitar teacher he picked it up, postitioned his hands as if there were an invisible neck equidistant between the two (extant) necks, and, in his best Goldilocks & The Three Bears voice, said "This one's too high! And this one's too low!"

He's not wrong!

There are three possibilities to choose from:
1) optimum bass neck height, guitar neck will be quite awkward to play
2) optimum guitar neck height, bass neck will be awkward to play
3) best compromise between the two extremes to fit the player's need

 

[neo land]

I bought a headless fretted/fretless doubleneck a while ago. A Chinese Steinberger ripoff.
And although it's headless and looks easy to play, it's heavy as hell.
Only played it live once...

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[christpncher]

has anyone seen those chinese made double-necked Rickenbacker bass/guitars? i saw one on dhgate.com

 

[tribus]

Never mind the cons, when you play a doubleneck is all about looking "cool".

 

[rick4001s]

has anyone seen those chinese made double-necked Rickenbacker bass/guitars? i saw one on dhgate.com

Yes indeed, I bought one. Yeah it weighs a tonne. But its cool. Love the way the other neck vibrates in harmonic sympathy with the one you are playing. Some interesting effects to be sourced there Its like holding a babe in your arms when sitting down and playing

 

[coronado3]

How's the quality on these?

 

[Steve Chappell]

I’ve recently built a double neck bass/guitar kit from the SOLO company. I am pleased to say that it turned out pretty damn nice. Not perfect, but decent enough for my needs. I have some modifications in mind... such as switching the location of the three-way switch. In its present position I keep accidentally flipping the switch to guitar when I’m slapping the bass. Very counter productive. Otherwise it’s pretty light for such a large instrument. The wood is an Asian Paulownia which is strong, lightweight, and aesthetically attractive. I like having this doubleneck for the purpose of a convenient learning resource (I am interested in both guitar and bass), and also a song writing tool. I’m not really a performer... but the idea of taking this downtown Madison and doing some busking with it is rather tempting! Regarding a case... I couldn’t find one that fit and ended up buying an Epiphone case designed for a different guitar and modifying it. Had to tear into the beading and do some surgery on the foam & furry cover fabric. With some tacky craft glue I was able to mound it all back together and now my double neck rests in there nice and snug. So, with the Solo kit I built the guitar(sanded, stained, finished, constructed all the parts) and then dragged the works/wires over to The Guitar Shop (in Madison, WI) and a tech named Ian wired and set it up for me. Ian is a guitar tech wizard and there is no way I would have got the job done correctly without his expertise!

 

[Giffro]

I would like to have a fretted and fretless bass double neck...i think about it often...i could seethat being more useful than a guitar and bass combo.
But thats just me

You mean like this...

 

[Aloe]

pro: you have a guitar in your guitar, so you can play a guitar while you're playing the guitar!
cons: guitar, blasphemy!

 

[Daddy-R]

I would like to have a fretted and fretless bass double neck...i think about it often...i could seethat being more useful than a guitar and bass combo.
But thats just me

Looking for that combo myself, Fretted 4-string and fretted 5-string; so far only fretted 5 string and fretless 4 string on ebay -China still looking 7-22-2025