Multi necked guitars

[Dave2002]

I came across an electric guitar with two necks recently at an auction. Boy, was that heavy.

I didn't know such things existed, but followed up with a search.

This is the result - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-neck_guitar - an interesting read.

5 or 6 necks crazy - 12 necks - bonkers!

[MrGongGong]

More Tap than Tufnel ?

[Joseph K]

Well, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin was one of the first people I know of to play a guitar with more than one neck. I've seen Steve Vai play one with three necks.

I haven't seen anyone actually play a guitar with more than three necks.

[MrGongGong]

Well, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin was one of the first people I know of to play a guitar with more than one neck. I've seen Steve Vai play one with three necks.

I haven't seen anyone actually play a guitar with more than three necks.

and so on and so on and so on

[cloughie]

and so on and so on and so on

What interesting sounds he could make - if only he had four hands,

[Richard Tarleton]

and so on and so on and so on

Just out of interest, MrGG (an amateur plucker asks), this is just a stunt, right? As there's only one string on each neck, why not have them all on one neck, which would be more ergonomic? There doesn't appear to be any difference between this and a conventional bass guitar, except that one of the necks is fretless.... It's not as if the strings were of wildly different lengths, like on a chittarone?

[Serial_Apologist]

Do not worry, everyone. The next stage in human evolution will also [] produce a being with four arms.

[MrGongGong]

Just out of interest, MrGG (an amateur plucker asks), this is just a stunt, right? As there's only one string on each neck, why not have them all on one neck, which would be more ergonomic? There doesn't appear to be any difference between this and a conventional bass guitar, except that one of the necks is fretless.... It's not as if the strings were of wildly different lengths, like on a chittarone?

"a stunt" ?

Not sure what you mean by that ?
yes, it could be more "ergonomic" but there again THIS







Is more ergonomic (as is the LHS of my squeezebox) than a conventional piano

All depends on what you want to do.....

[Richard Tarleton]

"a stunt" ?

Not sure what you mean by that ?

(I may be taking this far too seriously ) - a joke? I can't see what musical or practical benefit it bestows. A chittarone/theorbo (for example) may have extreme visual appeal but was part of a serious search for an ever wider and deeper range for what started as the lute. I imagine the thing in your picture had serious intent

Consider the double neck. Half six string, half something else, part curiosity and entirely awesome.
For a class of instrument that makes up a tiny fraction of the world's vintage guitar stock, double necks - the Gibson EDS-1275 in particular - claim a disproportionate slice of popular guitar iconography.
The reason is obvious: double necks look cool. Like the rock stars that play them, double neck guitars are striking, otherworldly, and a bit ostentatious. There are many types of double necks used by many types of players.......

[Joseph K]

This ambidextrous double-necked guitar seems faintly ridiculous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ8ml7eENuI

[MrGongGong]

(I may be taking this far too seriously ) - a joke? I can't see what musical or practical benefit it bestows. A chittarone/theorbo (for example) may have extreme visual appeal but was part of a serious search for an ever wider and deeper range for what started as the lute. I imagine the thing in your picture had serious intent

In the context of performance then having a "ridiculous" instrument IS part of the Musicking
I'm about to go and work with an organ builder for a couple of days
THIS



is as much about visual appeal as this (IMV)



or even

[Richard Tarleton]

Thank you

[Bryn]

Much as I appreciate Terry's drumming, that is just: