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Double Neck CBG- flash or practical? What do you think?

Double Neck CBGs ~ poseur flash or practicality???
What do you think?

Keep in mind that Shane Speal set up the Cigar Box Nation with the motto: No rules.

But most of us have personal rules, preferences, beliefs, etc.
One of mine was or is that double neck gits are too fancy or show offy – at least for my own self.

But are they practical if a person plays two tunings like I do? Turns out for performance, open mike, etc. – it’s seamless to change tunings without changing gits.

How is the playability? This one is pretty good. I don’t bump or get hindered by the neck not in use. These 2 necks are just under 3 inches (7cm) apart. Works well.

One piezo electrifys both. Piezo about dead center in the box.

Appearance: I cannibalized 2 gits to make the double. I like the necks looking different and different lengths and I like that they are mildly relic’d. The box does not look quite right with the necks. Suggestions?

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Comment by Uncle John on July 27, 2012 at 5:52pm: Bob, with you it is a bit of both, cause you can sure play those gits in a lot of tunings.

Comment by Ice Bob on July 26, 2012 at 8:47pm: flash and i got one

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 25, 2012 at 1:32pm: I'm a leg, thigh and breast man, meself, but that's only when talking about fried chicken.

Better rubber neckers than... Nopenopenope, not gonna go there.

Some knee people might get offended. >:-E

Comment by shane wagstaff on July 24, 2012 at 4:05pm: Nice job uncle John .

I have attempted to make a twin neck 1 a couple of times but gave in Can't seam to get it right .

Looking at your 1 think i will have another go .

Comment by ED (Bad Finger) on July 24, 2012 at 2:02pm: Neck people have #1 on Top content and butt people have #2. . . Apparently Uncle John is not the only one shutting out RTZ. :P

Remember: Double neckers, good; rubber neckers, bad.

Comment by Uncle John on July 24, 2012 at 8:20am: RTZ, top content here is a funny beast. It's often not the best stuff that makes it. Sometimes things get people responding and talking. Do you suppose these are neck people and not butt people?

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 24, 2012 at 7:48am: Glenn,

4-banger cuz I 'm used to 6ers, and like the extra string for stuff - more tonal options. Still working on 3s; my mind don't work that simple. Oh, and I only replied cuz its fun to see 2 buds jockey for TC honors ;-)

Comment by RTZGUITARS on July 24, 2012 at 12:33am: John, your the only thing keeping a butt off top content. Get out of the way.

Comment by Clock The Wolf & Negative Bunny on July 23, 2012 at 11:50pm: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/triple-threat?xg_source=activity

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on July 23, 2012 at 7:03pm: Well Oily Strat-O, this is exactly what I'm doing but for 3 instead of 4 stringer on the bottom (lower) neck. Well, no plates, just a nice box. Great minds??? Ha! Nice ideas.