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Double Neck Guitars. Flash or Function?

I never much wanted a double neck guitar. Sorry, double neck fans, they seem too flashy and 'look at me' for an intermediate level player like me.

But..... I use 2 tunings: GDg and DGB. Between the two, I can do a lot and produce different styles and tones. But to change things up, I am too often changing guitars.

What if I made a 2 banger? Would I feel like a pretender? Would they/ it play well? Would my whole life be better?

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on May 8, 2012 at 3:04pm

Thanks, Lon. Hey, mailed your emblem on Monday.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 6, 2012 at 8:16am

Just waiting for someone to mention michael angelo batio...
Ps I might slag em off, but anyone who's dug thru my photos knows, I've made a couple...

Wait.. What's this frm June 2010....???

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/mundfick-demo

Tell u what I like unk is to angle the necks away from each other a little, so the heads are further apart than the necks are at the body join

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on May 6, 2012 at 9:07am

Kid, I would have thought that angling the necks apart was a bad idea. Then I watched your video. Works great and looks comfy. Crap. More decisions. Your MundFick double is a winner and a beauty.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 6, 2012 at 6:12pm

Heh-heh...Kid made Unca John say "MundFick"...heh-heh

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 6, 2012 at 7:15pm

this is real nice. it was an entry in the double build off here a couple years ago, as was mine. thats why there was a bit of a double neck frenzy for a while. there were some awesome entries

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on May 6, 2012 at 11:15pm

Bew tee full work on the Gurkha doule. The single one is pretty and different. Bluntly stated: Neck to body connection looks weak.

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Permalink Reply by The Phrygian Kid on May 6, 2012 at 11:24pm

Te single one there is the alternate lower neck unk, they swap out. I forgot who built it, there was a glut of nice double necks like I said

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Permalink Reply by Uncle John on May 6, 2012 at 11:12pm

Linda heard it. Not good.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Taylor on May 6, 2012 at 7:21pm

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Permalink Reply by Peter Taylor on May 6, 2012 at 7:23pm

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Permalink Reply by Habanera Hal on May 7, 2012 at 7:15am

These things must go in cycles. I was just talking to the wife about building a double neck. She asked what they're good for, now I can s'plane it to her. I was thinking a 3 string diatonic/piezo strummer over a 4 string chomatic/mag pup.

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on May 8, 2012 at 12:01am

Hal,

C'mon, you can do better'n that! Double necks are for lovers, man! Just like teaching her a golf swing:

"See, honey, iffen you place your hands here, on the lower one, an' I place my hands here, on the upper one, like so, and we move like this, then, boom-chicka-wow-wow!"

>:-E