Guest Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) For me, that double-neck is only one 'beauty' in that kind of world. [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7C8lDnThBs[/media] Double-neck Wal. Damn, GAS. Edited December 22, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Two words.... Back Problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Flat Eric has one, I tried it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 What bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I have this: [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/Gordy%20Blueshift%20DoubleNeck/gordy02_zps4dzlqpiz.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/Gordy%20Blueshift%20DoubleNeck/gordy01_zpszuvp8til.jpg.html"][/url] Which is a Gordy Blueshift Custom, from 1985, bit more info [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/266670-twin-necks/page__view__findpost__p__2831705"]here[/url]. The band I was in at the time is on indefinite hiatus, so in a sense it's surplus to requirements now (if it was ever needed, really!) - but the fretless neck's the nicest I've played, and the bass is a genuine one-off. Or should that be "two-off"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I very nearly bought an identical double neck Wal from a shop in Birmingham in the mid 80s. Secondhand but in excellent condition & with case - £399. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) [quote name='Fabrocker' timestamp='1482423966' post='3200486'] What bass? [/quote] Some wooden bass - sorry I don't know the brand Four and eight string necks Weight wasn't an issue - stretch was Edited December 23, 2016 by Geek99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 [quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1482491913' post='3200983'] I have this: [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/Gordy%20Blueshift%20DoubleNeck/gordy02_zps4dzlqpiz.jpg.html"][/url] [url="http://s1276.photobucket.com/user/LanterneRouge/media/Gordy%20Blueshift%20DoubleNeck/gordy01_zpszuvp8til.jpg.html"][/url] Which is a Gordy Blueshift Custom, from 1985, bit more info [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/266670-twin-necks/page__view__findpost__p__2831705"]here[/url]. The band I was in at the time is on indefinite hiatus, so in a sense it's surplus to requirements now (if it was ever needed, really!) - but the fretless neck's the nicest I've played, and the bass is a genuine one-off. Or should that be "two-off"? [/quote] Have you ever considered building a body to take either neck to give a fretted or fretless neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Westone (?) did this in the 90s, you got two necks and could swap them over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1482536306' post='3201389'] Have you ever considered building a body to take either neck to give a fretted or fretless neck? [/quote] No - I think it would be a shame to cannibalise a unique instrument like this - besides the fretless half's perfectly easy to play - all the time you're sitting down! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Are the necks not bolt on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 They are, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 You could soon whip one off and pop it on a cheap P bass body then without permanent damage to the twinny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I've never seen a twin neck that I've liked the look of. The headstocks always look like they're just two separate necks bolted onto a body rather than been designed as a pair with some sort of symmetry. Maybe somebody should make a L/R necked twin neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1482869288' post='3203241'] I've never seen a twin neck that I've liked the look of. The headstocks always look like they're just two separate necks bolted onto a body rather than been designed as a pair with some sort of symmetry. Maybe somebody should make a L/R necked twin neck. [/quote] Headless would be even better. Oh, look: although I prefer parallel necks (which they do too). And they're composite so they keep the weight below 6kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I find the look of double necked instruments inherently cool (I'd love a Gibbo 1275). However, as been alluded to previously, I have no interest in making my osteopath fabulously wealthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrane Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 There can only be one [media]http://youtu.be/2QMbyPtf_ys[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 I'm selling this...... http://basschat.co.uk/topic/258258-warwick-twin-neck-nt-thumb-bass-from-around-1987-9/page__p__2723179#entry2723179 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1483092067' post='3204610'] Headless would be even better. Oh, look: although I prefer parallel necks (which they do too). And they're composite so they keep the weight below 6kg. [/quote] Not that 6Kg is actually "light", you understand. As for myself, I found my double-neck disappeared quite quickly when I went on a diet ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Pah! Who needs two necks. Have it all on one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1487000712' post='3236154'] Not that 6Kg is actually "light", you understand. [/quote] I've owned Precisions, you know. 6kg would be quite a lightweight compared to my old fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) I've got a double-neck bass/guitar. Edited February 14, 2017 by prowla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 (edited) Really think about double-neck bass, but most of them are ugly... Edited February 16, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiophonic Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I see a couple of nice examples posted in the Shergold thread. Now [i]those [/i]were double necks... Best of all, one of these modular monsters: http://www.shergold.co.uk/beat77.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 [quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1487237788' post='3238211'] I see a couple of nice examples posted in the Shergold thread. Now [i]those [/i]were double necks... Best of all, one of these modular monsters: [url="http://www.shergold.co.uk/beat77.html"]http://www.shergold.co.uk/beat77.html[/url] [/quote] Those were two guitars which bolted together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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