Any double-neck bass maniacs?

[Guest]

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

[bubinga5]

Two words.... Back Problems.

[Geek99]

Flat Eric has one, I tried it

[Guest]

What bass?

[Bassassin]

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"?

[RhysP]

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.

[Geek99]

[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

[stingrayPete1977]

[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?

[Geek99]

Westone (?) did this in the 90s, you got two necks and could swap them over

[Bassassin]

[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!

[stingrayPete1977]

Are the necks not bolt on?

[Bassassin]

They are, yes.

[stingrayPete1977]

You could soon whip one off and pop it on a cheap P bass body then without permanent damage to the twinny

[TheGreek]

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.

[tauzero]

[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.

[ezbass]

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.

[MrCrane]

There can only be one

[media]http://youtu.be/2QMbyPtf_ys[/media]

[Dusty]

I'm selling this......

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/258258-warwick-twin-neck-nt-thumb-bass-from-around-1987-9/page__p__2723179#entry2723179

[Happy Jack]

[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 ...

[Dazed]

Pah! Who needs two necks. Have it all on one!

[tauzero]

[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.

[prowla]

I've got a double-neck bass/guitar.

Edited February 14, 2017 by prowla

[Guest]

Really think about double-neck bass, but most of them are ugly...

Edited February 16, 2017 by Guest

[radiophonic]

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

[prowla]

[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.