mowf Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) Just seen this on Reverb: https://reverb.com/uk/item/36610186-4-strings-bass-6-strings-acoustic-electric-drums-reverb-effects-busuyi-super-guitar-with-tuner And cannot for the life of me think why anyone would want one. Is it the answer to a question nobody has ever asked? Apologies if I'm not the first! Edited April 6, 2021 by mowf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Baffling. Never seen one of these before, not sure which is harder to understand - why someone made it, or how it's physically possible to play it. Best explained perhaps by "just because you can, it doesn't mean you should". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahambythesea Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I think they’re selling it because it doesn’t really work. The video is very odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 That is bizarre. It’s Mary Spender and Rob Scallon, well known youtube musos in the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawford13 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Was this listed on the 1st of April per chance? I sincerely hope it was... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Scariest thing is that they made more than one of them!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, nilebodgers said: That is bizarre. It’s Mary Spender and Rob Scallon, well known youtube musos in the video. I think their version of the Beatles’ ‘Come Together’ using one of these is brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowf Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 7 minutes ago, Crawford13 said: Was this listed on the 1st of April per chance? I sincerely hope it was... That honestly hadn't occurred to me, but there's a load of listings on there by the same shop for slightly different variants of this and it seems a lot of trouble to go to. I think it's a real ad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I think there was an electric similar on ebay a while back being sold out of China. It would be a nice challenge for a luthier, "can you make this?" in a kind of Scrapheap challenge sort of way, but of absolutely zero use to man or beast. If you have time to flip the instrument over, you have time to pick up a dedicated single instrument, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Watch the vid to see how it’s played. Still a gimmick though, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 It's for people who do quirky novelty turns on YouTube and that. Each to their own, I guess. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Or for defusing those awkward campfire moments when some thoughtless deviant says "Well, someone needs to be the bass player!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 In a weird way, I actually like it. Not sure what that says about me, but I'm open to seeing if its something you can just spin round in your lap at an acoustic gig and be playing guitar or bass. - I've played quite a lot of acoustic gigs where space was such a premium that we had nowhere to stand instruments when they weren't being actually played! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 (edited) The really odd thing is that this isn't a one off novelty item. The company behind it makes a fairly extensive range of acoustic and electric double neck body shapes in various colours based on the same principle. Which sort of suggests that there's some level of demand for these things. Or the whole thing is some sort of ingenious loss making money laundering scheme. Scroll down the home page for the full parade. https://busuyiguitar.com/en/ Edited April 6, 2021 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Assuming a right handed player, then when using the bass, the onboard EQ will be facing the floor, unless the EQ is for guitar only. Also, whichever way round you play it, a set of strings are going to be cheese grating your clothes.... or skin, if you play naked 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 "Let's do a weak-assed version of Enter Sandman. People will LOVE it." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Picture the scene, you're playing The Chain at the start of your village's Formula 1 Appreciation Society weekly meeting and you get to the big breakdown. You're playing a regular acoustic, what happens next? Nothing, other than you bringing shame upon the entire village and the meeting starts on a massive downer. That's what. With this, you flip it over and it's GO GO GO! Not all heroes wear capes. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Fantastic! I'm ordering. Only question is whether it will fit in my car. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassisht Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 What a great idea, two different types of guitar on one body... If only there was a way to get them both on the same side so you don't have to flip it over..... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I think it’s quite cool but you’d have to make sure to damp volume on the one you were not playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I think it's a 4-dimensional double-necked guitar. It just looks odd as we're looking at its 3-dimensional projection. Which is quite funny until you realise that are factories in China engaged in higher-dimensional fabrication and then it's really fecking scary. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Buy one get one free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 An absolutely pointless instrument. If it were four sided however, with a mandolin and banjo in addition to the guitar and bass, and a bongo skin stretched over the bottom end... Well where do I sign up? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikon F Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 14 hours ago, BassTractor said: Fantastic! I'm ordering. Only question is whether it will fit in my car. i want 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 17 hours ago, BassTractor said: Fantastic! I'm ordering. Only question is whether it will fit in my car. That car looks really angry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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