Twin neck headless

[ped]

Hi guys

 

My guitarist is restoring a nice old twin neck Ibanez and I jokingly said I could get a twin neck bass (fretted/fretless). Out of curiosity, beyond ordering an aliexpress one for £300 I wondered if there are any decent ones in the UK. I narrowly missed a Washburn one on eBay but it was quite expensive and I'm not sure I am fully into buying a really good one. But I must admit since I've started looking I'm enjoying at least checking out different models.

 

Please share any cool ones! Headless preferred because it suits the vibe, I think

[velvetkevorkian]

OK this is neither cheap nor in the UK but it's pretty cool https://basslab.de/doubleneck-bass/

[ped]

Yeah lol and somewhere to park my car too. Amazing thing.

 

[Jono Bolton]

7 minutes ago, velvetkevorkian said:

OK this is neither cheap nor in the UK but it's pretty cool https://basslab.de/doubleneck-bass/

Are we looking at the same picture?

[tauzero]

There was one sold on here three or four years ago. I was tempted but it was 32" and I'd rather have all my fretlesses the same scale length.

 

Aha: 

 

 

I wondered about a Basslab one (twin 5-string) but the neck appears to be rather too chunky for me, from Basslab's own description.

[LeftyJ]

1 hour ago, velvetkevorkian said:

OK this is neither cheap nor in the UK but it's pretty cool https://basslab.de/doubleneck-bass/

 

Dual 7-strings and it's probably still lighter than any of my single 4-strings 

[Bassassin]

I've got this. Bought it for my now-defunct prog band, where fretless would've been nice in parts of a couple of songs. Sadly hasn't been out of its case in several years!

 

It's a 1985 Gordy Blueshift, and was a one-off, as far as I could find out.

 

 

 

[ped]

59 minutes ago, Bassassin said:

I've got this. Bought it for my now-defunct prog band, where fretless would've been nice in parts of a couple of songs. Sadly hasn't been out of its case in several years!

 

It's a 1985 Gordy Blueshift, and was a one-off, as far as I could find out.

 

 

 

Super cool. I think I’ve seen and admired that body shape before (albeit a singular necked instrument). Guessing the controls are shared by both sets of pickups and switched by the toggle in the centre?

 

I think it makes more sense having the fretless on top, but some are the opposite. 

[uk_lefty]

I am pretty sure there was a Steinberger Spirit twin neck headless in the early 2000's. Definitely a guitar but I think a bass too.... 

[itu]

I've seen a Steinberger XM double neck, but very long ago. If you want only one neck, check Ibanez Ashula. There's the older white, and the newer coloured version.

 

Half fretted necks I have seen few, but comments have been like they represent the worst sides of both worlds, and they require very hard setup. But I haven't had a chance to test one.

[Hellzero]

There's this one in France @ped and since you were a Pedulla fan, hence your pseudo, maybe you could afford it if you sell that BMW. 🤣

 

https://www.zikinf.com/annonces/annonce-1049141

 

[Hellzero]

Or this one off Leduc...

 

[ped]

That’s really cool. I like the necks to be parallel 

[Franticsmurf]

7 hours ago, uk_lefty said:

I am pretty sure there was a Steinberger Spirit twin neck headless in the early 2000's. Definitely a guitar but I think a bass too.... 

Like this, you mean? I used to use it in a duo. Both necks are fretted though.

 

Edit: Just found this in an unrelated search.

Edited April 14, 2024 by Franticsmurf

[Hellzero]

I guess it was this Washburn Bantam B-62, @ped: https://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/305448842369

 

[Hellzero]

And don't forget the Wal twin neck bass that Jonas Hellborg used to play (don't think it was this very one)...

 

[Bassassin]

18 hours ago, ped said:

Super cool. I think I’ve seen and admired that body shape before (albeit a singular necked instrument). Guessing the controls are shared by both sets of pickups and switched by the toggle in the centre?

 

I think it makes more sense having the fretless on top, but some are the opposite. 

 

The controls (if I remember!) are separate for each neck, 2x master v & t, & 3-way microswitch pickup selector. Plus a toggle to switch between necks. Always thought co-axial volumes would be a good upgrade, so you could blend the pickups.

 

The necks/scales are identical so it would be easy enough to swap them - fretless on top suits me so I never tried.

 

It's as well-made as you'd expect from a hand-crafted bass, & the fretless neck is especially nice - but  it's a slightly cumbersome & very, very heavy lump! It did get me to the point of starting to design what would be my ideal fretted/fretless twin-neck, basically by listing the things I don't much like about this!

[binky_bass]

I used to have a triple twin neck years ago... Perfectly suitable for 3 people to be assigned 2 necks each. 👍 

 

[itu]

Very much Tom Peterssonish, sorry, no, Rick Nielsenish!