Double Necks

[BassPlyr Randy]

I just saw thndrstk6's double neck mock up in the moxy wick thread (real beauty by the way), but I figured this was a better place for my question since it really doen't pertain to a warwick.

In addition to playing bass, I also play guitar. Actually I normally tell people that I play the 12 string guitar. Next to bass, i perfer paying a 12 string. Anyway, I have always wanted a double neck with a 4-string bass and a 12-string guitar. I have seen very few of them and everyone I have seen always has the Bass on top. I would be much more comfortable playing the bass in the lower position and would perfer the 12-string to be the top neck.

I was wondering if anyone here knew if there was a reason that the bass is generally the top neck of a double neck guitar? Is it simply .. that is what they have always done, or is there a real reason for it?

Thanks

 

[golem]

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Just a thought, cuz I don't really know.

The lower neck would benefit more from
the cutaway and I spoze access to the
higher notes was historically more of a
geetar concern than a bass thing.

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[mart]

Double-necks the other way round certainly exist. Mike Rutherford of Genesis has used a couple configured that way - a Rickenbacker (custom-made for him I believe - see ), and a Shergold () that comes apart, and he has lately been using a hybrid of a Gibson 12 on top of a Yamaha bass.

 

[BassPlyr Randy]

thanks gentlemen...

The bottom cut is probably a factor in the guitar generally being the bottom neck. You know, I never thought of that. Thanks golem.

And I have seen rick doublenecks but never in that configuration. wow I wish I could afford that. Aint it purty. Jet-glo looks like my '79 4001. Then again, if I owned that beautiful instrument, it would be like my 4001, hid in a closet at my dads to keep it safe. The shergold was pretty cool. Nowhere as pretty as the RIC, but the ability to break it down to two seperate instruments is cool. I have seen that feature before. Thanks for the link's mart, appreciate it.

Peace

 

[mart]

No probs; it's a pleasure to help a fellow 12-stringer. I'd seen loads of pics of Rutherford's Shergold before I ever knew it split apart, so it was a real eye-opener when I first saw it in pieces. A wierd and wonderful idea.

 

[Charmand G]

I just saw thndrstk6's double neck mock up in the moxy wick thread (real beauty by the way), but I figured this was a better place for my question since it really doen't pertain to a warwick.

In addition to playing bass, I also play guitar. Actually I normally tell people that I play the 12 string guitar. Next to bass, i perfer paying a 12 string. Anyway, I have always wanted a double neck with a 4-string bass and a 12-string guitar. I have seen very few of them and everyone I have seen always has the Bass on top. I would be much more comfortable playing the bass in the lower position and would perfer the 12-string to be the top neck.

I was wondering if anyone here knew if there was a reason that the bass is generally the top neck of a double neck guitar? Is it simply .. that is what they have always done, or is there a real reason for it?

Thanks

Could be for weigth-distribution, or the usual way of thinking that guitarist usually have the guitars at the hip, and bassist have theirs at the chest/stomach. Maybe you could email those who made them, and ask?

 

[Pepper Wadman]

I just looked in to ordering a custom shop double neck and I just had to choose. They didn't reccommend any particular order. So I assume it's what the customer wants.

Edit: I realize it was a double neck bass only, but they didn't say anything regarding weight. And I know Gregory on here would have said something. Top was a fretless 5 and bottom was a fretted 4. Top is obviously heavier. If that clears anything up.