Green Alsatian Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I don't often see double-necks on Ebay, least of all [i]new[/i] ones. The bass half looks like one of the recent Shine copies [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Double-Neck-12-String-and-4-String-black-Bass-Guitar-/330617823988?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cfa5ba2f4#ht_500wt_1156"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Double-Neck-12-String-and-4-String-black-Bass-Guitar-/330617823988?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item4cfa5ba2f4#ht_500wt_1156[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoJoKe Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 doubleneck ugliness! take an ugly rick shape and make it even uglier!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Was about to post in rickenfakers. Get your Boris on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucket Head Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1316813239' post='1383396'] Get your Boris on. [/quote] ha yea man thats exactly what i was thinking, this would be ideal if it was just a 6 string guitar shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Alsatian Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 It started me thinking about unwieldy instruments in general - imagine one for the ambidextrous, in which the guitar is right-handed, but the bass, left handed with the necks on the same plane, but naturally pointing in opposite directions. Guaranteed crab-walk down corridors and through doors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Something like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogmVmRkgURA&feature=fvst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 I want that so badly! I have wanted a Rickenbacker 4080/12 for ages but I'm never going to be able to afford one so that looks like a more sensible option. Someone give me the money for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Alsatian Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 [quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1316872415' post='1383925'] Something like this? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogmVmRkgURA&feature=fvst[/media] [/quote] He looks like Doctor Octopus with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatEric Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 [quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' timestamp='1316880287' post='1384009'] I want that so badly! I have wanted a Rickenbacker 4080/12 for ages but I'm never going to be able to afford one so that looks like a more sensible option. Someone give me the money for it? [/quote] Doesn't look too bad, although the necks seem a little far apart. I've got an old custom build and the reach to the bass is a good stretch. [url="http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.com/2010/09/reeve-twin-progtasic.html"]http://flatericbassandguitar.blogspot.com/2010/09/reeve-twin-progtasic.html[/url] Looks like they are now willing to copy just about anything!! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 (edited) Woah FlatEric, that "tribute" bass is awesome! I wonder where you got the name Mr. Lee from I am so desperate for one of those but unfortunately i'll not be able to buy one for a very very long time. I would think about buying that one that Johnston posted but the necks are the wrong way round. Has to be bass on top like the original 4080/12 Although, only thing I don't like about the 4080/12 is the fact the guitar is 12 string, i'd want to use it as a 6 string guitar, not 12.I suppose it wouldn't be a problem just stringing 6 strings on there but it would look silly with the 12 machine heads. Expensive to re-string too *edit* I'm a big bag of special. I didn't realise they did it as a 4 string bass with a 6 string guitar. It was just called the 4080. THAT'LL DO FOR ME! Edited September 25, 2011 by StevieD_FenderP2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieD_FenderP2009 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 (edited) [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1317068125' post='1386416'] I have too much time on my hands [url="http://www.dhgate.com/4080-doulbe-neck-guitar-4080-6-rick-white/p-ff80808131ae1b280131c23592414a2a.html"]http://www.dhgate.co...3592414a2a.html[/url] [/quote] That picture is of Geddy Lee's actual double neck That's a picture from his equipment list off that tour haha. This is quite cool if you're a fender fan [url="http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/459207495-Free-shipping-electric-guitar-Guitar-MAX-808-Vintage-white-double-neck-46-string-strat-p-electric-wholesalers.html"]http://www.aliexpres...holesalers.html[/url] And this is just badassery! [url="http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/455536812-Free-shipping-electric-guitar-Max-730-Double-neck-ricken-backer-model-Gloss-black-47-electric-bass-wholesalers.html"]http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/455536812-Free-shipping-electric-guitar-Max-730-Double-neck-ricken-backer-model-Gloss-black-47-electric-bass-wholesalers.html[/url] Edited September 26, 2011 by StevieD_FenderP2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mart Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 [quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' timestamp='1316952810' post='1384679'] ...I would think about buying that one that Johnston posted but the necks are the wrong way round. Has to be bass on top like the original 4080/12 ...[/quote] I never understood why Rick always put the bass on top. Rutherford had his double-neck specially built for him with the 12 on top and that makes much more sense to me. If you strum or pick the guitar then your forearm is almost parallel with the strings, which is easier if the guitar is higher up. And if you play the bass fingerstyle then your arm is more perpendicular, so that works better with the bass lower down. So for that reason I'd never want a "standard" Rick 12/4 - their arrangement only makes sense if you pick the bass and pluck the guitar! But that makes it even more baffling that these Chinese knock-offs are Rutherford style rather than Rick style. Or perhaps they've just thought about it logically and reached the same conclusion as me! Now, please, someone remind me that at that price this guitar must be crap and, besides, I do not need a double-neck. I'm having the same palpitations as I had when, years ago, I saw an ad for a Rick 12/4 in the back of Guitarist. Actually, if memory serves me right, that was priced at £600 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS73 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 (edited) [quote name='StevieD_FenderP2009' timestamp='1317070898' post='1386475'] That picture is of Geddy Lee's actual double neck That's a picture from his equipment list off that tour haha. This is quite cool if you're a fender fan [url="http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/459207495-Free-shipping-electric-guitar-Guitar-MAX-808-Vintage-white-double-neck-46-string-strat-p-electric-wholesalers.html"]http://www.aliexpres...holesalers.html[/url] And this is just badassery! [url="http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/455536812-Free-shipping-electric-guitar-Max-730-Double-neck-ricken-backer-model-Gloss-black-47-electric-bass-wholesalers.html"]http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm/455536812-Free-shipping-electric-guitar-Max-730-Double-neck-ricken-backer-model-Gloss-black-47-electric-bass-wholesalers.html[/url][/quote] It certainly looks like an original, but Geddy has Badass bridges on his 4080's. Why the Badass, mine really sings as standard and has a great deal more soul than a 4001. Edited October 2, 2011 by SS73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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