ped Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 OK this is neither cheap nor in the UK but it's pretty cool https://basslab.de/doubleneck-bass/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 Yeah lol and somewhere to park my car too. Amazing thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Bolton Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 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? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyJ Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 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. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_lefty Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 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.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 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 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Or this one off Leduc... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 That’s really cool. I like the necks to be parallel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 (edited) 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 by Franticsmurf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I guess it was this Washburn Bantam B-62, @ped: https://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/305448842369 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 And don't forget the Wal twin neck bass that Jonas Hellborg used to play (don't think it was this very one)... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 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! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I used to have a triple twin neck years ago... Perfectly suitable for 3 people to be assigned 2 necks each. 👍 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Very much Tom Peterssonish, sorry, no, Rick Nielsenish! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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