You know those guitars that are like, double guitars?

Switch625

Saw this the other day and was drooling a little bit. The guy in the shop took it off display and handed it to what looked like a 18/19 year old to try out. He didn't buy it because it was back in the window later.

What's the price like? I'm guessing slightly above how much it would be available elsewhere.

Fishboy7

Yeah, £6.5k does seem a bit overpriced.  You can get the Hotel California one here for a mere £5k.
https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/pxp221013394986003-8800606--gibson-custom-shop-eds-1275-alpine-white-pre-owned-c

Svartmetall

Doublenecks are awesome fun - the Harley Benton one is surprisingly good quality if you're considering dipping your toe into the pool (it also has 22 frets which you can actually use, unlike the frankly not-very-well-thought-out Gibson design). 

Sporky

Seems an odd idea. Simpler to just buy a 12-string and not hit the upper course. 

DefaultM

I’d have thought you’d need to factor in the price of getting the ensuing back problems sorted as well?

RocknRollDave

Unless you’re in a Led Zep tribute show, I don’t really see the point.
To be honest, even then, I don’t see the harm in playing the 12 string parts on a 6 string. 

Jalapeno

RocknRollDave said:

Unless you’re in a Led Zep tribute show, I don’t really see the point.
To be honest, even then, I don’t see the harm in playing the 12 string parts on a 6 string. 

No jangley sound, man !

Svartmetall

RocknRollDave said:

Unless you’re in a Led Zep tribute

Or Rush, Yes, Genesis, Eagles, Guns'n'Roses, John McLaughlin, Tesla etc etc etc 

Or you just fancy one cos they're fun I find I get lots of ideas messing about on mine, being able to switch between necks for different sounds at will is great.

jca74

Rick Nielsen wants to know where the other 3 went....

axisus

As a teen I was in awe of this exact image. ROCK GODS!!!!!!!!

RocknRollDave

Svartmetall said:

RocknRollDave said:

Unless you’re in a Led Zep tribute

Or Rush, Yes, Genesis, Eagles, Guns'n'Roses, John McLaughlin, Tesla etc etc etc 

Or you just fancy one cos they're fun I find I get lots of ideas messing about on mine, being able to switch between necks for different sounds at will is great.

Yes, all those Teslas tributes out there, they definitely need them. Must be dozens in every city.

paganskins

The jaguar bass vi double neck I coincidentally saw earlier is the one I’d want, can’t do pics as I’m on mobile but looks good ergonomically. 

Also danelectro doubles for not weighing a tonne. 

Kittyfrisk

Switch625 said:

Saw this the other day and was drooling a little bit. The guy in the shop took it off display and handed it to what looked like a 18/19 year old to try out. He didn't buy it because it was back in the window later.

What's the price like? I'm guessing slightly above how much it would be available elsewhere.

Ignoring the EDS 1275, that 1977 three pickup Custom is looking more like a bargain when looking at the way prices are heading.
*Clue, it isn't yet

ICBM

Kittyfrisk said:

Ignoring the EDS 1275, that 1977 three pickup Custom is looking more like a bargain when looking at the way prices are heading.

*Clue, it isn't yet

I think the third pickup is a mod. I'm not sure they did any 3-pickup models then apart from the Artisan, and to me it looks like the bridge pickup has a slightly different-shaped cover (squarer corners) with different gold plating from the other two, so I suspect the original bridge pickup is now in the middle.

I had one very like it (same colour too) which that had been done to - but that's not my old guitar because the owner after me fitted some kind of trem (not a Kahler) to it that involved routing, and I can't see any evidence of a filled hole, which I think would be visible even in that pic.

Whistler

ICBM said:

I think the third pickup is a mod.

Jan Akkerman and Peter Frampton have 3 pickup Les Pauls. Mods or not I have no idea.

Kittyfrisk

ICBM said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Ignoring the EDS 1275, that 1977 three pickup Custom is looking more like a bargain when looking at the way prices are heading.

*Clue, it isn't yet

I think the third pickup is a mod. I'm not sure they did any 3-pickup models then apart from the Artisan, and to me it looks like the bridge pickup has a slightly different-shaped cover (squarer corners) with different gold plating from the other two, so I suspect the original bridge pickup is now in the middle.

I had one very like it (same colour too) which that had been done to - but that's not my old guitar because the owner after me fitted some kind of trem (not a Kahler) to it that involved routing, and I can't see any evidence of a filled hole, which I think would be visible even in that pic.

Phew, I was worried you were going to say that the pickup toggle switch was wrong   

darthed1981

Switch625 said:

He didn't buy it because it was back in the window later.

Of course not, Mr Burns took all the money with his slant-drilling operation...

ICBM

Whistler said:

Jan Akkerman and Peter Frampton have 3 pickup Les Pauls. Mods or not I have no idea.

No, because theirs were made in the 1950s when it was the spec for Customs. When the Custom was reintroduced in 1968 it was with two pickups, and a maple cap like the Standard instead of the original all-mahogany body.

digitalkettle

Switch625 said:

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What's the price like? I'm guessing slightly above how much it would be available elsewhere.

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Get yourself to Homebase...

hollywoodrox

Fishboy7 said:

Yeah, £6.5k does seem a bit overpriced.  You can get the Hotel California one here for a mere £5k.
https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/pxp221013394986003-8800606--gibson-custom-shop-eds-1275-alpine-white-pre-owned-c

Felder Rules

hollywoodrox

Don’t Harley Benton do a double neck ?