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With this you can do the bottom bit as a 6 string and then make both a Bass and 12 string top, then switch them out.
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Other builds to do before I worry about that anyway
On with the build wez, i'm starting to really like jazzmaster shape guitars
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That guitar had several 'halves'. There were two 12 string halves (one top and one bottom layout). There was a four string bass, and a six string bass. There was a regular Shergold 6 string half and a later half made by Roger Giffin with a Strat neck and three pickups.
It was also a 'modulator' which meant that the electronics control plates could be replaced by undoing the silver screw and then pulling them out. There were several different electronics modules - some were simple, some less so involving active electronics.
It was totally designed in conjunction with Mike R and was actually his idea, as playing his parts in Genesis were so complicated it was necessary - for example some songs needed 12 strings with alternative tunings ('octave' strings tuned to fifths etc). It also had a balanced output - the connector on the bottom was a four or five pin "XLR" type for many years, although I believe this was simplified in later years.
Sadly Mike hasn't played it recently - even for the recent Genesis tour despite returning to the old material. As a result, I didn't think it sounded so good... the Shergold has its own sound.
A good friend of mine built a full replica of this guitar - with all the different 'halves' and because he wanted it authentic, and most of the parts are bespoke, he had to make a lot of it from scratch. For example the pickups and pickup rings are an unusual size/shape and were only ever used on Shergolds and some Hayman guitars - he found a method of making them himself. Likewise he researched and developed the special connectors to enable the separation etc.
Aside from Scott's amazing replica guitar there was only ever *one* demountable Shergold. Apparently the costs of manufacture would have been prohibitive. Some of the 'halves' have been sold off by Mike R but the majority is still stored at "The Farm", Genesis' studio. Scott has also built a few twin necks for the Genesis tribute bands, including (IIRC) the left-handed one.
There is more info on this guitar (including some pics taken fairly recently) on the Shergold website - www.shergold.co.uk
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Jim Rodford had a Precision/Strat double neck that used to separate in the Argent days - but I can't find any pictures of it.
The seller offered to relic it, but the original bits are still quite shiny, just a bit scratched up from spending 15 years in a drawer of random parts. Instead i have put it in a bag of screws and shook it around a bit
it took some slight modding to fit the new arm, but it feels a lot more stable than the vintage examples, spring seems decent and the pivot point is so simple I am sure i could improve it if needed
Anyway, cost me very little so I am going to give it a go
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I still need to decide what i am doing with the 6 non-trem strings... probably through the body, but i am goign to test it all out as a 6 string like this first as the trem may not stay
the back has been heavily rounded over too
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where did you find the template for the body shape? it looks bang on.
i have done similar by scaling up full frontal pictures. Either way it's very important to check a few known dimensions - scale length, pickup size etc
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