Thread: How's THIS for a concept?

i know it's hard to find a good bass player but surely ppl arnt gettin this desperate ?!

its a cool idea.... a fair bit of work though....

you will be cutting off a bit of the basses control cavity and that will need to be routed into the other guitars body when they are joinedand you will need to drill a hole from one cavity to the other (do it before you glue them together...) ...

and by that time you could have just made a sweet body with one control cavity and mounted the necks straight in it lol

It'd certainly be an attention-getter.

But as I think it through, it starts to feel like there'd be more work doing your cut and join than there would be in building your own body ... electronics, paint, etc.

I think I've seen dual-neck guitars before. Faster to change keys, instead of moving a capo. But this is a bass and a guitar. How does he expect to play both instruments together?

And then there is this one
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpLqQmZTs8U"]YouTube - crazy guitars[/ame]

Solves the double neck problem very neatly your friend does

I reckon this would be a great build to play around with.
Not as hard as you'd think to get structural integrity either.
If you take the customer up on it I'd like to see your progress pics on this one.
As interesting as things get IMO.

Originally Posted by joe greiner

I think I've seen dual-neck guitars before. Faster to change keys, instead of moving a capo. But this is a bass and a guitar. How does he expect to play both instruments together?

Think of the possibilites, if the guy is a real pro, he can play a guitar gig, then later in the day play a bass gig without the need to carry two separate axes.

If he teaches, he can also do so without having to switch instruments between lessons.

and of course, yes you can play both at the same time withh hammer-on techniques and the like. I've seen it done before.

It's true, it is a bit of a gimmick.
The idea is fairly simple; cut the bodies of two fairly cheap instruments (no great loss there), drill/route some wiring holes, stick 'em back together, cover most of the join with one or two new scratch plates, install a couple of new pickups for the guitar half, do some simple wiring and Uncle Bob.
No respraying and no need for a new body. There'll be some bare wood in areas where I'll need to "blend" the joins, but the client's fine with that. I can touch it up later if necessary.
This is meant to be a quick job; no point spending more than a day on this (hopefully). The quality of these instruments doesn't warrant the expense and effort required to make a new body.

I'll post some pics... if I remember to bring the camera to work...

Originally Posted by paulplaysguitar

It's true, it is a bit of a gimmick...

Thats a big part of rock and roll

We're going ahead!
I've cut up the bodies with a bandsaw (that's a new experience!) and used a disc sander and a spokeshave to remove the saw marks.
I know I could have made a template and routed the thing with more precision, but this is meant to be a quick job. Besides, the biggest gap in the join was less than half a millimetre and it's filled with epoxy glue.
Now we're just waiting for the pickguard blank.
The pic shows the job after 1 1/2 hours work.

That's looking like a great outcome so far. Quite an impressive feat.

Just a thought, is there much discrepancy in the thicknesses of each body blank ?

that is different indeed. Cant wait to see the finished product. Love to hear it in use as well

shouldnt the bass have been moved back?
i can see neckdive

looks cool though

The bass body is about 5mm thicker than the guitar body. I've made it flush at the front.

Yes, there is a probability of the whole thing being top heavy, double necked guitars often are. We'll cross that bridge later...