5 necks, to borrow from a mandolin joke, increases the odds that one of them are in tune.. ;)
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5 necks, to borrow from a mandolin joke, increases the odds that one of them are in tune.. ;)
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I was in Gruhn's in 1982, and he had a guitar/mandolin doubleneck that was like a blonde L-5 with a mandolin neck added. It was a full-depth guitar with no F holes. Twin humbuckers on the guitar and one humbucker with the outside holes filled with pearl dots on the mandolin neck. It had a rectangular brown case that was as big as a steamer trunk.
Those double neck guitars can be really heavy. Years ago, I was given a 6/12 Moserite guitar. I had the 12 string tuned like Jimmy Bryant did, and was having alot of fun with it. After three gigs with it, my back blew out and I had to sell it to pay the doctor bills!
Sounds like "The Gift Of The Magi," but without the love angle. Yes, be careful what you wish for ... :whistling:
Yeah, I really like the look of Leif's double neck. Pretty much exactly what I want, just mandola neck instead of OM. It sounds great, too. :mandosmiley:
Sorta like this? :disbelief:
I believe I actually saw Marvin "The Mandolin Man" Etzioni perfom with this instrument way back in 1992. He backed up T-Bone Burnette in an opening slot for Toad the Wet Sprocket and 10,000 Maniacs. It was long before I knew much about mandolins and it only had two of the three necks, though, IIRC.
I met Marvin about 4 months ago when he sat in with Steve Wynn.
I would think you'd remember seeing something like this, but OK, it was 17 years ago ... :grin:
I didn't know he played mandolin, nor had an album out by that name. Of course I knew him from Lone Justice, and somewhere else, I think he worked with Sara Hickman a bit. Hold on ... OK, here we go - On Sara's "Misfits" album, a track from 1991 they co-wrote called "Dumptruck," has mandolin on it - wait - no, it's played by Paul Sweeney, snazzy little descending riff.
Still - now I've got to get his CD. Clearly my collection is incomplete w/o an album called "The Mandolin Man" in it! And he's worked with two of my fave singer/songwriters, and that's good enough for me. :mandosmiley:
I was in the balcony quite aways away. He definitely had a doublenecked instrument.
Unfortunately, there is actually very little mandolin on it. Just a song or two.Quote:
Still - now I've got to get his CD. Clearly my collection is incomplete w/o an album called "The Mandolin Man" in it! And he's worked with two of my fave singer/songwriters, and that's good enough for me. :mandosmiley:
You can hear his performance with Steve Wynn here. Though not all that well, since it was a bar gig without a good mix, and Marvin's amp was on the other side from where I was. Marvin is probably best heard on "Harvey Haddix" or "Manhattan Fault Line."
Too late - I just bought all three of his rekkids ... :redface:
Hey - he's got Maria McKee and Victoria Williams singing on them, so they/he can't be all bad.
I may have to start a new thread - Songs With "Mandolin" In The Title or Songs That Mention Mandolin. Prolly been done but ... Once you get past the obvious two ... First one I remember is "The Mandolin Man and His Secret" by Donovan from "A Gift From A Flower to A Garden." Oh yeah - new thread ... :whistling:
Check out this bad boy from Tulsi Guitars in India: http://www.tulsiguitars.110mb.com/im...itar/CG4-1.jpg
The middle neck has 8 tuners but it doesn't look to me as though the strings are paired. Easy enough to fix. Notice the harp-strung or zither-strung section next to the bass neck.
1969 VW Beetle's go for about 15 grand in moderate condition. I absolutely went gaga over that thing. I knew it would be expensive but my goodness that's expensive, do I buy a car, or that? Imaculate condition, too. Wow. Has Gibson or anyone else made an accurate looking SG mandolin? I was thinking of making one in red and was hoping the demand was high enough.
Believe it or not, Elvis with a doubleneck!
What's scary about the Gibson SG mando/tenor doubleneck is that evidently they built more than one:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Rare-1...item48489f2e0b
Here`s one of my doublenecks in action.....
http://youtu.be/948m3Aotkpk
That is really nicely done and tightly arranged.
So, Peter, ever built a tenor/mandolin doubleneck? Would you ... ahem ... consider it?