5 necks, to borrow from a mandolin joke, increases the odds that one of them are in tune..
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!
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Sounds like "The Gift Of The Magi," but without the love angle. Yes, be careful what you wish for ...
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.
Sorta like this?
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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.
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I would think you'd remember seeing something like this, but OK, it was 17 years ago ...
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.
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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.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.
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 ...
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 ...
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Furthering Mandolin Consciousness
Finders Keepers, my duo with the astoundingly talented and versatile Patti Rothberg. Our EP is finally done, and available! PM me, while they last!
Check out this bad boy from Tulsi Guitars in India:
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.
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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.
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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
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Here`s one of my doublenecks in action.....
That is really nicely done and tightly arranged.
So, Peter, ever built a tenor/mandolin doubleneck? Would you ... ahem ... consider it?
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