I have never seen anything else like this. Never even envisioned it. (You really have to look at all the pictures to see what the luthier-luthier did.)
So many random thoughts spring to mind:
I guess you need a slightly large belly (like mine) to plug the hole in whichever side you're holding against you to keep sound from escaping. Or maybe Tony P. could make a special Tone Gard with a hole-stopper attached; maybe attaches loosely on one side and has a hinged attachment on the other. The peghead alone is - what? - creepy. I think this may be a good disguise for a banjo to use for Halloween. I would have to agree with the item title that it's "RARE." I'm now imagining a concerto for mando-uke-12-string-thingie. And now I'm remembering Peter Schickele's Concerto For One Viola, Four Hands. I wonder if there's an issue with sympathetic vibrations.
If I thought it'd still be available by then, I'd've saved this post until April 1. But apparently this thing is real.
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