Conference napalm::guitar

	Don't know of anyone making them these days (stock that is).
	I do know that Jimmy Page had to have one made custom because
	he couldn't find one.  He used it live for "Stairway to Heaven".

	-gary

    I think Peavey makes one with a 6 and 12 string guitars. I saw another
    one by Grand Prix (Whatever that is).
    
    

    Carvin makes a couple (various pairings of 6-string, 12-string and
    bass).
    
    Don't overlook Carvin when you're looking for a guitar.   I think
    their guitars are very consistent in quality (always very good)
    and extremely versatile.
    
    	db

	I once had an oppurtunity in the seventie's to buy a Dble neck
Gibson 6/12 string. It had a body like a Les Paul and a beautiful sunburst
finish. I have seen only one like it since then which belonged to Steven
Stills and was labeled a "prototype". 
	Jimmy Page played a Gibson SG style 6/12 and they are at this point
very rare. Ibanez at one point made 2 models one which was similiar to an
SG and the "artist" series with the thicker body. Rex Bogue hand made one
for Mahavishnu John Maglaughlin(sp) which got dropped and split in half.
	If I remember correctly the Gibson SG style 6/12 had a built in
fuzztone. They also made a Bass and 6 string guitar double neck.
	I remember one of the guitar players in our band looked at buying
a Framus which was a double neck back in the early seventies.I think other
companies such as Hofner,Eko also might have produced them and maybe Fender.
	If you are really interested in buying one I would look into try-
ing to find a used Ibanez. I had a friend in Boston buy one used with case
for about $350.00(8 years ago).Being in the UK might make this difficult and
obviously cost you alot more money.
	I found most 6/12 double necks difficult and uncomfortable to play 
because I prefer to strap my guitar higher to decrease the angle of the
wrist of my left hand. I'm sure you could get use to this or adapt.
	Seem's from previous reply's they still exist and the brands
    mentioned do not seem extinct.(maybe I am a bit excentic!)
    	

							Good Luck,

							    Rick

    

    	I'm sure they still make them....it just may take a while to
    find the manufacturers.  Just lpook at those bizarre guitars that
    "someone" made for Rick Neilson (Cheap Trick)...five necks. It was
    shaped  like a person, no less.
    
    					Phil
    

    I'd have to agree with reply 4's suggestion.  Ibanez.  I
    think the Ricks, and Gibsons are too rare and probably VERY
    hard to find.  If I found one, I wouldn't even ask how much.
    
    They made some they called a Twin Artwood, which did resemble
    a gibson Sg, but these also had a pearl inlay "Tree of Life" on
    the neck which not only popped up the price, but made the peice
    quite an attention getter.  I don't know if they still make them,
    but I've seen quite a surprising number of them in the used 
    market.

    good luck..
    
    /ray
    

Denny Laine used the Gibson SG 6/12 in concert with Wings back in 76/77.
    
    Hope you have strong shoulders because those suckers are HEAVY!
    
    _stew-

    Mike Rutherford had custom-made double necks by a company named
    Shergold.  I believe that they were from the UK. The original ones came
    in two pieces and were bolted together, so he could switch the tops
    between 12 and 6 (the bottom was a bass). On Genesis' Mama tour, he was
    using updated versions this, a 6/4 and a 12/6, I believe, pegheadless
    and hex-pickupped for some guitar-synth.  The `And then there were
    three...' tour booklet refers to the older setup as the `Mike
    Rutherford Model', and I believe that is the name of the newer ones
    as well.
    
    Richard

	I believe Mosrite of california used to make a double neck 6/12
	also.  Ventures sound and all that.

	-gary

    I remember an interview with Jimmy Page...ummm...that many years
    ago, and he said that he only ever used the twin neck on "Stairway
    to Heaven" because the thing feeds back LIKE A BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!
    
    As for the Shergold twin neck:
    
    a) the Mike Rutherford one was a one-off, as I remember
    b) Shergold have gone out of production now...
    
    That's about all I can tell you.
    
    Best of British
    
    Nick

 	For those of you who might be interested...(and don't have to
    cross the ocean to get there!)...Fitchburg Music had an Ibenez double neck
    bass/6-string, sunburst for	$350 last week.
				Tom T.

    I had a Hayman 6/12 for a few years. Sort of a Fenderish takeoff
    with rotten single coils that were made to look like humbuckers.
    I trashed the pickups and put in a DiMarzio PAF/Super Distortion
    on the 6 neck and some nice single-bar-magnet units (can't remember
    the name) on the 12 neck. All in all a very nice guitar but it would
    kill your back to play it for more than a 45 minute set. I think
    I've seen old pics wherein Rutherford was playing a Hayman. Probably
    before he got the custom job. A buddy of mine has the SG double neck
    rip-off Ibanez used to make. A very nice axe but also very heavy.
    
    						/Dennis

	I've just bought an Ibanez Artist 6/12 for 350 Sterling...
	it's still in production I believe although mine's about
	7 years old. Gibson still do their SG 6/12, but at a price
	- about 1500 quid in the UK!

	Jonathan.

    One more reply at this late date..
    
    Washburn has been making a series of Steinberger copies they call
    the "Bantam" series.  In this series are a pair of double necks,
    a 6/4 guitar/bass and a fretted/fretless doubleneck bass!!!!!
    
    Of interest is that because they have no pegheads and almost no
    bodies, they are a LOT lighter than the other doublenecks on the
    market.
    
    BTW, the double-neck "Fenders" you see around are not factory
    instruments.  I have seen a few guys with them and they usually
    use Fender necks and pickups, hardware, etc. mounted on custom bodies
    built roughly to Fender dimensions.  Don Felder of the Eagles used
    to play one like this, a 6/12.

    
    	ARIA (Don't laugh) made great sounding copies of Gibson SG style
    	doublenecks.  I had a bass/6 string combination with the bass
    	on top.  I sold it after a month because I was IN PAIN at the
    	end of the night.  I also didn't like lugging it up 3 flights
    	of stairs to my apartment.  It did sound great.
    
    
    	Guy Novello
    
    
    

    Jeff Cook, the lead guitarist for Alabama, features a twin-neck
    in much of his work.  In the video for "The Closer You Get" he is
    playing a Music Man.  When I saw Alabama in concert two years ago,
    he was playing a Peavey Hydra 6/12.  As I understand, the Hydra
    is available only through special order, and requires about 3 months
    to be delivered.  I don't know how easy they are to play, but they
    sure look pretty!
    
        					--Eric--
    	

    On the Dick clark "Hot Country Nights" special last night (Alabama,
    Clint Black, K.T.Oslin, Pam Tillis), I saw an unusual guitar played
    during K.T.Oslin's number.  It was a double neck guitar with a twelve-
    string on the upper neck and a six-string on the lower.  What caught
    my eye was the pickup arrangement: both necks were set up like Strats
    (three single-coil pickups with the bridge pickup angled).  I couldn't
    tell if the lower neck had a whammy or not, but I DO remember seeing
    the name "Fender" on the headstock.  To put it another way: this twin-
    neck looked like a blend of a standard Strat and the (rarely seen)
    Stratocaster XII.
    
    If my eyes haven't deceived me, this is the first ever Fender twin-neck
    I've seen.  Does anyone know about these?
    
    						--Eric--

    I happened to catch that, too. I've never seen such a beast before,
    and I do mean beast. Ugly. Must be a custom shop unit.

    --Ron

    RE: siamese-twin strats
    
    The Fender custom shop does offer 6/12 strats.  I've seen a couple 
    pictures of them, but none in real life.
    
    Don Felder used to play a tele / Fender XII (the 12 string from the
    sixties) double neck  (most notably on the live version of "Hotel 
    California").  I believe he had the body custom made by an independent
    luthier.
    
    Jim (who has a strat and a strat XII that AREN'T joined at the hip)