Doubleneck

The World’s Weirdest Guitar Mods and Builds

December 5, 2019

Feast your eyes and ears on these 6-string mutants, monsters, and mooncalves—approved by Dr. Frankenstein, but ready to make great music.

Wizard of Odd: Late-’60s TeleStar Doubleneck

September 21, 2018

Frank Meyers

Here’s another beautiful weirdo from the Kawai Enshu factory.

Holy Grail Guitar Show '18 - Zucali Guitars Santone 54 17 & Crossover Demos

May 29, 2018

Shawn Hammond

Austrian luthier Daniel Zucali demos an acoustic-electric classical, and a modern recreation of a 19th-century Viennese contraguitar with six standard strings and nine bass strings.

Vintage Vault: 1979 Rickenbacker 362/12 Doubleneck

May 24, 2018

Dan Orkin

A rare bird in mapleglo that’s double the 6-string fun!

Trash or Treasure: Charvel Doubleneck Surfcaster

May 14, 2018

Zachary Fjestad

A treasure designation is an easy call for this rare, doubleneck version of Charvel’s nod to surf-music culture and detour from hot-rodded metal machinery.

Vintage Vault: 1965 Danelectro Model 3923 Doubleneck

March 27, 2018

Dave Rogers, Tim Mullally, and Laun Braithwaite

A classic shorthorn that covers the highs and lows.

SNAMM '17 - Nutter Custom Guitars Monster & Astro Demos

July 15, 2017

John Bohlinger

Former Keith Urban guitarist Brian Nutter starts his guitar-making outfit with a bang, thanks to a doubleneck creation with a standard 6-string and a guitjo.

Reader Guitar of the Month: Dream Double-Neck

March 23, 2017

Premier Guitar Staff

It took this reader and part-time builder 13 years to complete his masterpiece.

SNAMM '16 - Ovation Celebrity Elite Doubleneck Demo | Custom Shop 2016

June 25, 2016

Jason Shadrick

Check out this new production doubleneck beast and high-end one-offs.

Gibson Unveils the Alex Lifeson Double Neck

December 11, 2015

PRESS RELEASE

Developed from hands-on analysis and digital scans of the original neck and body profiles.

Vintage Vault: 1974 Rickenbacker 362/12

November 23, 2015

Dave Rogers, Laun Braithwaite, and Tim Mullally

The electric answer to the ’60s folk revival’s acoustic 12-strings.

Being Bumblefoot: The Many Faces of Ron Thal

May 19, 2015

Tzvi Gluckin

Face-melting shredder, studio mastermind, technical innovator, and Guns N’ Roses hired hand.

Tao Guitar: Gabriel Marin

January 26, 2015

Tzvi Gluckin

The freaky-fast guitarist for fusion band Consider the Source uses his classical training to create far-out sounds.

David Fiuczynski: Mega Micro Man

September 30, 2014

Tzvi Gluckin

The genre-fusing “Fuze” talks funk, punk, and the microtonal madness fueling the Screaming Headless Torsos’ new LP, Code Red.

Gear of the Month: 1959 Danelectro Doubleneck #3923

May 11, 2012

Chris Kies

The 1959 Danelectro Doubleneck 3923 has the standard Shorthorn double-cutaway body with Danelectro’s classic Masonite construction with vinyl binding and a copper-burst finish.

Worland Guitars

April 15, 2010

Jim Worland''s creations range from traditional beauty to way out of the box.

Gibson Custom Memphis-ES Series: Final Inspection

March 19, 2010

PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Memphis, TN, where he visits the Gibson Custom Memphis factory. The Gibson Custom Memphis factory builds all the ES hollow- and semi-hollow bodied guitars, the white Les Paul and the Gibson EDS-1275 double-neck. In this segment, we get to see the final inspection process. Here, we get to see how the technician checks fret height, action, hardware setup and makes sure the guitar plays, sounds and reacts as it should by playing the "Gibson" song.