Triumph's Rik Emmett breaks down the Double Necked Guitar

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Triumph's Rik Emmett walks through the basics of the Double Necked Guitar from it's debut in the world of music to it's potential demise.

[@marcinpachowicz3083]

"You don't need one, you just want one..." He he. Exactly...

[@IfUfindthisURlost]

This is me all over. I don't really have either the skill or necessity to warrant owning a double neck, but recently the urge to have one is creeping up on me. I can just about justify getting a self-build kit, as it's a cheap option and I can kid myself the reason is 'the learning experience' of putting it together myself.

[@43loudman]

Rick Emmett and Alex Lifeson, you guys, the music, were so much apart of our lives, simply the best , hands down the best in the world, i enjoyed all those years, as did so many, the music of the past seems to be gone now, please; someone, bring it back to us? hopefully while you, Rick: and Alex and Geddy are still alive,,. Triumph, and Rush, and more Triumph,,. thanks for all the great music and memories,.

[@billydee4272]

Your comment put me in a comma coma.

[@bladerunnermonty761]

I remember Rick and his when they did a video at Hammerjacks in Baltimore Maryland , I'm John Paul which I played a extra in the video . This video was of there first Abum Triumph made . Triumph was a great buch of guys to hangout with , as for me I really enjoyed hanging out with them . I agree ,yeah would like to see them as ND come back and do one last tour.

[@rustyaxelrod]

Years ago, Rick explained so much about guitar in his instructional videos and I hung on every word. VHS tape, played until they were almost unwatchable. Thanks Rick! Great instructor and so much good music. I think I’ll go jam Lay it on the Line right now.

[@spuds6423]

Don't forget Randy Jackson of Zebra, he plays a double neck quite well.. I believe it is a B.C. Rich one..I don't play, so I am guessing.

[@charleskennedy8695]

I could listen to this guy explain how the microwave works and be entertained ..Rik Emmett , great vocalist / guitarist ...awesome musician !

[@johnnyriverarodriguez5283]

One of the most underrated guitarist and band from the 70's and 80's.

[@creepyaxe]

He won a couple of Juno awards in the late 70's for best rock guitarist. Somebody noticed him.

[@crusheverything4449]

Alex Williams - He has also won Best Jazz Guitarist in Canada much more recently.

[@jppagetoo]

I don't know about that. He was all over in the music mags in the early 80's. Votest "Best of" in many categories at that time. So, he was noticed then. But Triumph has been disbanded for many years and other than a few shows here and there have remained so. So I guess his name isn't out there as much now. I saw them in 1984. He was amazing, and yes... I knew about him before I saw him.

[@MeLoNHeAd00]

He is a top 25 guitar player and in my mind top 50 vocals .

[@SHENDOH]

I want to hear about the Japanese artist issue ones

[@pauloesterle9823]

I think Rick Emmett is probably one of the most talented people to ever pick up a guitar and step in front of a microphone his talent goes so far beyond anything absolutely amazing

[@TCU1]

This unbelievable LEGEND! He turned 70 a week ago and still looks and sounds the same! Been a fan since 82 and will forever be!

[@crisprtalk6963]

You may not need the 12 string to get the sounds you need these days as you say Rik but when you walk on stage with a double neck EVERYBODY looks and wants to hear it! That is why they are still cool today. It's visual appeal will never die.

[@RayBecker]

Love this guy! I remember when Triumph broke and I was like "holy shit" what awesome guitars and vocals. Then I found out they were a three piece like my beloved Rush. What the hell is in the water up there in the Great White North? Great to see Rik and that 1275.

[@countroshculla]

It's in the poutine.

[@leonelbarragan602]

Rik is a class act: I'm a fan of Triumph and I'm glad he's as enthusiastic about music and guitars as he was back in the day when I was growing up in mad-crazy NYC

[@volleygirl4472]

the mighty Rik Emmett... such a huge influence on me at a very young age... chops, voice and writing abilities... we have so many great guitar player/singer songwriters in Canada.. Gordie Johnson, Ian Thornley, and yes they deserve alot more attention and exposure...

[@jettman32]

Man do you know how f---ing excited I am to find all this Rick Emmett stuff! With all the information on the internet these days I am just bewildered way today's rock sucks so bad except for a handful of bands

[@jaymorgan8017]

I second that emotion !

[@SPRPhilly]

Now let's get Rick Nielsen in here to break down the five neck guitar.

[@CassWs-useless-opinions]

Lol. Let's. 😀

[@judemisura4323]

SPRPhilly yes

[@dambo6630]

Love it!

[@andygranatelli8809]

Fuck yeah - Hamer 5 neck!

[@epiphonium]

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[@gr8guitarplayer]

Man, when I picked up my Gibson LP Custom Silverburst at Chuck Levin's in 1981, someone was buying an es1175. They opened the case, and I was like...my jaw hit the floor. I SOOO wanted that guitar, but mine was already setting me back almost $700, and the double neck was around 11 hundred. I was 17 at the time, and that was a LOT of grass-cutting money! Yes, I still have that guitar.

[@Daves_not_here]

gr8guitarplayer ... That’s incredible. There are so many of us out here that regret selling a guitar that we wish we still had. Keep Rockin’!

[@jppagetoo]

Hehee, Les Pauls were so out of fashion in 1981. That was the age of the Van Halen derived super-Strat.

[@5150stephen]

doublenecks will never fall out of fashion, they're just too cool, hell i want to get 2 more haha

[@thirdgengta]

I couldn't agree more, Stephen. It's funny how Rick didn't even cover that aspect. I have six myself--three Ricks, a Carvin, a Dillion, and a BC Rich. Yeah, they're heavy as hell. But they up your musicianship and provide a boatload of options as to where to go with your song. Yeah, you could cheat and get the same sounds out of a six string and some fancy pedal; but the cool factor is SUCH an important part of a musician's image. You walk onstage with a doubleneck, and the audience knows they're about to get something special. That's the way it was for me with Triumph, Rush, Genesis, and Zebra.

[@guffinator70]

When he flipped the switch and cranked into it I said, "F*** yeh!"

[@randyweyant8136]

I was thinking the same thing..

[@musicmanron1969]

no rik .... we wanna play like you do. jimmy would be nice to but if i could just snap my fingers and magicly play like someone it'd have to be you. you play much cleaner and more techicnal,lyrics were much more inspirational to. what ever happend to bands that actually inspired us?

[@karlchristofferson3588]

I double that. I'd love to play like you Rik.

[@TheGlass50]

Well said.

[@michaeldevlin440]

Act like rik respect page like rik better your opinion

[@michaeldevlin440]

Sorry just sick.of people always putting page down

[@corvettecoupe3731]

Damn, your a classic Sir...😎

[@BusterRoonie]

The GREAT Rick Emmet… Freakin legend✊🏼

[@erickleefeld4883]

Mike Rutherford pioneered his custom double-necks: 12-string on top, and a bass on the bottom - originally made by having a luthier cut up his separate Rickenbacker 12-string and bass instruments, and putting them together!

[@shepdgc.og.soldier7732]

I just kept hearing “lay it on the line” during this interview.

[@thepeladeauprojectband8943]

The blinding light show is a great song! Great video Rik!

[@briannotafan3368]

B L S best guitar song ever bar none i met ric at a club called mcvans in black rock buffalo ny in 1976 they finished a set went to the bar i introduced myself talked to the band they sold me there first album thad a stack with them for sale i bought one 5.00 they autographed it for me i still have i t thanx for the memories guys mcvans is gone your still here thank you guys

[@chrishorton615]

Wasn't Stairway for me it was The Song Remains the Same. I heard the opening notes from the movie and said "I wanna do that!"

[@i.p.knightly149]

Totally agreed, TSRS is one of the best 12-string songs out there. The thing about Page's 1275, I always thought the tone and sound coming out of that guitar rivaled anything else he ever played.

[@Kohntarkosz]

I love how he admits right up front, "You don't NEED one, you WANT one!". LOL

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

Rik Emmett plays guitar like anyone else breathes. He makes it look so simple. THAT'S what endless practice will do for you kids.

[@francisouellette5938]

I love this kind of interview where a master of an instrument explains stuff cause he has the passion for it and is able to demonstrate his craft.

[@i13tony]

How many thousands of times did I listen to Never Surrender, on vinyl, from 1983-1986?? So good!

[@ronnyrickman]

There will ALWAYS be a place for double neck for a TRUE live musician. I have over 500 Vinyl albums in my collection from the late '60s thru the 70's & you can immediately tell an album from a CD because if one band member can sing the rest could be done without picking up an instrument. Every thing can be done by a F****** computer No soul No passion No kick A** Rock & Roll Keep on Rockin Rik

[@davidbuzzin426]

👍🇨🇦❤VIRTUOSO GUITARIST....1 OF MY FAVS

[@j40bob1]

He is quite articulate. Not true of all musicians.

[@rexjansen7717]

Like another comment, page was great , but i would rather absorb this man's talent , don't forget the stellar vocals to go with the guitar chops Tough to beat

[@walterkersting1362]

This guy is intelligent and fun to listen to; he seems to have lost none of his chops...

[@davidvazquez5795]

I love you're music, your the best, also you need to be in the rock & roll Hall of fame.

[@richardadams1337]

Triumph was the opening band for Sammy Hagar back in 1986 at the old Seattle Colosseum, now called Key Arena.bb. Man, was that a great concert! Triumph was amazing! I'd always remembered how much I really enjoyed the way Rik played. Even the high voltage, high energy 2-hour concert that Sammy put on didn't make me forget the fantastic guitar work at the beginning of the night.

[@TerlinguaTalkeetna]

Clearly a man of his time and beyond. For me at 66 now, he was of my generation and made life a little brighter for us poor working class kids. Triumph's leaned toward the light not the dark side. Rik and crew saved many a kid with their songs.

[@Nick-zu9sn]

Love Rick Emmett, and love Triumph, we played a few of their songs in a cover band back in the day, and on those songs more than most, WE enjoyed it as much as the crowd. Triumph...yeah!

[@cbcmusic]

Heck yeah! 🤘

[@HalfLifeAMD]

He is a more talented guitarist than the ones he idolizes.

[@BluesLicks101]

No. As great as Rik is, John McLauglin & Steve Howe operate on a whole 'nother level.

[@TheFreeBass]

Taking these 3 influences from different genres I would have to go with; Better than Howe, more "accessible" to your average fan than McLaughlin, & let's face it... pretty much everybody influenced by Page left him far behind.

[@sblack48]

Rik was a good technical player, but he was not an innovator, certainly not in the league of Page. He was playing page and clapton licks. Very well, but still, he was paying within the genre, not expanding it.

[@michaelprosperity3420]

I think Eric Johnson, Al Demeola, Jeff Beck are all great as well.

[@i.p.knightly149]

Guys knocking Page haven't a clue wtf you're talking about.

[@Daves_not_here]

These guitars are addictive. I’ve had mine for three years. It’s like strapping a coffee table to your chest! But I love the damned thing.

[@anotherrudeawkening2k610]

Ahhh Rik one the most underrated guitarists. Awesome technician of the ax.

[@billybaddaddy4527]

Forgot to say, two tunings on one guitar

[@triumphfan770]

No one better than Rik.

[@Dmab661]

Triumph Fan totally agree! A legend!!

[@kennethgambone6127]

I love rikk,he just awesome,in my top five guitarist of all times,he should tour again with triumph,or just by himself,he would sell out wareever he goes,very very underated

[@trueknowledgeispower]

Who can even afford one of those,...that's the main issue. They are ungodly expensive.

[@nakedhookandfloridaoutdoors]

People that make enough money to buy one? Strange question.

[@kevinjokipii4260]

Effects make it easier than ever to get a similar change of sounds during a song without playing a doubleneck. But let's face it - a doubleneck is just a visually imposing and impressive and flat-out cool looking piece of gear, and if a song can be played on one, it gives the guitarist a reason to have it.

[@robertposusta537]

lol!! the only person anyone thinks of or even knows with a double neck gibson is Jimmy Page....period. there is absolutely no other song on earth ever recorded that comes close to his double neck performance

[@myfordranger]

A men..

[@ultimate_savage190]

How in the hell can he leave out Alex Lifeson from Rush ? who happens to be far better than he is WTF ? Alex should have been the first name he mentioned.

[@MrAitraining]

People forget names all the time in interviews. May not have been deliberate. Alex "far better" than Rik? I think not.

[@BW-kv9wj]

Saw him at the 1983 US Festival in San Bernardino CA when I was 17. Triumph blew every band out of the water.

[@jonesjones6124]

Back in the beginning of electric guitar's, I think it was so new, that it was like a new frontier!!! It was like they weren't really adept at soloing and stuff!!! Then, songs like "Johnny be Good" hit the charts!!! And eventually, Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles and my favorite Boston!!! These band's helped revolutionize how songs were written and how the electric guitar solo came into play!!! The first time I heard Triumph was when I was with a girlfriend who had just got back from a Triumph concert and she was still melting down from the experience backstage with the band!!! She gave me her backstage pass that had been autographed by Rik Emmett!! I was like, cool!!! And stored it away!!! But after we broke up, I'm not sure what happened to it!!! It must have gotten lost in the shuffle somewhere when I was moving to another apartment or something!!! Anyway, Triumph has always been a very positive influence on me and when I need a real boost sometimes I turn it on and just "Rock Out!!!!"

[@Twirlyhead]

So, how much does it weigh ?! Plus, how much did that double neck Ibanez Artist he used to play weigh: that must have been a ton.

[@wesbell9453]

One of the three best trios,EVER! RUSH,JIMI HENDRICKS EXP. AND TRIUMPH!!! In no preticular order,btw.

[@leafamania1]

Cream, ZZ Top As a Canadian Rush and Triumph are up there...

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I just watched the performance on the US festival 1983 where Rik played an Ibanez Artist Double neck. I owned one of those and it was like strapping on a grand piano. That fucker was heavy! I also build myself a double neck myself which was a twin neck strat, it looked cool and sounded really good too but was awkward and cumbersome to use. Having said that. I'm STILL looking at double neck guitars with that notion of "They look so cool!" I guess I'm a typical guitarist after all.

[@rockybalboa2526]

Yes, all of that is true! BUT!!! ( and i KNOW Rik feels and thinks this way too ) There is NOTHING like making that guitar sing ( or any other instrument ) by CONNECTING WITH IT with your passion, mind, skillset, and dreams......... AND THAT IS SOMETHING TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT, AND NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVER WILL BE ABLE TO DO!!! ....... the truth is, our advancements in our world have gone past the natural ways we should be living. NOT MAKING THINGS EASIER REALLY! BUT MAKING THINGS WORSE AND LESS BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL AND AT THE SAME TIME, STEALING SO MUCH FROM SO MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN be GIVING SO MUCH MORE AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO GIVE WHAT THEY NEED FROM THEM!!!! .................. but the good news is..... WE CAN START DOING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING AGAIN! THATS ALL.. WE JUST HAVE TO START DOING THOSE THINGS AGAIN........... so what are all waiting for?????

[@zigwald]

the first time i ever heard ric play, i was standing about 6 feet from him. still have the pick he used that night. it wasn't fair! playing leads on a 12 strings....

[@giuseppemartino6889]

It is something guitar players always wanted and it's cool to have.

[@rubenreza]

Didn’t he used to play a really beautiful Ibanez double neck?

[@BadBellyBlues]

yes he did, an Ibanez artist. Watch the music video-Lay it on the line- he uses the Dbl neck Ibanez on that song.

[@hughjarrse]

And a white Yamaha one

[@APcaveman]

I thought that was a second Framus.

[@POLLOTROM]

Great explanation, Thank You. Now everything is in pedal or digital.

[@markrushton1516]

page's is known as the TV aerial as it caused interference with the electrics. Robbie Robertson had that older carved top double neck in The Last Waltz. triumph, rush, Zep, Eagles, Mclaughlin all users of this model

[@massapower]

He's right about the digital age ( garbage BaBy ).. OLD SCHOOL Guitar and or Music will outlive it all !😁🤘

[@leafamania1]

Yes ... he just needs his Marshall Stacks and spandex

[@luisvillarreal5262]

So didn't Rik Emmett play a white Yamaha Double neck guitar in his early days of touring in the 80's? This is great stuff here. Learning the real way to play the gold classics. Thanks Rik!!

[@barneyba]

Yep! Yammers!

[@TheSecondNature]

john mclaughlin actually used it for entire shows back in the days.. he must've had a strong back. maybe the yoga and meditation helped as well

[@garykramer5665]

This video and others I've found make me happy, but so do these comments. I really don't do social media, and as a 50 year-old dad of teenagers who still loves music, it just puts a huge smile on my face to see other people saying how big of influence freakin' Triumph had on them at a young age. Me, too! I wore out more than one copy of the Stages cassette in my car in high school, and I kept a quote journal with all kinds of their lyrics, along with other bands and writers. At the end of a pandemic, heading into middle age, this is exactly what I need to reconnect with in my life, like a forgotten wellspring of positive energy and art.

[@utubehound69]

I have a Limited Edition Custom Shop Epiphone SG-1275 Double Neck, White, w/black pickguard w/same pick up selectors, but it has the claw tail piece like on Page's 1275 ,also mine has the longer head stock like Rik Emmentt's on the 12 side it , man it sustains for days.... Mahogany body looks the same as his it also has it's own Custom case. Mint Condition, hate to part w/it. but will, I have a Lee Jackson Tube Amp for sale as well the Stealth 50 watt. Amp Sings....Also full Stack 5150 all matching cabs.

[@RICCARDOREARDON]

UNCLE~MR.RIK EMMETT IS A HUGE, ENORMOUS INFLUENCE ON ME... HE IS A GOD....

[@nowthatsfunny1]

Omg this guy just crushed all guitar players sounds for the last 20 years by playing this 2:40. Why can't we have more professionals writing and playing instead of the gong show rejects?

[@cbcmusic]

Hi Jes, November is Guitar Month at CBC Music. So lots of guitar related stuff coming down the pipe on the site. Hope you like it! :)

[@eternalme6077]

Does Anybody remember, one of the FIRST I did was look at the Guitar's my favorite Artists were playing and back then I noticed Rick playing a Double neck IBANEZ! It wasn't a Gibson, but Oh Man as we all know, he made that baby SCREAM! Me and my friends would try our best to copy him with our 6 stringer's lol...... Anyways this was a Cool vid, it's Really Nice to see him, a GREAT GUITARIST and KILLER SINGER AS WELL, Thanks for Posting this Beauty...........🎸💚

[@johnwerner4925]

I think Rik and the remaining members of Rush could be such an awesome combo. I even wondered what Yes might sound like with him as a second guitarist and featured vocalist. He's got such talent. I always enjoy any video with Rik sharing his knowledge and experience..

[@davidchicoine6949]

i have to say i one of thos guys that he describing in the last minute ... XD

[@TOOBBIINN1]

Play Allied Forces!

[@marshfilm]

lol

[@ronyeahright9536]

Don Felder / Hotel California....prob in the top 3 double neck classics of all time

[@briansee5936]

Triumph and UFO both had really underated guitar players due to zeppelin and floyd and the rest of the guitarist that were in the limelight I think these two bands triumph especially had way better guitarist than some other 70's bands wich I love all

[@michaeldevlin440]

If you like some people better your opinion dont badmouth others

[@michaeldevlin440]

Rik is certainly one of the best musicians from canada like geddy and alex in one

[@mhmt1453]

omg! "Blinding Light Show!" I discovered these guys in 79, and loved those first two albums.. 13 years old, rocking to Triumph at the Stanley theater in Pittsburgh!!

[@batmasterson7918]

Tommy Pouch Blinding Light Show is an incredible song.!

[@vincedegennaro3534]

The double neck is the El Camino of guitars.

[@stephencastro1437]

Thank you Rik. I am one of those guys. I have an EDS1275, Ebony with gold hardware. And I love it!

[@cbcmusic]

Right on!

[@charlesmascari8197]

Most of the things we acquire in life we want and don't need.

[@fuffoon]

He plays so well.

[@martinpidhany8278]

Thank you ric and triumph for so many amazing songs !!!!

[@hogtied12]

I have one of these things and can never get to grips playing it, tuning is a nightmare

[@leemark63]

Saw Triumph twice in the 80's and I'll never forget Rik playing one handed throughout the show and thinking...wtf!?

[@JBDebtFree]

Have to say thanks to Rik Emmett for all he did to inspire me to be a better player. Amazing guy. One of my favorite players.

[@neighborbruce]

That Muse namedrop was cool

[@finnthemightyyetgentledark8216]

I got the chance to see him live and solo about 20 years ago. He's super talented.

[@markchidester6239]

Would love to have seen that, in a small club sitting at little round tables.

[@finnthemightyyetgentledark8216]

@@markchidester6239 That's kind of what it was. It was a hotel conference room with tables to sit at

[@fireglo450music]

I need to get my hands on a doubleneck because I need the utility of 2 guitars in 1 for gigs. I want to experiment with switching mid-song, but I also just want to be able to have two six strings and a 12 string but not have to swap between 3 guitars in a 45-minute set

[@rjonboy7608]

A thing of beauty in the hands of a true genius.

[@markbirchette8740]

If you aren't actually putting your heart and soul into it, actually learning how to play? Then you're not a musician is its traditional sounds through each others unique style of playing. Eddie Van Halen would have never existed, he had to come up with it. He has emotion in his playing. Heart and Soul, something a machine can't and NEVER will have. Teleprompters, recorded tracks with lip syncing. W.T.F? Over. ..... Push button my red haired ass ! Cheers to all of us foot stompin, hand clapping, headbagin, rock N rollers!!✌ 👣 👣 👣

[@McMinnManiac]

Sounds like he is playing through a Rockman headphone amplifier. That is true to his era It is amazing anyone can get anything out of it

[@6410daniel]

when i learned how to play ... Magic Power.. was the one ,, and still to this day it gives me chills hearing it... 15 years old in 80... now 53.. Ric was my first influence Dan 4-22-19

[@pensnut08]

Love "Blinding Light Show"!!!!!!!!!

[@frankcouture428]

Gibson humbucker guitar has magic power...got it.:-)

[@cbcmusic]

That should be your 1 take away from this video :)

[@kenw.1112]

Only thing is I don't like today's music because it is fake! What you did in Triumph is the ultimate in rock and roll Rick! The best rock/pop was from the 60,70,80's Period!

[@megadezziescat1124]

Love that guitar playing. ❤

[@phambo101]

Don't you worry 'bout a thang, Rick. ROCK -N- ROLL WILL NEVER DIE!!!

[@mhathaway35]

God what a talented musician. Good to see that he is still playing well. Blinding light show is one of my favorites.

[@harveyterry6418]

Damm rik's a real guitar player

[@MrAitraining]

Catch Triumph live at the U.S. Festival 83' Double neck perfection the way he describes on many of the songs. Sweet and soft to shred city!

[@JackieSuz917]

was there...one of my happiest days!!

[@Scottocaster6668]

When I was a little kid, my dad bought a Ibanez double neck, Jimmy Page lawsuit Gibson, looked just like Jimmy's too. He had it leaning on the couch, our cat jumped off the couch, knocking it over and broke the neck. Oh my dad was F***ing P***ed. Either in '73-'74 when he bought it. Ready for this??.. $275.00 new, w/hsc.

[@eternalme6077]

Yes, rubenreza.........you remember it TOO! I mean it's no big deal but he played a Doubleneck IBANEZ, not a Gibson Rick is portraying here. Man Rick, Me and my friends Loved you Guy's, Triumph ROCKED INDEED!!! 🎸💚

[@flashy5150]

I love the retro days, the guitar players had more natural and earthy tones. It’s like; I can’t enjoy drinkin’ with new electronic music but put on some classic Zeppelin, Sabbath, Hendrix Van Halen or even Triumph, and the beer goes down better with every sip and every song. Rik, I met you at a guitar clinic you did way back in the late ‘80’s at the old Royal Connaught Hotel in Hamilton Ontario, that was one fun and interesting guitar clinic. “ Rock out, Roll On” 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👍👍👍👍

[@williammeek765]

Blinding light show , thanx Rik.

[@peteryyz43]

4:29 That 'Never Surrender' riff, is just phenomenal.

[@Ricken2022]

I have a ibanez double neck from the 70s , you would probably call it a law-suit guitar, as it looks so close to the Gibson 1275 , except for one huge difference, it has a bolt in neck. When you talk about the old days when you move the guitar and the note will go sharp or flat... this guitar does that .. But I could not pay 5,000 for a Gibson so I just deal with it, and of course it doesn’t get played much , but when you pull it out , it sure gets that look.... so you better know how to play it well...lol One thing I noticed in a old video of Rik playing a double neck, I am quite sure he was playing a Yamaha double neck.. and I am just guessing but I wonder if Yamaha made this for Rik. I can’t remember Yamaha making double necks, and I know Rik was an endorser of Yamaha .. As we know Rik is a gifted musician and a great singer and most of all just an all around great Canadian guy...thanks for the great music...

[@markhiatt8185]

Doublenecks are coming back. They are being produced mainly out of China, but many names are bringing new favorites. I was on the design team for a model produced by a company called Firefly. These guitars come back as quickly as they fade. The Firefly doubleneck I received as payment for my work on the model is only about four pounds heavier than my Les Paul. As for versatility, nothing beats a doubleneck when you have to switch guitars mid song on stage. I play both bass and guitar. The rythm guitar player to the band I was in also played bass, and we often traded parts. This was a hassle on stage. This is why I encouraged Firefly to introduce a bass/six string doubleneck.