![]() Of course, it is painted bright pink to make it easy to see from the back row. The whole instrument itself seems heavy and awkward to play, but Steve makes it look easy. The 6-string neck facing away from him usually has a capo, and is tuned to a chord, while the 12 string doesn’t use a capo, but is also tuned to a chord. Steve Vai’s Heart Guitar was first seen in a David Lee Roth video, but it evolved into a unique instrument featuring a 12-string neck and two 6-string necks. Steve’s multi-neck playing is just one facet of what he does, but his use of 3-neck guitars is why he is on this list. Here is his double neck playing, which showcases his shredworthiness: He plays these in unison and in harmony, but he is no 4-trick wonder: He plays conventional guitar quite well, too. MAB’s Dean Double & Quad (!?!) neck allows him to play ambidextrously, fretting above and below the neck. It is pretty amazing to see in person, and could easily be dismissed as a parlor trick if he wasn’t so good at it. He even needed a custom Dean guitar to do it with. Who says you have to hold a pick with one hand and fret with another? Who says the necks have to always face the same direction? Leave it up to shred king Michael Angelo Batio to push shred into 4 directions. The visual was perfect for Cheap Trick’s catchy power pop, and it is still a hit every time he brings it out. Why not have all the guitars occupy the same space? While his back may disagree, no one at the time had seen anything like it. ![]() Rick came up with the idea of a 5 neck instrument as he would strap on many guitars at a time during his solo spot, and then take off one at a time and play the one underneath. The guitarist in Cheap Trick for decades, Rick’s custom 1981 Hamer includes a 12 string, a 6 string, a 6 string with a whammy, another 6 string (because, rock n’ roll), and a fretless 6 string. Rick NielsonĪnother guitarist famous for his vintage guitar collection, Rick Nielson is another guitarist should be known for a lot more than “the guy with that 5-necked guitar”. However, if you ever find yourself with a 12-string and a capo, due to Felder’s Law, you are legally required to play a D and then an F#7 chord. It is a shame that many know him just as “the doubleneck guy in the Eagles”, because he contributed a lot to rock guitar before and after. A true play for the song player, Don seems to always put the notes in exactly the right place, with every solo having its own mini-melody that sticks in your head. Now it is impossible to think of him playing that song with any other guitar. But he wouldn’t be known for using a doubleneck Gibson EDS-1275 if early MTV hadn’t played the Hotel California video several times a day for a few years. Don Felderĭon Felder owns lots of guitars. This is my list of multi-necked mavens who inspired players to not only push guitar design, but actual playing, in multiple directions. Some used a double neck for different tunings, some used the multi-necked guitar as a novelty to bring out for a song or two in the set. Perhaps you have developed a technique that requires tapping on two necks at once, or you just like the feeling of dislocated discs that comes with using a multi-neck guitar… hey, we don’t judge!īack in the Third Decade of Rock (the 1970s), there was a whole host of players that created music requiring different tonal changes that could not achieve them with guitar effects available at the time. However, there are times when you might have to play guitar and bass in the same song, or play delicate fingerpicked intros on a 12 string, and rock out with a great big Rockin’ Guitar Solo on that 6-string in the end. ![]() Most guitarists have enough struggle with one neck. ![]()
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