RAM Guitars Double Neck Guitar/Steel

[Ron Mielzynski]

Here is the latest for 2015 from the shop of RAM Guitars.
Some people call it a “Git Steel” but were calling it the Double Barrel. This is a vintage inspired double neck designed to be played standing up with the help of a custom stand from Deluxe 34. 24.75” scale guitar neck on top with a 22.5” scale steel guitar below. Custom finish and pickup options available. Contact us. info(at)ramguitars.com

RAM Guitars “Double Barrel”
Electric Guitar and 8 string Steel Guitar.

Material
Mahogany Body and neck
Triple Ivoroid/Black/Ivory binding
5A Figured Maple top

Finish
Vintage burst Nitrocellulose lightly antiqued

Guitar
24.75” scale ebony fretboard with Medium frets
Vintage C shaped neck
Tone Pros bridge and tailpiece
Vintage oval button tuners

Steel Guitar
22.5” scale length
Custom 8 string nickel plated brass bridge and nut
Grover Sta-Tite tuners mounted to aluminum blocks

Electronics
Lollar Custom 6 string and 8 string Charlie Christian single coil style pickups with Black tops and Ivory colored binding.
Volume, Tone and 3 way switch to select between the 2 guitar necks.
Push/Pull knobs to select guitar pickups
Thumbwheel volume and tone controls for the Steel on the pickup mounting plate.

Stand
Custom adjustable by Deluxe34

[Mark Roeder]

FYI at least as far as I can tell Gibson made the first Lap/Spanish double neck in the late 30s. Though it was based off an EH 150. I find this design based off the Console Grande much prettier.

[Jim Palenscar]

Beautiful!

[Rick Schmidt]

Love it!

[Steven Finley]

Could this possibly be the new Jr. Brown signature model?

[Dustin Rhodes]

So Stephens patent finally ran out?

[Mark Roeder]

Was there actually a patent on a steel/spanish guitar double neck filed?

[Rick Barnhart]

Here's an old thread containing some interesting reading:

http://www.steelguitarforum.com/Forum2/HTML/003308.html

[Mark Roeder]

Interesting old thread, it would appear to be a trademark issue more than a design patented. Gibson did make one in the late 30s, so who's design is it?
Anyway "Gitsteel" seems to be Jr.'s trademark.

[Ed McGee]

Hi Ron, I met you at the DFW Steel show last week. Im trying to restore a Gibson Grande. Some of the metal hardware is missing and the rest is in such bad shape I want to replace it. Would you sell just the bridge hardware and the tuner hardware? Thanks, Ed