For all you Junior Brown wannabe's

Herb Steiner · Post by **Herb Steiner** » 7 Jan 2007 8:16 pm

Get your chops up, then challenge Jr. B. to a Texas chicken wire show-down match... loser leaves town!!

Check this baby out

They also make triple neck standard guitars. Rick Neilsen look out!!!

chas smith · Post by **chas smith** » 7 Jan 2007 9:11 pm

This is a Unique Double Neck Instrument

Perfect for the Average to Advanced Musician

Ummm, if their idea of an average musician can play that instrument, what does their advanced guy do?

Dan Sawyer · Post by **Dan Sawyer** » 7 Jan 2007 9:37 pm

Oops! They forgot to angle the 8-string neck. Oh well, the price is right.

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 7 Jan 2007 9:54 pm

Might be a bit awkward to play the steel neck...?

Tom Baylis · Post by **Tom Baylis** » 7 Jan 2007 10:05 pm

and why add compensation on the bridge of the lap steel neck?

Michael Johnstone · Post by **Michael Johnstone** » 7 Jan 2007 10:14 pm

Nice color

Bob Carlucci · Post by **Bob Carlucci** » 8 Jan 2007 1:59 am

Tennessee huh??.. by way of the Orient.. bob

Gary Lynch · Post by **Gary Lynch** » 8 Jan 2007 6:44 am

Wonder if their products come with the drugs it would take to play them? Pain medication for your neck and shoulders! And/or a good Doctor for knee and hip replacement!

Check the string spacing on the 'lap steel'.

Kevin Brown · Post by **Kevin Brown** » 8 Jan 2007 7:10 am

So many bad design features, string spacing, fingerboard radius, no supporting closeups, no info on designer/reasons just total utter junk

Casey Lowmiller · Post by **Casey Lowmiller** » 8 Jan 2007 12:17 pm

They also carry a 5-neck guitar!!!

It's S-T-U-P-I-D.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 8 Jan 2007 12:41 pm

Nobody makes these except the guy who made Jr. Browns. These may be just low budget knockoffs, but at about $3-400 they will at least get you in the game.

The Stevens guitar like Browns......$5K maybe???

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 8 Jan 2007 1:26 pm

I discovered these a couple of weeks ago. I spent a bunch of time browsing the products (and some of the negative feedback---warped/twisted necks, bad refund policies....) There is a two neck mandolin/guitar, some 2 & 3 neck basses, 6 string/12 string, fretless stuff, you name any two or three guitar and/or bass configs and they've got 'em, joined together at the hips.
I appreciate the folly of it all. And I would expect playability to be somewhere around toys-r-us level. But I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted by that mando-tar.

Gary Lynch · Post by **Gary Lynch** » 8 Jan 2007 5:16 pm

Junior Brown's rig cost $9500

http://stevensguitars.com/models/

Joseph M Adams · Post by **Joseph M Adams** » 9 Jan 2007 10:25 am

I've been lusting after a guit steel for years, can't afford the Steven's rig, but when I saw this a couple weeks ago, I fell off my chair laughing.
it reminded me of the Tiger Beat guitars, only thing missing is the amplifier built into the body
I'm working on playing standing steel and accompanying guitar
(a Peavey T25) with a spin strap to keep it close to the body, run it all thru a switchblade to avoid sympathetic vibrations coming thru the system
next up on the hit parade is to throw a sequencer into the loop.
Ever see the tricks Victor Wooten does building a solo with a sequencer?
good possiblities for spending a lot of time playing with myself

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 9 Jan 2007 12:37 pm

Just FYI, Joseph, in case you aren't aware, Melobar made a Steel-Guit (I think they were forced to call it) for a short period. Not too many made but there's a chance one might show up on the market. I can't attest to the quality, something I mention because of first hand experience of the rather disappointing quality of the Skeemr strap-on steel which pretty much looks like the steel side of this conjoined baby. . But they also made some good stuff. I know at least one forum member who plays a Melobar Steel-Guit. Maybe he'll comment.

James Mayer · Post by **James Mayer** » 9 Jan 2007 2:21 pm

Why doesn't someone set the steel part below and perpendicular to the elec guitar neck, leaving both necks in their natural position. That seems like the natural thing to do. If it's too heavy, it seems like you could just sit and play it. The steel neck would sit....wait for it......on your lap and the guitar neck would be there when you need it in a .....guitar position. Or better yet, why hasn't someone simply made a way to attach your favorite steel to your favorite axe with some sort of right-angle contraption?

Joseph M Adams · Post by **Joseph M Adams** » 13 Jan 2007 2:08 pm

Yeah, I've pondered the possibilities for a couple years now
If you've seen Jr play live, as opposed to the TV commercials that he's done, he has what appears to be an adapted music stand or mike stand with a chunk of angle iron that he rests the guit-steel on
The other alternative is the Gracie[?] guitar stand, that holds the guitar in the proper position
that seems a little to restrictive to me
Perhaps Rick Alexander will weigh in as he has pix on his website of him doing what appears to be a solo gig with a Strat, a Remmington and a stack of rack mounts
I used to play in a jug band and set my dobro on an old wooden ironing board and played mandolin in a standard fashion
This was in the era of Dinosaurs before portable keyboards and keyboard stands

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