The Steel Guitar Forum

When I started playing was just before the advent of pedals, but I went with the crowd into the pedal arena, but never lost the fascination with the fixed tunings. So I decided to acquire a multi-neck guitar but I wanted more than just 8 strings and also the same string spacing as my pedal steel. So I built me a triple neck, nine string and persuaded Bruce Zumsteg to make me some pickups for it...I put C6th and E 13th and A 6th on it and have gotten a lot of use and enjoyment out of it...Lately I got tinkering around with Jerry Byrd's C Diotonic tuning, so I built me a single neck 9 string to match the design of the T 9.. I can join the two via a bracket that easily attaches to the under-carriage of the T 9 and forms a quad neck... How's that for a one-of-a- kind ?

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First; holy smokes that is beautiful. I love it.
Second; you must have arms like an orangutan to play the far neck.

Well that is drop dead gorgeous to look at, there is something to me in the look that is vaguely reminiscent of the traditional rope bindings on old Ukuleles.

Beautiful Instrument, and fine workmanship but I imagine it is a bit heavy?
Do you play out with it much?

I don't play out much anymore. I'm 81 and have some problems getting around and especially packing around a D10 pedal steel or my T-9. I used to take the T-9 with me on most of my gigs. I just enjoy playing it and it does have an exceptionlly good tone. To me it is better than the Fenders, plus I prefer the standard pedal steel string spacing. The triple neck (or four neck) is made out of curly maple so there is a bit of lumber there so it is somewhat heavy. It is what it is, but I have never thought it to be excessively heavy..Maybe I should have chosen the harmonica ...

Or balsa wood.
Erv

Duke Ching had a Fender quad, and brought it to Joliet a time or two. He asked me to carry it from his car, into the hotel. It should have had wheels on it..heavy as hell !!

Bill Creller wrote:Duke Ching had a Fender quad, and brought it to Joliet a time or two. He asked me to carry it from his car, into the hotel. It should have had wheels on it..heavy as hell !!

Don't know why everyone goes on about quads as the heaviest thing ever.

My Stringmaster quad is so much lighter then my doubleneck Fender 1000 pedal steel was. And I'd bet it's lighter than a lot of other doubleneck pedal steels - especially if they are loaded with lots of pedals and knee levers.

Never got near a pedal steel, so I'll take your word for it Jeff !!

I think my three neck Rickenbacher is as heavy as my four neck Fender, and just as big also!
Erv

That's just crazy. I love it! I have a hard enough time with two necks, so I'll leave it to you. Beautiful steel guitar!