Those Daring Young Men
and Their Doubleneck Guitars
Branch, New Jersey—a loyal user of the Gibson
EDS-1275 and a prime example of how most
of us are influenced by our guitar idols. When
questioned about why he began using one, Ron
replied, “The awesome Jimmy Page inspired
me, of course! I went to see Led Zeppelin at
Madison Square Garden, and immediately
bought a Gibson 6-12 doubleneck that still
sounds and looks cool. The obvious advantage
is the ability to play rhythm on the 12-string
neck and lead on the 6-string neck without
changing guitars. The doubleneck was instrumental (pun intended) in helping me write and
produce one of my originals, ‘Trippin’ All Over
The World,’ that wound up sounding like a Tom
Petty song, partially because of the 1275.”
To hear Ron Weinstein’s Gibson EDS-1275 on “Trippin’ All Over the World” head online to premierguitar.com/magazine
On the jazzier side, Scott Stenten, a Chicago-born but New York City-based guitarist,
performs imaginative, adventurous music that
employs both acoustic and electric guitars
joined together in ingenious ways, with magnets, pins or screws. Stenton owns several
doubleneck instruments, including custom
made models by luthiers Brad Larson and
Steve Klein. One of them is an Ibanez AM- 100
semi-hollow electric, mated with a specially
designed Klein-built solidbody. Another consists of two Martin Backpacker guitars, and
yet another is a marriage of a Taylor 314CE
and a Baby Taylor. All the guitars can be separated at any time if Stenton wishes. Stenton
has developed a phenomenal technique that
allows him to play both necks of his guitars
simultaneously, a mind-blowing achievement.
[ The author would like to thank his new friend
Wally Marx for his assistance, and his buds at
The Gear Page for their help preparing this
article. You know who you are.]
