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    Default You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Spotted on Reverb this morning. A double neck mandolin/mandola.

    https://reverb.com/item/37935072-dou...ard-shell-case

    The slotted peg head(s) was an interesting choice to me.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    I like the look of it in a strange way, but is that particle board I see near the tailpiece?

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    I've played one that a friend owns - it's a typical Vietnamese Antonio Tsai instrument. Not my favorite instrument - and I have played other Vietnamese single necks that I do like - and I own a nice one as seen in my avatar pic.

    It wasn't terrible, it just was not a winner.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by Sue Rieter View Post
    I like the look of it in a strange way, but is that particle board I see near the tailpiece?
    I think that is the abalone type binding.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by Sue Rieter View Post
    ... like the look of it in a strange way ...
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    Reminds me of a Dali or Picasso face with, ya know, two mouths?

    BTW, the Reverb shots show a small square of particle board, or maybe cork, at the heel; it seems to be stuck on and serving no purpose. It's right next to the almost-pulled-out tailpiece.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    They'd have done better making a single neck 5 string mandolin/mandola.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Reminds me of a Dali or Picasso face with, ya know, two mouths?
    It looks to me like double vision.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Charley

    A bunch of stuff with four strings

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    I'm partial to some of the guitar/mandolin double necks.Click image for larger version. 

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    John, that Gibson is pretty cool. Is that a production model or was it custom ordered?
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by John Rosett View Post
    I'm partial to some of the guitar/mandolin double necks.Click image for larger version. 

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    Not bad...as are some of the guitar/bass models.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by Charles E. View Post
    John, that Gibson is pretty cool. Is that a production model or was it custom ordered?
    I don't really know. The standard Gibson "Double Mandolin", as that was called, came with a standard 6 string neck and an octave 6 string neck, so the 6 string/8 string version was probably custom ordered.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

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    A friend of mine play his Double neck Octave/Mandola in his band a few years back. Neat instrument. Weird fixed mandola bridge though.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    The Reverb instrument could be interesting without the nearly pulled out tailpiece and without the side cracks.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by LadysSolo View Post
    The Reverb instrument could be interesting without the nearly pulled out tailpiece and without the side cracks.
    Way overpriced in that condition. Heck, overpriced if it was in perfect condition.
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    A bit like this drawing by John Lennon.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidKOS View Post
    I've played one that a friend owns - it's a typical Vietnamese Antonio Tsai instrument. Not my favorite instrument - and I have played other Vietnamese single necks that I do like - and I own a nice one as seen in my avatar pic.

    It wasn't terrible, it just was not a winner.
    A friend of mine showed up to a mandolin workshop with a fairly early Tsai instrument, a mandola that was basically unplayable.

    Quote Originally Posted by Charles E. View Post
    Way overpriced in that condition. Heck, overpriced if it was in perfect condition.
    I agree with Charley: without the issues, caveat emptor+; in this shape—run away like the wind.

    Here's something that fits into this thread—from the 1920s, a Turturro Turnover: One side and mandolin and the other a uke. Not very sensible design though. I used to own one and the body is so thin that neither side sounds like anything, plus there is a soundhole on both sides.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by LadysSolo View Post
    The Reverb instrument could be interesting without the nearly pulled out tailpiece and without the side cracks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Charles E. View Post
    Way overpriced in that condition. Heck, overpriced if it was in perfect condition.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    A friend of mine showed up to a mandolin workshop with a fairly early Tsai instrument, a mandola that was basically unplayable.
    Like I said, I've played one of these (even the same finish as the Reverb example), and a bunch of other Vietnamese made mandolins of different designs by various makers.

    I own one of the kind with flat top, side holes, some sort of inner ring and not too much inlay, supposedly based on some French design. It's a nice instrument and has been stable for well over a decade so it's well made enough.

    However, many if not most of the instruments I've seen from this maker and many other makers are questionable as they have lots of inlay but are not solidly built; as Jim said, "basically unplayable" - or will be after a while.

    That said, I know of several mandolin players with decent sounding and playable Vietnamese mandolins, so there are a few out there to be had - but buyer beware.

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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Paul Hostetter, luthier extraordinaire, who passed away a few years ago, liked those side port flattops that Tsai and other of the Taiwan/Vietnamese sellers sold. I believe he said he had to do some set up on them.

    The main problem with mandolins coming from these folks was that in the early days they didn’t dry the wood properly. I also had a metal tailpiece that fell apart on an American instrument I had. Hopefully these days quality control is better.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Jim, I used to have one of those Tutorro Turnovers, like you said, not very practical...but cool as heck. They may not sound like much but they are collectible.
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    Default Re: You don't see that everyday (double neck on Reverb).

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Garber View Post
    Paul Hostetter, luthier extraordinaire, who passed away a few years ago, liked those side port flattops that Tsai and other of the Taiwan/Vietnamese sellers sold. I believe he said he had to do some set up on them.

    The main problem with mandolins coming from these folks was that in the early days they didn’t dry the wood properly. I also had a metal tailpiece that fell apart on an American instrument I had. Hopefully these days quality control is better.
    And Paul could set them up very well! Mostly the better made ones. - with aged tropical woods, which are available in Vietnam - will need new tuners, a bit of fret dressing, and such.

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