DOUBLE NECK MANDOLIN/UKULELE
Double neck Mandolin
This instrument is a ⅔ replica of the guitar used by Don Felder (The Eagles) on Hotel California, He played a 12 string / 6 string Gibson EDS-1275 but being ⅔ size this instrument has 8 and 4 string necks.
It has steel strings and can be tuned as a mandolin (GDAE), a ukulele (GCEA) or a guitar/baritone ukulele (DGBE).
The pickups are custom made zebra humbuckers and the Tune-O-Matic style bridge and tail piece were also custom made. The tuners are Onyx Tulip Kluson models scavenged from two Gibson Epiphone guitars.
Rough sawn body with the two necks.
Shaping the heads.
Routing the pickup and cable channels.
Fitting the pickups.
Fitting the scratch guard.
Beginning to assemble the parts.
Pickups and tuning machines in place.
Heads drilled for the tuning machines.
Mapping out the split parallelogram fret markers.
Fret markers inlayed and one fretboard with frets.
Primer finish and final assembly before spraying.
Sprayed arctic white like the original guitar.
Fitting the hardware.
Wiring at the front...
...and the rear.
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