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GMC Forum _ GEAR & PRODUCTION _ My Double Guitar
Posted by: MattE Sep 16 2007, 10:42 AM
So for those who saw my post in Muris' section about me building my own double guitar, ignore that
Because I finally broke down and had one custom made
For those who are familiar with Sonny Lombardozzi, this is the exact same model as his
It would have cost me both arms, both legs, a kidney, a heart, and both my lungs to get a replicated MAB guitar 
*Edit Note: I have no idea where all that gray mess came from o.o hope it didnt distort the guitar...*
But anyways
I managed to score a pair of MACE String Dampeners from a friend of mine who originally tried to learn to play two guitars at once, but got frustrated and gave up. He pretty much gave me near-new $160 string dampeners 
Overall, this guitar ended up costing me around $5300
It really does pay to save like crazy from age 11
Although I'm still very inexperienced with my ambidextrous playing, I have managed to synchronize both hands
Next step, harmonized playing 
Hopefully if I ever get a webcam and some kind of midi equipment, I'll post a video of me playing it sometime
Posted by: Eat-Sleep-andJam Sep 16 2007, 10:47 AM
Because I finally broke down and had one custom made
For those who are familiar with Sonny Lombardozzi, this is the exact same model as his
It would have cost me both arms, both legs, a kidney, a heart, and both my lungs to get a replicated MAB guitar
*Edit Note: I have no idea where all that gray mess came from o.o hope it didnt distort the guitar...*
But anyways
I managed to score a pair of MACE String Dampeners from a friend of mine who originally tried to learn to play two guitars at once, but got frustrated and gave up. He pretty much gave me near-new $160 string dampeners
Overall, this guitar ended up costing me around $5300
It really does pay to save like crazy from age 11
Although I'm still very inexperienced with my ambidextrous playing, I have managed to synchronize both hands
Next step, harmonized playing
Hopefully if I ever get a webcam and some kind of midi equipment, I'll post a video of me playing it sometime
Wow man Sweet !
That is one sick guitar and I think eventually when you get the hang of it you should def. post some videos of you playing. The blue is really easy on the eyes but still gives it a nice look .Overall - VERY NICE ! ( In a borat voice )
- John
Posted by: Ryan Sep 16 2007, 11:10 AM
Because I finally broke down and had one custom made
For those who are familiar with Sonny Lombardozzi, this is the exact same model as his
It would have cost me both arms, both legs, a kidney, a heart, and both my lungs to get a replicated MAB guitar
*Edit Note: I have no idea where all that gray mess came from o.o hope it didnt distort the guitar...*
But anyways
I managed to score a pair of MACE String Dampeners from a friend of mine who originally tried to learn to play two guitars at once, but got frustrated and gave up. He pretty much gave me near-new $160 string dampeners
Overall, this guitar ended up costing me around $5300
It really does pay to save like crazy from age 11
Although I'm still very inexperienced with my ambidextrous playing, I have managed to synchronize both hands
Next step, harmonized playing
Hopefully if I ever get a webcam and some kind of midi equipment, I'll post a video of me playing it sometime
It woudl seem pretty hard. I mean just 8 finger tapping is pretty hard for me. But 2 guitars. thats still kind of like just 8 finger tapping right? That woudl be my guess. i suggest you get it down on 1 guitar first, then go to 2 if my guess is right. It may help some!!
Posted by: Robin Sep 16 2007, 08:57 PM
Pretty cool!
Posted by: muris Sep 16 2007, 09:07 PM
Looks great!!:)
Post some videos for sure 
Posted by: MattE Sep 17 2007, 04:43 AM
Thanks everybody!
@Eat-Sleep-AndJam: As soon as I get a webcam and some decent recording equipment I'll post something to demonstrate how it plays
I'm putting together a few riffs right now
Just need to get the equipment
@Ryan: It is a definite challenge! But thanks to the MACE string dampeners it actually sounds good when I play, instead of the presence of all the horrible feedback I get when I legato both necks
So minus the demo video, would you all like to give me some style ideas?
I'm thinking of making a video in the style of Michael Angelo Batio, since he's the reason why I'm learning to play this beast, but nowhere near as fast
Posted by: tonymiro Sep 17 2007, 07:00 AM
Cool guitar Matt but how heavy is that beast? I have enough problems standing under the weight of a LP single neck - you'll have shoulders bigger than Arnie 
.
Seriously though - looks cool and if you can get the two handed bit down then awesome.
Cheers,
Tony
Posted by: shredmandan Sep 17 2007, 08:42 AM
Nice guitar'
I see you said the mab model would have cost more but them you say you payed $5300.00 for this one 
.So how much is the actual mab model?I mean man thats alot already for a guitar i cant see how the mab model would cost $10,000.00 or something that just sounds crazy.
Posted by: MattE Sep 17 2007, 10:45 AM
@tonymiro: It's actually not all that heavy. My Ibanez ARX320 is slightly lighter than the double, and that thing is a beast
But I wouldnt be surprised if my neck got pretty big, the strap I have is a neck strap. Yes, I'm practicing the "flip the guitar upside down" trick MAB does
@shredmandan: It really depended on which MAB model you're talking about. To my knowledge, MAB had three different double guitars. The one I first saw him play, the Top Gun designed one, was at least double what mine cost, if I remeber correctly. I wanted to get the one that looked like a circuit board that I saw in a preview for Speed Kills, but that would have cost me at least 2.5x this one, simply because of the custom body and paint jobs.
It's so expensive to get a custom guitar made for you, especially one as wild as a double guitar T_T
Posted by: FretDancer69 Sep 19 2007, 12:53 PM
the guitar looks awesome man!!
Posted by: Soul_Decision Sep 19 2007, 01:24 PM
Nice looking guitar.
Posted by: RobM Sep 20 2007, 12:56 AM
That thing looks awesome, how hard is it to get your fingers working on both guitars? I saw the youtube links of Michael Angelo Batio that were posted here a little while ago, that guy is incredible. Good luck with your endeavor to master your double.
Posted by: Pavel Sep 20 2007, 01:11 AM
Does Sonny Lombardozzi use Dean double-axe? He had some strange looking double-axe...i'm not sure it was Dean!
Btw. i first took it as a joke. Where did you manage to get that guitar? It's MAB's old double-axe!!!!
Posted by: Owen Sep 20 2007, 07:19 AM
So does it disconnect for use as two singular guitars at all? is it possible ?
That would be cool.
Posted by: FretDancer69 Sep 20 2007, 08:41 AM
Btw. i first took it as a joke. Where did you manage to get that guitar? It's MAB's old double-axe!!!!
yeah its identical!!!!
Posted by: Pavel Sep 20 2007, 08:53 PM
That would be cool.
Yes! You can use them as separate guitars!
but than you'll still have 1 right-handed and 1 left-handed guitar!
Posted by: Juan M. Valero Sep 20 2007, 09:32 PM
OMG !!! And can you play with both necks ????
Incredible guitar !!
Posted by: MattE Sep 24 2007, 04:08 AM
Tragedy has struck...
I was forced to sell the guitar....
How sad it is that one must give up such a beauty because of financial responsibilities
So basically, I get the guitar of my dreams, I start practicing with it
And a week later, I'm forced to sell it
Talk about mood killer T_T
Posted by: SLASH91 Sep 24 2007, 04:14 AM
I was forced to sell the guitar....
How sad it is that one must give up such a beauty because of financial responsibilities
So basically, I get the guitar of my dreams, I start practicing with it
And a week later, I'm forced to sell it
Talk about mood killer T_T
Why?
Posted by: tonymiro Sep 24 2007, 04:54 AM
I was forced to sell the guitar....
How sad it is that one must give up such a beauty because of financial responsibilities
So basically, I get the guitar of my dreams, I start practicing with it
And a week later, I'm forced to sell it
Talk about mood killer T_T
Really, really sorry to hear that Matt
.Tony
Posted by: Ayen Sep 24 2007, 05:37 AM
A word of silence for those (both guitars) lost.
Posted by: botoxfox Sep 24 2007, 06:18 AM
I was forced to sell the guitar....
How sad it is that one must give up such a beauty because of financial responsibilities
So basically, I get the guitar of my dreams, I start practicing with it
And a week later, I'm forced to sell it
Talk about mood killer T_T
That sucks..
Posted by: Pavel Sep 24 2007, 06:57 AM
Wasn't it better to sell your car?
Posted by: Gustavo Sep 24 2007, 07:46 AM
that was THE guitar!!
thats a mess man :S
sorry to hear that :S
Posted by: shredmandan Sep 24 2007, 08:09 AM
Im with you man.I;ve had to sell almost every peice of gear i got .I just keep getting new stuff than having to sell it to pay my bills.Hope you get it back one day
Posted by: MattE Sep 24 2007, 09:55 AM
Thank you for those kind words everybody :]
Hopefully, one day soon, I will be given the opportunity to bring the beast back, and keep it >:]
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