Erik Hauri's Doubleneck 12/6 strat [Pictures] - created 02-22-2005

Hauri, Erik - 02/22/2005.20:42:11

I've been lurking here for quite some time, posting only occasionally. This is the result of all the great advice here, an unbelievable amount really. Thanks for all of it.

Specs:

Alder body

Booked spalted maple cap

enamel blackburst, polyU clear coat

flame maple necks, walnut skunk stripes & headstock lam

25.5" scale, 1.75" @ nut, 16" radius, jumbo frets, bone nuts

chrome dome pickups, standard stratty switching

master volume & tone, 3-way neck select

The tone is surprisingly meatier than your standard strat, lots of sustain and the 12-string is a dream. The cavity covers are from the same spalt billet as the cap. The 12-neck has only 6 tuners; the octave strings are strung through the tailpiece, tuned up, clamped with the string clamp, snipped and thereafter adjusted with the fine-tuners. The regular strings thread through the body, pass through holes drilled through the string clamp, and are tuned in the normal way with the tuning keys. I had to do it this way, as I absolutely wanted the headstocks to match.

12 pounds, but I love it!

Here's the back.

Finally...after 4 tries (a lot, especially for this size body)...finally, a good finish!

And the headstocks.

Oh Yes! The Holy Mother Icon of rock and roll guitar. The Double Neck!!!

Fantastic Erik!

Erik,

I love the octive 6 set-up .. very cool and clean. Thanks for the post.

Great job Erik,

The finish did turn out great! Did you happen to see the strat/tele in the Guitar World design contest? Looked identicle to this without the 12 strings, and had the different shaped headstocks. Yours looks better though.

Julian Gifford

Very cool. I like it a lot. Build more, please.

What the heck kind of tremolo is that???

Nice looking guitar BTW

Wait... no that's the 12 string bridge? Sh*t that's creative. The rear access covers made me think that was a trem

Well this IS an awesome doubleneck, you beat Fenders on this one!

Lovely!

You've got me pondering that drawn-out-but-never-built doubeleneck guitar I threw together a few years. Too many projects and ideas, too little time!

Great job Erik! Looks pro!

Wow. It never ceases to amaze me the amount of talent that's contained on this site. You should be very proud of this guitar, it looks great! I especially love the curly maple on the necks/headstocks. Excellent!

Awesome job Erik. The guitar looks beautiful. How's the weight and balance? Any problems with the finish on the maple fretboards or did that go well? Get out there and play a gig with it man!

Thanks everyone!

I did indeed see that doubleneck winner in Guitar World, when I was about half-way done with this one. I thought "heheheh...I got that beat!"

The cavity covers were required because the pickup routs & wiring were done from the rear. The bridge is a Schaller, normally used for 6 strings; all I had to do was drill the string-thru holes in the right place, and notch the saddles properly.

The 6-neck is a 1-piece, the 12-neck is 2-piece (back + fretboard). The 6-neck was actually fussier to adjust (moved around more) than the 12-neck, despite the lower string tension. It is my first, and last, 1-piece neck.

The 6-neck was shot & buffed after fretting; the 12-neck was shot & buffed prior to fretting. Now that I've discovered the joys of Abralon sanding pads, I prefer the first method.

The balance is fine, both sitting & standing. I go 6'2" and 235 lbs, so this is not really weighing me down...if you know what I mean!

It will debut in our church, sometime in the next few weeks.