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Author:  Brad Goodman [ Sun Feb 22, 2026 10:52 pm ]
Post subject:  I’ve gone mad… Stark raving mad! i’ve built a double neck ac
So the breakdown in my brain started about 15 years ago when I saw it this guy playing this guitar. His name is Thom BreshHe’s the son of Merle Travis, where Travis picking comes from.
It rattled around in my brain all those years and then I decided to build it for some unknown reason -some people might ask why and all I have to say to that is “why is a crooked letter”…
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So it is a steel string on one side and a nylon string on the other side. The reason the necks are angled like they are is because the heels need to clear each other. I have seen one guy build one where are the necks lined up, but that creates another problem so this is what I went with.
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Author:  Jim Watts [ Sun Feb 22, 2026 11:28 pm ]
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Wow!
Keep us posted on this.
Super interesting.
Author:  Chris Pile [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 1:12 am ]
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Nutty.
Author:  meddlingfool [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 3:41 am ]
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Fun!
Author:  SteveSmith [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 8:03 am ]
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I like it, looks fun!
Author:  Dave m2 [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 11:57 am ]
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Yea mad alright! Dave
Author:  RusRob [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 2:07 pm ]
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Ill be watching...
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Kind of Whacky but I like it.

Cheers,
Bob
Author:  Dave Rickard [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 4:43 pm ]
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Brad, I’ll be following your build.
Keep in mind I’m a hobby builder so I really don’t know what I’m talking about.
you’re building a guitar with a large hole in the back, how will this affect projection?
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 5:30 pm ]
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Dave Rickard wrote:
Brad, I’ll be following your build.
Keep in mind I’m a hobby builder so I really don’t know what I’m talking about.
you’re building a guitar with a large hole in the back, how will this affect projection?


Good question, that I won't know the answer to until it's done-flying by the seat of my pants on this one...

I will say that said hole will be closed up to some degree by the players belly,

so possibly the fatter one is the better it will sound?
Author:  Mike_P [ Mon Feb 23, 2026 6:28 pm ]
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only 2? yawn....

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just being facetious, looks schweet!
Author:  Bryan Bear [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 10:26 am ]
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Wow! I can't wait to see how this comes out! Nice work so far!
Author:  doncaparker [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 10:58 am ]
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Brad Goodman wrote:
I will say that said hole will be closed up to some degree by the players belly,

so possibly the fatter one is the better it will sound?


Finally, my opportunity to shine!
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Tue Feb 24, 2026 7:25 pm ]
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doncaparker wrote:
Brad Goodman wrote:
I will say that said hole will be closed up to some degree by the players belly,

so possibly the fatter one is the better it will sound?


Finally, my opportunity to shine!

Ha!
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Thu Feb 26, 2026 8:12 pm ]
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Made some more progress on this two headed monster… Productive day glued the classical neck in, fretted it, and got four coats of lacquer on.
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Author:  James Orr [ Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:17 pm ]
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This is awesome!
Author:  doncaparker [ Fri Feb 27, 2026 1:26 pm ]
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I wonder if two people could play it at the same time, if one of the necks was strung as a lefty (and that player was a lefty). Sort of like the guitar version of a kissing bench.
Author:  bionta [ Sat Feb 28, 2026 10:59 pm ]
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Very cool. I can't wait to read the thread about where to buy a case for that. :lol:
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Sat Feb 28, 2026 11:22 pm ]
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Dave Rickard wrote:
Brad, I’ll be following your build.
Keep in mind I’m a hobby builder so I really don’t know what I’m talking about.
you’re building a guitar with a large hole in the back, how will this affect projection?


So , I strung it up and it projects just like a normal guitar-actually pretty loud and to my ears nice sounding on the steel string side-the nlon is a litle meek but respectable...Itoddly enoughseems the "hole" in the back plays no significant role in the sound or projection
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Sat Feb 28, 2026 11:23 pm ]
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bionta wrote:
Very cool. I can't wait to read the thread about where to buy a case for that. :lol:

yea there's that...I doubt it will ever leave my shop!
Author:  Robbie_McD [ Sun Mar 01, 2026 7:36 am ]
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Super cool project!
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Mon Mar 02, 2026 8:22 am ]
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So, I finished the guitar yesterday…
Pretty happy with the way it came out. I love the steel string side. The nylon side is a little “meek“.
If I had made a regular steel string that sounded like that I’d be extremely happy. Anyway, I learned a lot from this mainly that having a big hole. In the back of the guitar didn’t make a bit of a difference in the volume or “quality” of Sound. Got me thinking about some new projects also so all in all I’m glad I did it.
I have a few videos of it, but even after over 20 years on this form, I still don’t know how to post a video – lol
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Author:  SteveSmith [ Mon Mar 02, 2026 9:32 am ]
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I like it. Would be fun to walk on stage with that and see the reaction - especially from fellow musicians.
Author:  Brad Goodman [ Mon Mar 02, 2026 7:32 pm ]
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SteveSmith wrote:
I like it. Would be fun to walk on stage with that and see the reaction - especially from fellow musicians.


There's a long interview with Thom Bresh on youtube and when he first showed up with it people were pretty taken aback and they all wanted to try it.
Author:  Jim Watts [ Tue Mar 03, 2026 11:52 am ]
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very cool Brad, good job!
Author:  Mprop [ Sat Mar 21, 2026 4:30 pm ]
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Two thumbs up, Brad! Extremely cool.
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