Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

I'm looking for some tips on someone to help modify a Rickenbacker doubleneck. As it is now, this guitar has a 6 string on top and a bass on bottom. It was clearly once two guitars; the seam joining them is quite visible. The bottom neck is the typical 4001/4003 set neck, but the top neck is a bolt on.

The guy who has it wants a 12-string on top, not a 6 string. So the obvious solution would be to get somebody to fabricate a Rick-style 12-string neck that could replace the bolt-on on top.

So I'm looking for suggestions on who might do a nice job with this--we really don't want a Fender neck, but one that looks like a Ric and matches the other one. Any ideas about this?

We've got shows schedules for November (it's a Genesis tribute band), so we're hoping to get the work completed before then, or at least by the end of the year. We can ship this beast out immediately.

John, I'm booked pretty solid and running a bit behind schedule all this year, so I would not be able to handle this, but a good reliable luthier could, and I have contact with several in the Bay Area. Drop me a line to my email, off list and I'll give you some names. We also have Larry Davis who's in Atlanta, and his star is rising as a Rick luthier, too.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Paul. Send me an offline email, John - I'd be pleased to see what I can do to help you out.

Larry