[Rock'n'roll] They almost certainly go up to 11 ...

[dancefloorlandmine]

The legendary triple-necked guitars. You've got to love that level of hard-rockin' excess ...

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[jaq.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine how heavy that thing would be. My neck is twinging just thinking about it.

this one goes up to eleven

[coven.livejournal.com]

I love that scene :-)

[zotz]

I still prefer the Distortocaster. Motorhead have used one live. Rock'n'roll or what?

[makyo.livejournal.com]

A while back, I read an interview with Christopher Guest (of Spinal Tap), and apparently he got so fed up with rock stars coming up to him, nudging him in the ribs and saying ``I've had an amplifier made which goes up to eleven! Haha!'' that he had one built which goes up to infinity - the volume knob just goes round and round and doesn't do anything.

(It was in the same interview that I learned that he's actually a peer of the realm - he inherited the title of Baron Haden-Guest from his father, and sat in the House of Lords for about a year until most of the hereditary peers were removed. He says his title has never been much of a benefit to him, although his wife says she finds it easier to get restaurant table reservations as Lady Haden-Guest than as plain old Jamie Lee Curtis.)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[snork]

[blue-condition.livejournal.com]

PROGTASTIC!!!!!!!!!

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

That is just Rawk, I suspect.

[tallarn.livejournal.com]

Where's the triple headed bass guitar to go with it?

And what would be the drumming equivalent, I wonder? 3 bass drums?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

Actually, there have been multi-headed basses made - 8 and 4 string bass, and a 6 string guitar fitted to the top ... [grin] But a crane is required.

[nevla.livejournal.com]

Hmm. THat be a posh Steve Vai one-off then.
If you want them more affordable you can buy them from ebay quite frequently:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2384&item=3751243815

This one is a 12 string, a 7 string and a 6 string all in one.
How sad is that?

[velvetfox.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't like to tune that..

[nevla.livejournal.com]

LOL!
Didn't think about that. What a headache!

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

Digital tuners a must then. Crumbs.

[velvetfox.livejournal.com]

A handy roady would be my choice :)

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

You rang, ma'am?

[d-floorlandmine.livejournal.com]

[grin] The article had a link to a triple-header on eBay as well. Although Steve Vai's heart-shaped triple was a monster to behold - bringing two-handed tapping to a whole new level, not to mention the hammer-ons and pull-offs. Saw it at Monsters of Rock 1990, when he was with Whitesnake.

[nevla.livejournal.com]

cool. never seen Vai live. Maybe i should get a DVD.
I'm going to try some of the video lessons Satriani has been doing in Total Guitar magazine soon. I've just got to build up the courage ;)