Have you seen an instrument that looks like two guitars mixed into one so that instead
of carrying two different guitars you can use one instruments with two integrated guitars. How advantageous is this type of instrument on the part of the user?
What comes into your mind when you hear the "double neck guitar'? Just by hearing it, you would immediately picture out two guitars. These guitars are neither overlapped but they are placed side by side.
Most musician realized how difficult or time-consuming it is to use one guitar and replace it with another type of guitar after playing one song that uses a different type of guitar from the guitar used for the next song. Even a single song requires two guitars. To be more effective, real and entertaining in front of their audience, musicians have to use a better type of guitar instrument that would ease their mind and body when playing guitar.
The double neck guitar eases this problem. Instead of playing two separate instruments on one hand and transferring from one guitar to another, the double neck guitar allow the musician to play two guitars without having to switch from one guitar to another.
While this instrument may take skill to manipulate two different guitars at once, it does provide relief of not having to take off one guitar and then lift another one.
Aside from the double neck guitar which has two guitar in one, there is also triple neck guitar which has three guitars in one giving the musician better chances at playing three different guitars at once.
The most popular double neck guitar is the Gibson EDS-1275 is the most popular double neck guitar. It is known for being used by Jimmy Page of Zeppelin. The song "California" is also a song played using a double neck guitar by the Eagles.
Looking at double neck guitar may give you an impression that it is a very difficult device to play or use but in truth, the double neck guitar gives a musician more chances of being more creative and guitar mastery.