John Paul Jones latest triple neck

[Moondog Wily]

Check out what John Paul Jones is playing (sorry, not a PRS but interesting piece none the less):

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Triple neck with 8 strings per neck! That's 24 strings!!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Mandolin, tenor guitar and 8 string bass - maybe.

 

[Moondog Wily]

Mandolin, tenor guitar and 8 string bass.

Seriously? Is that what it actually is? Or are you just yankin' my chain?

 

[Alnus Rubra]

JPJ plays mandolin (amongst other instruments) for Led Zep, I’m pretty sure the middle neck is a tenor guitar (from a luthier friend who builds them in Fife) and the long scale neck/string gauge on the lowest neck looks bassy.

 

[Moondog Wily]

Mandolin, tenor guitar and 8 string bass - maybe.

Wow, looks like you are correct! I will fix the title. I did not know about his mandolin forays, and he has had several of these triple necks over the years! Thanks for pointing that out!!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Wow, looks like you are correct! I will fix the title. I did not know about his mandolin forays, and he has had several of these triple necks over the years! Thanks for pointing that out!!

Hey didn’t mean my reply to be “douchey”

 

[Moondog Wily]

Hey didn’t mean my reply to be “douchey”

I thought you were being funny! I was a bit ignorant of his full skill set and history!! Never douchey, not from yousie!!! Title and details updated ;~))

 

[Alnus Rubra]

I know I’m normally not the straight guy, but sometimes I like to throw a curveball.

 

[deepender]

Imagine how heavy that thing must be!

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Imagine how heavy that thing must be!

Why do you think John has that constipated expression?

 

[Black Plaid]

Mandolin, Mandolarger, Mandolextra

 

[dmatthews]

4 heads, 4 necks, but only 2 bodies...
Nah... I'm out...

 

[Juan Luis Vidal]

To me this

is still the pinnacle of absurd guitars, if only for the combination of right and left handed necks. His new Hydra model looks like a regular stratocaster (steampunk version) in comparison

 

[Alnus Rubra]

To me this

is still the pinnacle of absurd guitars, if only for the combination of right and left handed necks. His new Hydra model looks like a regular stratocaster (steampunk version) in comparison

Saw this in Hard Rock Cafe - Las Vegas last May

 

[archtop]

Pat Metheny's 42 string Pikasso guitar

Steve Vai's Hydra

 

[Black Dog]

 

[sergiodeblanc]

I can’t really make fun of the best member of Zeppelin.

 

[guitarpickindaddy1971]

Not sure but looking at the length of the necks and number of strings per neck I'm guessing Mandola, Octave Mandolin, Mandocello.

 

[frankencat]

Looks like an Alembic. John Paul played them a lot with LZ.