~1975 LOBUE Doubleneck Natural
Description
LOBUE Doubleneck, A beautiful, one-of-a-kind masterpiece from early 1970’s,
This electric double neck guitar was created for jazz great Steve Khan
built by master luthier Charles LoBue in his Thompson Street, NYC workshop,
LoBue was the go-to builder of unique electric guitars and was frequented
by many notable guitarists of the era. LoBue was assisted by several
apprentices while building this guitar who later became quite notable
including Woody Pfifer and Larry DiMarzio,
The body is carved from a single piece of birch and has two mahogany
necks both with ebony fingerboards, mother of pearl fret markers and
Double mother of pearl fret markers at 12th and 21st frets,
pickups were hand wound by Larry DiMarzio and complete a rich and broad
tonal palette, 1.75” at the 12 string nut, 1.625” oat the 6 string nut,
4 one-of-a-kind hand wound pickups by Larry DiMarzio
German Schaller tuners, Kluson style tune-o-matic chrome bridge and tail
piece, Jumbo frets, very low and playable action, Brass strap knobs
Three 3-way toggle switches
Top – 12 string neck pickup selector
Middle – Neck selector, north/ south orientation
Up – 12 string neck on
Middle – both necks on
Bottom – 6 string neck on
Bottom – 6 string neck pickup selector
2 pairs of chrome single volume and tone knobs for each neck.
3-way mini toggle switch for coil splitting/ in-out of phase for
the 6 string bridge pickup.
Weight – 13.2 lbs.
LOBUE logo and mother of pearl flaming vase inlay on each headstock.
fitted Epiphone hard case, exc+.....$9,950
This electric double neck guitar was created for jazz great Steve Khan
built by master luthier Charles LoBue in his Thompson Street, NYC workshop,
LoBue was the go-to builder of unique electric guitars and was frequented
by many notable guitarists of the era. LoBue was assisted by several
apprentices while building this guitar who later became quite notable
including Woody Pfifer and Larry DiMarzio,
The body is carved from a single piece of birch and has two mahogany
necks both with ebony fingerboards, mother of pearl fret markers and
Double mother of pearl fret markers at 12th and 21st frets,
pickups were hand wound by Larry DiMarzio and complete a rich and broad
tonal palette, 1.75” at the 12 string nut, 1.625” oat the 6 string nut,
4 one-of-a-kind hand wound pickups by Larry DiMarzio
German Schaller tuners, Kluson style tune-o-matic chrome bridge and tail
piece, Jumbo frets, very low and playable action, Brass strap knobs
Three 3-way toggle switches
Top – 12 string neck pickup selector
Middle – Neck selector, north/ south orientation
Up – 12 string neck on
Middle – both necks on
Bottom – 6 string neck on
Bottom – 6 string neck pickup selector
2 pairs of chrome single volume and tone knobs for each neck.
3-way mini toggle switch for coil splitting/ in-out of phase for
the 6 string bridge pickup.
Weight – 13.2 lbs.
LOBUE logo and mother of pearl flaming vase inlay on each headstock.
fitted Epiphone hard case, exc+.....$9,950