A 12 Neck Guitar Yoshihiko Satoh you say?
So we have a picture here of some guy playing a 12 neck guitar and one of the instrument in question sitting on a very custom made guitar stand. Yes you heard me correctly, a 12 neck guitar. Once I saw this thing I new that I had to do a post and show you right away.
As it turns out this is some of Yoshihiko Satoh’s conceptual artwork that was displayed and actually won the 2002 Kirin Art Award Grand Prix prize. It is really something to behold. The thing that got my mind going was that if you look really close to the guitar whammy/wammy bars in the top picture, all of them are not in the same position. Then if you focus your attention to the picture below, all of the tail pieces are not the same. This made me think that it’s real … or is it?
Keep on Jammin’
May 13th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
If that is real, it doesn’t make sense. How would you reach some of the necks? Either way still cool.
May 15th, 2010 at 11:16 am
It’s definitely not functional art Jeff!
June 10th, 2010 at 10:24 am
very cool guitar but i think its hard to use..
June 10th, 2010 at 10:34 am
11 necks i can understand, but 12? j/k its super awesome.
June 19th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Bonita, can you imagine how much it would cost to totally re-string this thing?!!!
June 19th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
I think so too How to yoyo!
July 24th, 2010 at 9:06 am
I’d bet Michelangelo Batio would have no problem utilizing each neck of this guitar. Anyway, it’s interesting to say the least. I certainly hope that if they went through all the effort to make a guitar like this that they at least made it functional.
July 24th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
You’d think now wouldn’t you Eric! As for seeing Michelangelo Batio play this puppy, the tickets for the show would be worth every penny!
December 4th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
Love it! It’s a visual art statement, though — otherwise, why would you want a multi-neck with all the same neck/bridge/pickups? As a Stratocaster lover, I admire his choice of archetype.