# Guitar: an exercise in ridiculosity...an 8-necked guitar

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-an-exercise-in-ridiculosity-an-8-necked-guitar/605903 "2011-12-12T13:55:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-an-exercise-in-ridiculosity-an-8-necked-guitar/605903/1 "2011-12-12T13:55:44Z")

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Article, including clip of it actually being played [here](http://guitarsquid.com/Latest/finally-a-guitar-the-squid-can-handle.html).

Bigger than Rick Nielsen (of Cheap Trick’s) 5-necked guitars.

Not quite as…sculptural…as Linda Manzer’s [Pikasso](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1wHZfZz9s) (youtube) guitar made for Pat Metheny…

What is it about musical instruments that seem to bring out the innovative-but-ridiculous impulse in builders?

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-an-exercise-in-ridiculosity-an-8-necked-guitar/605903/2 "2011-12-12T15:10:49Z")

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Should have given it a built-in tuner!

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-an-exercise-in-ridiculosity-an-8-necked-guitar/605903/3 "2011-12-12T15:17:29Z")

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I’m looking forward to watching the clip when I get home from work. Thanks for posting it. [Here’s](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28464553@N03/3150721628/) a pic a Rick Nielsen actually playing one of his 5-necks.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-an-exercise-in-ridiculosity-an-8-necked-guitar/605903/4 "2011-12-12T15:21:56Z")

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I like the fact that every neck is a very different instrument. That said, it’s nuts. 😃