Ritchie Blackmore's Double Neck

This is the third double neck Roger has made for Ritchie, each one a slight variation on the same theme. This time it is a six string guitar and four string bass. There is a removable panel to gain access to the electrics. The internal structure needed a radical bracing design to accept the two different string lengths and to keep the two necks easily accessible. The timbers used are the classic combination of Indian Rosewood with Englemann Spruce top. One of the main reasons for these choices was to cut down the number of unknown quantities when developing a new design.