It is essentially a 12-string acoustic guitar (even though the main part of the guitar has only been strung with six strings in these photos) with 12 sympathetic strings situated inside the guitar's body. It's certainly a weird-looking instrument with that secondary headstock emerging from the shoulder of the guitar. I can only try to imagine what it might sound like; it's not going to be quite a sitar sound seeing as don't have any buzz bridges. Nevertheless, tune it in DADGAD or similar, and I can imagine the guitar could produce a fair imitation of a sitar.
Bert Kwakkel is a name unknown to me. Apparently this guitar dates back to the 1980s, and it has suffered a few cracks, which we are told have been expertly repaired.
Thanks to JAldo who brought this guitar to my attention via the Guitarz Facebook page.
G L Wilson
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Looks like someone's been inspired by Manzer's "Pikasso" guitar. (http://tinyurl.com/m5bb22b)
ReplyDeleteYes, I thought that to start with too, but if this is 1980s wouldn't it have preceeded the Metheny guitar.
DeleteHave you seen this one?
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I certainly have.
DeletePlease wait a moment while I just tune my guitar. Hey, where's everybody gone?
ReplyDeleteBuilt in natural reverb you can tweak by changing the tuning. After all it's all a matter of finding the good frequency! If you play the second neck strings it's a built in tempura...
ReplyDeleteI'd say it was nearer to a swarmandal than a tampura.
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ReplyDeleteDon't fancy putting new strings on it.
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