Ian's tribute to Arthur Bianchi's Pioneer Guitars of Australia

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Ian writes:

Hi Gavin

Love your blog

Sometime ago you featured a funky triple neck "Pioneer" guitar made by Arthur Bianchi in the 1950s in Queensland, Australia.

I've just finished my own 6 string tribute to that guitar... enjoy

Regards

Ian

Thanks for sharing with us, Ian. Looks as if you've done a great job on that guitar - really nice attention to detail. Was it really based on the photos of the tripleneck or were you able to find other source material to use?

G L Wilson


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Crazy Australian Pioneer tripleneck mandolin / guitar / slide guitar

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We've shown a few Matons on Guitarz before now, but perhaps we don't feature enough Australian guitars. However, I don't think they come much wilder than this Pioneer tripleneck which has necks for mandolin, 6-string guitar, and slide guitar. I'm not sure how the slide neck is supposed to function, whether the player needs to sit down and play this beastie lap-style whilst on that neck. I love the matching headstocks, especially the mandolin headstock with all eight tuners in-line.

Apparently, it was built by Arthur Bianchi of Pioneer Guitars, Rockhampton in the early 1960s.

Currently listed on eBay with a Buy It Now price of AUS $3,950 (Australian dollars).

G L Wilson

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