A mythical, Gary Hutchins-designed monster six-neck electric guitar – appropriately dubbed The Beast – has been let loose, and is now up for sale at UK-based guitar auction house Gardiner Houlgate. (Guitarworld)
Originally inspired by the five-neck model wielded by Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, The Beast was designed to go 'one louder' with a whopping six necks.
“It’s not something that will be appearing around someone’s neck at Wembley anytime soon,” builder Gary Hutchins told Guitarist back in 2008 when the model was first created. “I originally built it more as a talking piece than anything else.”
The six-neck guitar is composed of a twelve-string, six-string with tremolo, five-string bass, four-string bass, seven-string with tremolo and a six-string hardtail guitar.
Flashing a Metallic Red finish, the monster model is made from one single solid body measuring over three feet wide, with each bolt-on neck sporting a rosewood fretboard. The total weight of the guitar is around 17kg – so a seriously heavy-duty guitar strap will be in order.
