Jack Penewell's "Twin-Six" - "The Original Gibson Double-Neck Guitar".

This is the original 'Double-Neck' 'Twin-Six' that was built in 1932 by Gibson specially for Jack Penewell. This 15 3/4 inch-wide flat-top, "First Gibson Double-Neck", has a body depth of 4 3/4 inches and weighs just 7.30 lbs. Close-grain spruce "X braced" top. The back is made of two-piece highly-flamed maple and the sides are also of highly-flamed maple. The two necks (which are joined together at the top 'Siamese style' are each made of one-piece 'curly' mahogany. The two necks each have a Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 19 fret markers and pearl dot inlays (being a lapsteel guitar there are no actual frets - just white markers). Each neck has a scale-length of 24 3/4 inches. The single headstock is laminated in black and has the "Gibson" script logo inlaid in mother-of-pearl. Below the logo, also inlaid in mother-of-pearl is "Jack Penewell / [four diamonds surrounding a central notched diamond] Twin-Six". Both necks have a huge nut width of just over 2.00 inches. Both necks have similarly huge, deep 'V' profiles. Combined rosewood bridge (with four screws) with two 'bone' saddles and each with six 'ivory' string pins. One of the inner top braces is marked in pencil "Sample". This incredible piece of guitar history is in excellent plus (8.75) condition. Everything on the guitar is original - there is some significant 'playing' wear on the top and four slight surface cracks running with the grain of the spruce. There is some nice finish checking and no signs of any repairs or re-setting of the necks. Housed in its original Gibson five-latch black hardshell case with purple plush lining (8.75).This is the original 'Double-Neck' 'Twin-Six' that was built in 1932 by Gibson specially for Jack Penewell. This 15 3/4 inch-wide flat-top, "First Gibson Double-Neck", has a body depth of 4 3/4 inches and weighs just 7.30 lbs. Close-grain spruce "X braced" top. The back is made of two-piece highly-flamed maple and the sides are also of highly-flamed maple. The two necks (which are joined together at the top 'Siamese style' are each made of one-piece 'curly' mahogany. The two necks each have a Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 19 fret markers and pearl dot inlays (being a lapsteel guitar there are no actual frets - just white markers). Each neck has a scale-length of 24 3/4 inches. The single headstock is laminated in black and has the "Gibson" script logo inlaid in mother-of-pearl. Below the logo, also inlaid in mother-of-pearl is "Jack Penewell / [four diamonds surrounding a central notched diamond] Twin-Six". Both necks have a huge nut width of just over 2.00 inches. Both necks have similarly huge, deep 'V' profiles. Combined rosewood bridge (with four screws) with two 'bone' saddles and each with six 'ivory' string pins. One of the inner top braces is marked in pencil "Sample". This incredible piece of guitar history is in excellent plus (8.75) condition. Everything on the guitar is original - there is some significant 'playing' wear on the top and four slight surface cracks running with the grain of the spruce. There is some nice finish checking and no signs of any repairs or re-setting of the necks. Housed in its original Gibson five-latch black hardshell case with purple plush lining (8.75).