b'Dnal LunnyThis is what happens when you getwork, he was keen to have theexternal controls, intending to a reputation for making impossiblesingle soundhole and star designthink about A/B switching if it were things. I think it was Andy Irvine whothat featured on some of his otherneeded.suggested me when Dnal wasinstruments.The end result is certainly impressive, trying to find a way of changing keyAs usual, I didnt make thingsalthough it is still an idea in without any pause in his playing. easy for myself - I decided todevelopment. I was worried that The concept is entirely Dnals, itjoin the necks to the body on athe playability would not be good was my job to interpret the sketchesline that corresponded with theenough, but Dnal is very pleased and ideas. I think Dnal had seenangle of the sides. It looks nice,with that. What isnt so good is the the double neck I had made for Adebut the consequence was thatacoustic sound, partly because Edmondson, so he could see thatany tiny adjustment to one of theof uncontrollable and unwanted some parts of the idea might beangles threw the other angles outresonance from the other neck, workable. completely, and I wont be doing thatplus the sound has been held back The instrument is designed toagain. by the strength and weight of the balance properly with a strap to theI needed to make special tailpiecesbody needed to support everything. extended central horn, leaving bothto fit the opposing angles of theThere is also a lot of crossover from necks fully playable. The two necksbody, and thought that Irish harpsone pickup to the other, and as yet are different lengths, and in differentwould be ideal, but the rest of thewe havent found a solution. We have tunings, so all possible keys arejury is still out on that idea. I enjoyedconsidered making the body deeper, accessible without moving a capo orthe metal work though. andI might have to make another using unsuitable chord shapes. Unlike Ades instrument, this one isone. Yippee!As with Ades Twodola, I made lotsintended to be basically acoustic, of sketches, and several woodenbut to be plugged in when needed. mock-ups to test the balance andThere was no way of knowing how access to the necks. Dnal and Iwell that was going to work, I built in sent ideas back and forth for quitetwo Headway systems with separate a while before I eventually started 239'