b'Ritchie Blackmore12-string lute guitar Double neck.Ritchies music is now very firmlyThis is the third double neck I have rooted in the medival era, usingmade for Ritchie, each one a slight lutes, crumhorns, psalteries etc andvariation on the same theme. This he needs modern versions of manytime it is a six-string guitar and four of these to be able to present astring bass. There is a removable professional show.panel to gain access to the electrics. The 12-string is made fromThe internal structure needed a Lacewood, with Tulipwood bindings.radical bracing design to accept The soundhole motif is in responsethe two different string lengths to the Ghost of a Rose album, andand to keep the two necks easily provided me with many happy hoursaccessible. The timbers used are of intricate carving.Original lutesthe classic combination of Indian have incredibly thin soundboards,Rosewood with Englemann Spruce so to keep everything strong andtop. One of the main reasons for practical on a steel strung 12these choices was to cut down the string guitar, this rosette is madenumber of unknown quantities when separately and attached by tinydeveloping a new design.screws.265'