Strata double neck

The Strata double neck was one of the double neck guitars Mike Rutherford played with Genesis. It consisted of a 4-string bass and 6-string guitar both joined in one carbon-fibre body. It's worth noting the Strata company renamed themselves Status after concerns over the similarity in name to the 'Stratocaster' guitar trademark.

He played the Strata double neck throughout the Mama tour (promoting Genesis' self-titled album) from 1983 to 1984, replacing the Shergold double neck. Firstly, he was using the Steinberger bass a lot, which took him in a different sonic direction. This in turn meant he needed a new double neck to suit that direction, so he teamed up with Strata to make this one. He felt the Strata was like "the English version of the Steinberger" (in terms of the carbon fibre body), but not as good.

Similarly, on the same tour, Daryl Stuermer was playing a Strata bass on occasion.