Rickenbacker double neck

Mike Rutherford was famous for using a Rickenbacker double neck, which was the first of five double necks he played with Genesis.

The double neck was made from a July 1965 Rickenbacker 4001 bass (serial no. EG 290) and a May 1973 Rickenbacker 360/12 electric 12-string (serial no. ME 1661). Mike used to stick the two together with gaffer tape, and brought it to renowned luthier Dick Knight's workshop in that way. The band were due to go on the Selling England By The Pound tour, so Knight and colleague Gordon Wells had 9 days to make the double neck. The final product would be refinished black, alluding to when Mike commented it was "still sticky when he took it" from the gaffer tape. The Rickenbacker double neck proved to be very convenient for Mike on the song "Cinema Show", where he could immediately change from bass to 12-string (which would have been harder to achieve had they been separate instruments).

Dick Knight went on to make him a Rickenbacker/Microfrets double neck and a custom-made one.

Mike played the double neck's 12-string top half on the song "Tell Me Why" from We Can't Dance (1991), which supposedly had a working title of "Rickenbacker" in reference to this.

The Rickenbacker double neck currently resides at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame museum in Cleveland, Ohio.