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 in 1974 brought it to renowned luthier Dick Knight's workshop in that way. The band were due to go on the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 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.