Saturday, February 28, 2015

TROY VAN LEEUWEN AND THE FENDER DOUBLE-NECK JAZZMASTER

If you’ve been to a Queens of the Stone Age concert recently, you likely saw a monster of rock on stage at some point during the show.
But we’re not talking about the intimidating 6-foot-4 QOTSA frontman Josh Homme.
Troy Van Leeuwen Paul Waller
Van Leeuwen (L) and Paul Waller discuss the double-neck Jazzmaster project at the Fender Custom Shop.
In this case, the unmistakable monolith is actually guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen’s new Fender Custom Shop double-neck Jazzmaster, a 12- and 6-string beauty.
Guitars with two necks are not as rare as one would think, but the fact that Van Leeuwen’s was made with the body style of the offset Jazzmaster pointed this mission into uncharted waters.