Bert Kwakkel luthier-built 12+12 string acoustic (with sympathetic strings)

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This highly unusual one-off luthier-built guitar by Bert Kwakkel is currently being listed for sale on Marktplaats.nl, a trading site based in The Netherlands, and is priced at € 2.250,00.

It is essentially a 12-string acoustic guitar (even though the main part of the guitar has only been strung with six strings in these photos) with 12 sympathetic strings situated inside the guitar's body. It's certainly a weird-looking instrument with that secondary headstock emerging from the shoulder of the guitar. I can only try to imagine what it might sound like; it's not going to be quite a sitar sound seeing as don't have any buzz bridges. Nevertheless, tune it in DADGAD or similar, and I can imagine the guitar could produce a fair imitation of a sitar.

Bert Kwakkel is a name unknown to me. Apparently this guitar dates back to the 1980s, and it has suffered a few cracks, which we are told have been expertly repaired.

Thanks to JAldo who brought this guitar to my attention via the Guitarz Facebook page.

G L Wilson

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From Unknown — Friday, 31 May 2013 — Add Comment — 12-string, 80s guitars, acoustic, Bert Kwakkel, Luthiers, one-offs, sympathetic strings, Weird guitars