Ovation CSD225 Celebrity Double Neck (Mark Kroos)

File the Ovation CSD225 Celebrity double neck guitar under niche market!  This production model acoustic electric guitar made between 2001 and 2005 is set up with a 12-string neck on top and six-string neck on the bottom allowing a performer to switch instruments instantaneously.  It features a Spruce top with sunburst finish, nato necks, and super slim shallow bowl back.  Note that the current model, the Ovation CSE225-8TY, now features a figured Maple top that is finished in transparent blue.

One guitarist who has made this guitar his own is Guitar Player Magazine's 2011 Guitar Superstar Competition winner Mark Kroos.  As Mark tells me, he just didn't have enough space to do what he wanted on one guitar neck, so he bought a used Ovation CSD225 guitar in 2009 and took half the strings off the top neck to be able to play two six-string necks at the same time.  The results are so impressive that he is now sponsored by Ovation.  Check him out below playing both parts of Dueling Banjos simultaneously with his distinctive tapping style!  Mind-blowing!!  If you like what you hear, check out his two albums of instrumental tracks.