Floyd Rose Doubleneck Prototype ex Richie Sambora Bon Jovi
Floyd Rose Doubleneck Prototype ex Richie Sambora Bon Jovi
4500,00 €
Striking instruments with a uniquely bold aesthetic, double-neck guitars quickly moved beyond the realm of mere curiosities to become the domain of the most technical and talented musicians. Inseparable from epic rock anthems, these astonishing instruments have become cult objects—both mysterious and magical. Among the guitarists who made them their trademark, Jimmy Page and Slash stand alongside Richie Sambora. The Bon Jovi guitarist fully embraced the possibilities offered by these harmonically rich instruments, using them across several albums and at every one of his concerts. Two of these extraordinary guitars are now on display at Matt’s Guitar Shop. Custom-built for Richie Sambora, they feature all the hallmarks of these mythical guitars that remain rare on the musical scene.
Richie Sambora is one of those virtuoso musicians who made entire stadiums tremble with the sheer power of his hands. As Bon Jovi’s guitarist, he brought his magic to the stage every night, enchanting crowds with the band’s biggest hits and solos. Alongside his guitar skills, Richie Sambora developed a sharp knowledge of instruments and a special fondness for exceptional pieces. Naturally, he gave double-neck guitars a prominent place in his touring arsenal. With their superior harmonic depth, these guitars perfectly matched Sambora’s ambitious compositions, allowing him to shift sounds seamlessly without changing instruments. Few artists are more closely associated with these extraordinary guitars than Richie Sambora: the inimitable Ovation, the warm-toned Taylor, the legendary Telecaster—all in double-neck versions—and even the spectacular triple-neck Ovation played in Moscow. He surrounded himself with a wide array of acoustic and electric guitars built to meet his highest expectations.
This double-neck Floyd Rose prototype was designed specifically for Richie Sambora. It fits perfectly into the tradition of his complex and demanding instruments. As a musician with both precision and depth in his technique, he sought guitars that could offer a wide range of sonic possibilities. Always chasing the sounds he imagined, he worked with the best to design and build technically advanced guitars—this Floyd Rose meets all those requirements. It’s an exceptional guitar, waiting for the most daring players to make it sing once again!
Richie Sambora (1959) Band: Bon Jovi Main guitar: Fender Stratocaster signature Must-listen track: Livin’ On A Prayer The history of rock goes like this: for every Mick Jagger, there is a Keith Richards. For every Steven Tyler, there is a Joe Perry. For every Robert Plant, there is a Jimmy Page. For every superstar singer who excites the crowd, there is a moody, endlessly cool guitarist who holds the backline and only steps into the spotlight in sporadic thirty-second bursts. Sambora joined the New Jersey band Bon Jovi in 1983, a few months after its formation. From the start, Sambora’s playing and personality perfectly complemented founding singer Jon Bon Jovi’s image. Together, they formed a songwriting duo that created hard FM classics still essential on all radio stations. The real breakthrough came in 1986 with the album Slippery When Wet, on which Sambora co-wrote nine of the ten tracks, including the three mega-singles Livin’ On A Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, and Wanted Dead Or Alive. One hears the fast, precise, energetic, and inventive playing of the guitar hero, who naturally incorporated Van Halen techniques like all soloists of the time, but added his own distinctive touch. The masterful arrangements can be heard in the use of the twelve-string on Wanted…, the pitch shifter in the solo of You Give Love A Bad Name, and the talkbox on Livin’ On A Prayer. From then on, the band became colossal, touring the world before ecstatic fans. Bon Jovi’s genius was to repeatedly regain success over the years, reaching multiple successive generations. They topped the charts again in 1994 with Always and in 2000 with It’s My Life (also co-written by Sambora), winning over a new audience that still follows them today. Victim of his demons, Sambora was forced to leave the band in 2013 in the middle of another world tour. Since then, he launched the band RSO with his ex-partner Orianthi, and over time has shown increasing interest in the Telecaster and Esquire, although during his Bon Jovi years he was mostly known for his superstrats. Sambora’s musical future undoubtedly still holds some exciting surprises.
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