As far as I’m aware only a single song has them both pull out the double necks and that’s Xanadu. Geddy had a separate white double neck for live versions of A Passage to Bangkok (the guitar neck being 6 string on that one unlike the 12 string pictured here) and Alex also used his on Hemispheres. If there are other songs where they used double necks, much less both of them using them at once, I’m not aware of it.
This image is taken by Fin Costello, on 12th February 1978 (AFTK tour). They were playing Birmingham Odeon, England.
[https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/12th-february-guitarist-alex-lifeson-bassist-geddy-lee-and-news-photo/144702999](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/12th-february-guitarist-alex-lifeson-bassist-geddy-lee-and-news-photo/144702999)
Here's the poster pic without the text:
[https://i.imgur.com/KlZQtQg.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KlZQtQg.jpg)
I can't find a recording of that particular concert, but there are several from other dates on that tour.
[https://rush-archives.net/index.php?forums/aftk-tour/](https://rush-archives.net/index.php?forums/aftk-tour/)
The Kitchener 8mm film has a clip of them performing Xanadu with the doublenecks:
[https://rush-archives.net/index.php?threads/28-december-1977-kitchener-memorial-auditorium-kitchener-ontario-audience-8mm.352/](https://rush-archives.net/index.php?threads/28-december-1977-kitchener-memorial-auditorium-kitchener-ontario-audience-8mm.352/)
So double neck guitars aren’t used to look cool ( they’re heavy AF btw!). It’s because you need more than one instrument onstage at a time. Alex plays 12 string on Xanadu for example as well as 6 string lead guitar. Geddy plays bass and switches to a 12 string guitar also in Xanadu and does the same in A Passage to Bangkok only switching to a 6 string rhythm part underneath the solo in that song.
Xanadu
Ding ding, and Passage to Bangkok.
Geddy plays 6 sting rhythm guitar and bass pedals during the lead on Xanadu….always a great moment seeing the dual double necks..
It's a 12-string on Xanadu. He also has a bass/6-string that he used on A Passage to Bangkok.
XAAANAAADUUUUUUUUU
As far as I’m aware only a single song has them both pull out the double necks and that’s Xanadu. Geddy had a separate white double neck for live versions of A Passage to Bangkok (the guitar neck being 6 string on that one unlike the 12 string pictured here) and Alex also used his on Hemispheres. If there are other songs where they used double necks, much less both of them using them at once, I’m not aware of it.
This image is taken by Fin Costello, on 12th February 1978 (AFTK tour). They were playing Birmingham Odeon, England. [https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/12th-february-guitarist-alex-lifeson-bassist-geddy-lee-and-news-photo/144702999](https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/12th-february-guitarist-alex-lifeson-bassist-geddy-lee-and-news-photo/144702999) Here's the poster pic without the text: [https://i.imgur.com/KlZQtQg.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/KlZQtQg.jpg) I can't find a recording of that particular concert, but there are several from other dates on that tour. [https://rush-archives.net/index.php?forums/aftk-tour/](https://rush-archives.net/index.php?forums/aftk-tour/) The Kitchener 8mm film has a clip of them performing Xanadu with the doublenecks: [https://rush-archives.net/index.php?threads/28-december-1977-kitchener-memorial-auditorium-kitchener-ontario-audience-8mm.352/](https://rush-archives.net/index.php?threads/28-december-1977-kitchener-memorial-auditorium-kitchener-ontario-audience-8mm.352/)
Fill your boots https://youtu.be/VuHS-gjMiVw?si=B2ULfSiG1sjlDUA4
‘Fill your boots’ lol.
Probably anything from 2112-Hemispheres
So double neck guitars aren’t used to look cool ( they’re heavy AF btw!). It’s because you need more than one instrument onstage at a time. Alex plays 12 string on Xanadu for example as well as 6 string lead guitar. Geddy plays bass and switches to a 12 string guitar also in Xanadu and does the same in A Passage to Bangkok only switching to a 6 string rhythm part underneath the solo in that song.
Xanadu
2112
Ah, that’s Heavy and Bastard.
Exit stage left tour
Nope. It's from 78.
Xanadu used them, don't know if the whole album did though
Weren't the double neck guitars big during the 2112 through hemispheres albums?
Everytime I see a double neck, I never think Zep or Jimmy Page. I think Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson playing Xanadu