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Nice to read you Tonu. You own one of my barytone. This wood is similar to Adirondak: clear and sweet but also in the same time you can distinguish all frequencies and harmonics. It fits to fingerpicking being so delicate, clear but deep and warm http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1403/10020_DSC_...

Thanks Paul: www.weissenbornguitar.com
All in Italian but I can reply for any question in your language

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Thanks Jim, this is the absolutely natural unplugged sound.
Consider you have also the pick up.
A blond lady with 2 personalities
Is it dangerous?

Hi Ron and thanks for your interest. result I had is absolutely interesting if you consider the volume of a weissenborn which is bigger than a spyder bridge dobro. So you can achieve more volume you can manage for resonance. This is only my interpretation of a good result. Without baffle the sound i...

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This is the sound of a weissenborn with resonator I currently build.

Wooden bullet tonebars why not?

My last work: soundposts and a baffle inside

Maybe this?
I began to build such model recently
You can play unplugged and with a floating pick up that you can rise to get an electric sound or down to get a pleasant acoustic sound.
Unplugged it has a natural reveb

Ermanno

Cherry wood for dobro spider with metal body is wonderful
Ebony give a strong sound in woodden instruments
Maple capped ebony is sweeter
But the angle is more important than material, a lot more important

Hi there!
I have tried several kind of woods and now inside my weissdobro i put cherry-wood
The sound is sweet and rich

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Thanks Brad, yes I am enthusiastic over this wonderful wood. There is only a micro climate area called Val di Fiemme producing it. Baritone seems to play very full and rich but also weissenborns. This wood is considered the best for fiddles and pianos, but also guitars, only for handmade luthery. If...

Hey Alan, take care of the tension. Remember that where the cone is, it is empty and only a small area under the tailpiece has to carry the tension. A 12 string guitar could have serious problems.

This is Stradivarius wood:
http://www.ciresafiemme.it/

Hi Alan, we absolutely don't play Italian music but also hawaiian we don't. Mostly we play Ben Harper, Ed Gerhard, Bob Brozman and so on. This means not hawaiian and this is valid for all Europe. Yours is a great music culture, we are behind you.

Hi there!
does anybody know our Italian Val di Fiemme spruce?

Thanks Mark, I put a quarterman cone with soundposts and the sound is full and rich. The sound run everywhere and the hollowbody allow it.
I am really satisfied!

Hi everybody, i am an italian luthier and in my production I have also a Weissonator that i call Weissdobro but it is the same guitar. The sound comparated to a dobro squareneck is like the sound of a weissenborn comparated an acoustic guitar. This means deeper and warmer, less powerful with a great...

Hi everybody! I would like to tell that I build baritone weissenborns with alpine italian Val di Fiemme spruce top, hidding animal glue, opaque natural shellac, european walnut back and sides. Other woods are also possible. I would like you to visit my website www.lapsteelguitar.net I live in Italy,...