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I've always had customers that wonder where the wood came from for their instrument. So I just decided to make a video of how I get it. Being able to send send a link would save a lot of time typing. There's no music just a video about wood. Volume Alert when I start cutting. @ 7minutes. Need to low...

Just posted a new price and some photos.

The teardrop is sold. And I have one more of the regular mahogany ones left.

These are a couple of instruments that I usually keep in a constant production rotation. The first one is a teardrop model Style 1. Really nice, plain and simple and should sound super good. Its shown here without the fretboard and head plate. I left this off just incase the customer wanted to custo...

Here's some photos. This is a beautiful set of Mahogany. Some of the best I've ever had. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_IMG_5306_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_IMG_5307_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_IMG_5309_1.jpg https://bb.steel...

I just got another baritone weissenborn strung up and made a little video. I love these things. So much fun to play. Here's a link to the video. https://youtu.be/Nw3DYH2xfl0 My recording and playing skills don't adequately represent the instrument. I'm working on upgrading this area in the future. I...

Here's a 27.5" Baritone Weissenborn that I finished up a couple of months ago. Beautiful Honduran Mahogany. The 27.5" baritone is strung up with strings that will do a B or Bb. There is an array of tunings that one can do on these. There is a lot of information on this website about differ...

Honduran mahogany Style 1 model Instrument. Beautiful, nice warm mahogany tone. Very nice tight, straight grained. Beautiful color that will continue to darken to a nice brick red color over time. I use a natural looking satin lacquer finish over shellac. This process, other than French polish, is s...

I was on the forum getting ready to list a baritone. Saw your post and it reminded me of your email. I'll email you tonight.

Here's a beautiful Sapelle Teardrop Weiss with rope. It's basically a style 3 model based on the original weissenborns from the 1920's and 30's. I built this one in 2015. It was originally built for a customer that had to cancel his order. I finished it up and decided to keep it for a while. This on...

I've installed a few of those on my weissenborns. One guy insisted on nickel strings. Which is totally fine, it's his instrument and I aim to please. And he was a good , accomplished player. So that's what went on it. But, I thought the Bronze had a little more vibrance and personality. However this...

Thanks for the posting Andrea. Beautiful. Glad to see the Lazy River is doing well. It's been a while since I shipped that one. You really encompassed the beauty of the 30". They're mesmerizing. I love it when I get one strung up. It's one of the few instruments that really tell you what to pla...

Hey Ron, I have an ancient set of rosewood in the shop. It's Indian rosewood, but it's old and from a really large tree. For me, rosewood is incredibly hard to find for weissenborns. Easy to find for guitars, but for weissenborn lengths it's almost impossible. about 10 years ago I was able to acquir...

HAHA, about the sentence about the interior volume. I actually meant to go back and delete that while I was proofreading and our power went out, then I forgot. It's a little too mathematical for me to figure out. But I think the interior volume between my 25" and my new 22.5" would be abou...

Here's the photos I think. I've tried twice now. https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_frontclose_3.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_IMG_5090_2.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_back_1.jpg https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1712/10079_sideclos...

Here's some photos of an 8 string 22.5" scale that I shipped off a few weeks ago. I started another one right after it that is about a month from completion. It looks exactly like the photos of the second one, because the woods are exactly the same and sequenced out of the same board. And I'll ...

Hey Everybody, just wanted to post the price drop on the 8 string. You can view it here. But if your interested just email me or message thru here. And if you're interested in buying it please let me know thru a PM or email before you buy. Also photos are listed here. And I'm uploading a video to yo...

I like the post, I'm sure theres a lot of info on the forum about it, but it would be nice to have a bunch of posts in thread about it. Just thought I'd chime in and say that I've settled into a spark plug socket for the past month. Pull offs and hammer ons are a little challenging but you can't bea...

Gees... thru all of the hustle and bustle of the holidays. I totally forgot this one was still for sale. Would love to hear any offers. If you can't afford this one, I'm sure I can build one that can fit a budget better. Also I'm offering international and domestic shipping at $40. Thanks for looking

Thanks a lot guys. Great to hear from you both.

I built an 8 string weissenborn like this a few years ago and decided to build another one. So here it is. It has a beautiful mastergrade solid honduran mahogany top/back/sides. Really nice Blue Lapis crushed stone inlay for the rosette and curly maple binding. Also has a nicely bound fretboard and ...

I would love to hear any offers. Since this is a new model I'm curious to see/hear if there is any interest in this scale. I can also do a "Style 1" version of these which would bring the cost down to $675.

This is weissenborn #286. Getting close to 300. Anyway, I've been wanting to get a short scale built for a long time now and finally have two finished up. Here's one of them, the other has rosewood binding. Right now I have it tuned to a C6. Sounds very nice. I'm not very familiar with C6, but it's ...

Alright finally got something recorded. Let me preface this by saying I'm not a professional. I am a much better mediocre guitar player than steel player. Mot of time goes to building instruments and kids. And the recording is off my digital camera. I'm slowly working on getting something to record ...

Here's some photos. This is a beautiful set of mahogany. The other one in progress is my old growth mahogany with rosewood binding. Strung it up and got to play it a few minutes yesterday. Sounds really fun so far. Super responsive with nice volume and really fast. I'll try to get some sort of recor...