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I'm going to get humidifiers for my Weissenborn style guitars, and I'd like to get some recommendations from you guys. I have some questions - first of all, regarding soundhole humidifiers, is there the possibility of leakage? With soundhole humidifiers, would I have to store the guitar cases on the...

@Jeff Highland
Jeff, I just reread your first response; by strings 3,4 and 5 do you mean low to high or high to low?

@Jeff Highland - OK, here's the problem. I did some research before I asked this question (even before I joined this forum). I found that many people were using standard resonator string sets on their Weissenborns (.016-.056), even some people on this forum, and none of them are reporting any proble...

Erv Niehaus wrote:I have an A, high bass, tuning on mine.
Erv

What gauge of strings are you using?

I recently bought 2 Weissenborns secondhand; a Superior in December and a Lazy River last month (that's what I meant by "contemporary Weissenborn"). I've left the strings on that they came with and tuned them to open D until I figure out the answer to this question. When I got the Lazy Riv...

If I use light gauge strings, maybe an .012-.052 set, on a contemporary Weissenborn, could I tune it to open E or A (low bass) without damaging the guitar?

I want to buy your Weissenborn. I've sent you a pm; I've just joined the forum, so I'm not sure I did it correctly and it went through, but I suppose you can get my email address from my profile.

I've been lurking for a long time, but I finally decided to take the plunge. Anyway, I have some questions to ask you all (which I'll ask in separate posts). I've already gotten some useful information here; for instance, I've been able to replace the tuning peg buttons on several Valco lap steels u...