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Thanks for that Keith.

Greetings from the downunder.
Thanks for posting this Keith,
Love his playing
Would you be so kind as to share your source for the CD,s.
Thanks & have a great New Year.
Pete

Hi Phillip,
Go to the Forum search link and type Alkire into the search field, you will find mega information.
Pete

Hi Michael,
Greetings from the Great downunder.
May i have one please. would you kindly advise the means of payment,if you can take Paypal I can send you my Paypal address and you can invoice me there.
Alternatively, Email me with your Paypal address, if thats OK.
thank You,
Pete

That is really fantastic Danny. I just checked out all the youtube links. You are a great player & please get a CD happening for us all ASAP.
Best regards,
Pete

Hi, bassexchange, in Sherman Oaks, California have an S1 & S2 listed on their site. link to their site below. Only thing is the output jack that ships with the pickup tightens from inside the guitar, and needs a special spanner to nip it up. Maybe you could get the PUP shipped with the jack that...

No worries mate,
Here is the link to Jeffs website.
http://www.jefflang.com.au/vines.htm
later,
Pete

G'day Fellows, Cedar Grove is a great CD of Jeffs, a lot of Weissenborn & some Lap steel on the disk.he has a Fantastic DVD released - Jeff Lang Live at The Basement, fantastic Weissenborn & acoustic guitar set on that one. It is hard to find over here. Here is a link to Jeffs Cedar Grove CD...

Here are the string guages in mm.
E G B D D E E G# B E
E(0.65), G(0.65), B(0.40), D(0.40), D(0.80), E(1.40)
E(0.60), G#(0.60), B(0.40), E(0.40).

Not 100% sure that these guages are as originally intended, but they seem to work OK.
Most strings tune nicely to the indicated pitch.
Good Luck
Pete

Glad to share Don. That info is printed on the neck of some of the older guitars. Mr Smith sure was on the Ball when he devised the tunings.So simplistic and obvious, but it took his vision to be able to see it applied to the guitar. I will post the string guages when I get the Verniers up & run...

Howdy Alan, Don is hot on the trail here, as far as my understanding goes. I should point out that I am not an authority by any stretch of the imagination, but here goes. You can tune these 10string Skreemers into a key of E configuration, or key of G Configuration. Having said that I cant see any r...

Howdy Drew, I use a Fender Deluxe Reverb RI, a great little amp and at 22watts, its really a loud amp for the power Great clean sound and starts to overdrive at around 3.5 - 4. Usually dont wind her past 4. Thats plenty loud on stage, then the PA does the rest.IMHO a good combo with Tele & Strin...

Thanks for your reply. Email on the way.
Pete

Can anyone give their views how the acoustic sound of a Weissenborn style guitar would be affected by increasing the body depth from 3 inches to 3.5 or 4 inches. Would this increase enhance the tone. And, if the body depth was to be increased to 3.5 or 4 inches, to what height would the neck taper f...

Howdy Robert, Check the Chord Finder site at http://www.mightyfinemusic.com/ This is the site of Ricky Davis, MONSTER STEEL PLAYER. Stacks of invaluable info on many 8 string tunings, and others as well. Enough to keep ya pickin & learning untill the cows come home. Lots of other goodies & i...

Howdy Robert, Check the Chord Finder site at http://www.mightyfinemusic.com/ This is the site of Ricky Davis, MONSTER STEEL PLAYER. Stacks of invaluable info on many 8 string tunings, and others as well. Enough to keep ya pickin & learning untill the cows come home. Lots of other goodies & i...

Hey Rick,
I am keen to buy your CD, Wasn't sure what to pay as theres no shipping costs to Australia on your info page. Would you please advise so I can make the purchase.
Thank You.
Pete

Professional job done there Matthew.
Any plans for selling in the future, sure looks like a beautiful,quality instrument.

Holy Smokes Rick,
Thats one heavy groove ya got goin there.
Looks like the deadly Stringmaster virus has got ya. Well n truly in the advanced stages. Such speed and agility, from the outside neck to under the table in milliseconds.Cool pik.
Pete

Yeah Thats it Travis.Thank You Same notes different config I could hear that High B in the verses and could only get it with my tuning by tipping the bar on the second string at the 12th fret. And I started to retune the top two strings but could tell it wasnt gonna happen before I was gonna bust so...

Howdy Michael. Did you get an answer on this. I have done a bit of work on it and I think we are certainly in the Key of G. Tuning Maybe someting like this. I am not claiming 100% accuracy and would welcome further enlightenment. 1.D 2.B 3.G 4.D 5.G 6.D Intro chords for this tuning on the Dobro( I d...

Mebbe one of them thar G Tunin's.

Thanks Very much Tom, I certainly appreciate the fact that you let me know about your Quad. I am at present unable to pursue the purchase of such a great guitar. I am certain there would be no shortage of willing prospective buyers right here on the Forum. As to how much for a Quad, Holy smokes, all...

Here's another Aussie Luthier Andy
http://www.smithguitars.com/Weissenborn.htm

Thanks men, Anyone know who the player is