The Steel Guitar Forum

Hi Robert,
It's encouraging to hear that you and Stephan like the sound of the Goldtone PBK.
If I order It will be from the Beard shop because Mr. Beard said that they set up all their Beard/Goldtone guitars.

Thanks.
Ron

Hi Stephan,
Thanks for your reply. I'm glad to hear to that you like It. I'm surprised I didn't get more responses, good or bad. The lack of responses makes me think that this guitar isn't looked upon favorably.

R.Y.

I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on a Beard/Goldtone PBKG Square Neck (flat top) guitar sight unseen. It seems as If this guitar isn't too popular which is surprising considering that there aren't many non-resonator and non-Weissenborn square neck alternatives under $1000. or over $1000. for t...

That's a real beauty Tom. Love your attention to detail. The ribbon in the Sapelle shimmers.

-Ron

Heres one I built a little over a year ago. I did everything but the painting. Nitro scares me

It looks to be inspired by Tasmanian luthier Daniel Brauchli's hollow neck design.

http://www.danielbrauchli.com/lap_steel_Weissenborn.htm

R.Y.

Hi Rob,
Nice song. I learned A Tribute to Peador O'Donnell from your site, and for the first time I got a chance to hear the true voice of my Weissenborn style guitar. Look So Good is next.

Thanks,
Ron

Very nice craftmanship!

Heres a Tru-Oil tutorial from LMI (link below). You can buy Tru-Oil from a gun shop or Walmart.

http://www.lmii.com/carttwo/truoil.htm

Hi Brad,
Thanks for your reply, and the info.

Ron

Hi everyone,
Will a Weissenborn -style guitar fit on a standard tublar guitar stand like the one in the link below?

Thanks,
Ron

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/accessor ... B&ZYXSEM=0

Coming along nicely Tom. Great job as usual.

Ron

Thanks again Mark for sharing.

Ron

Hi Mark, The pictures are fine. Wow, you really did a good job. The conversions are very well done. It had to take some guts to cut into the peghead. It looks as If the other 6 tuner holes were never there. I just noticed that the Seagul looks like It has a slope shoulder body, cool. Thanks for post...

Hi Mark,
Which guitar do you prefer, the Epiphone 12 or the Seagul 12?

Ron

I thought about buying one of those Beard PBK's but decided against it since there was no way to check one out beforehand. Instead I bought a used Seagull S12 with a built-in under bridge (not under saddle) pick up off ebay and converted it to a lap steel. I chose the Seagull because it's a guitar ...

Hi Tom,
That one screams art deco. Very nice!

Hi Tom,
Nice choice of woods. Well thought out and executed. Your guitars are classic.

Ron

Wow, It's looks very elegant. thanks for sharing.

Ron

Thats some great playing, and the guitar sounds amazing.

ron

The shape of the guitar, and peghead work well together. Well done.

The guitar sounds and looks great! Nice playing too.

-Ron

Hey Alan,
It looks very nice. The wood is quite striking. I can't wait to hear this one.

Ron

Hi Tom,
Thanks for sharing how you made the pups.

Tom Pettingill wrote:Thanks Ron ... still need to get some better pics taken, but here are a couple that show the pickups and knob detail a little better.

Wow,even more stunning!