Square neck: Gretsch vs. Wechter Scheerhorn

[Rex Krueger]

Wow, I neglected this thread for a week and y'all ran wild. Thanks so much to everyone for all their thoughts and advice. I learned a ton.

Just to let you know how it all panned out, I did buy the wechter. The price was right and I liked it when I looked at it. Also, I HATE buying new instruments if I can possibly avoid it. I always bugs me to know how much value I lose the second I take the guitar out of the store. So a used intermediate guitar beats a new beginner guitar any day.

Right now, I'm really happy with the purchase. I actually got it for a hair under 500, due to some cosmetic flaws. The seller was a real gent and even texted me the day after the sale to wish me luck with it.

Now, I need to see how many of my lap steel skills transfer over. I mean, how different can it be, right?

...right?

[Mark Eaton]

The way Jerry Douglas puts the difference between dobro and lap steel hits the nail on the head, he says that the dobro is like a hand saw, whereas the lap steel is more like a chain saw.

The final few years Wechter/Scheerhorns were produced they shifted from Continental cones to Scheerhorn cones personally spun by Tim himself. As someone posted earlier, you can really hear the difference.