Black Walnut Weissenborn

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 19 Jan 2019 9:56 am

Greetings,

Black Walnut acoustic Hawaiian lap steel guitar, $1200. Shipping included

Northwest black walnut body and top, reclaimed quilted maple fretboard, Koa headstock veneer and Koa bridge. Maple binding, Sitka spruce bracing.
25" scale
1 3/4" width at nut
Kluson tuners
John Pierce Weissenborn open D strings 15 - 60
K&K Pure Mini under saddle pickup
Bone saddle and nut
Pau abalone fret markers @ 3,5,7,9,12,15,17
Hard shell case

Made by me, Michael Hampel. I live in the eastern foothills of the north cascades in Washington state.
It sounds and plays great.

Billy Glover · Post by **Billy Glover** » 19 Jan 2019 10:32 am

Absolutely gorgeous!
Do you make a deep body model?

Tony Pulver · Post by **Tony Pulver** » 19 Jan 2019 10:51 am

Beautiful work, Michael. Can you describe how walnut sounds in comparison to Koa? I know thatâ€™s a bit of a subjective question....

Mark Evans · Post by **Mark Evans** » 20 Jan 2019 12:50 pm

Compared to some traditional weissenborns, that body looks purty deep
Just saying
Mark

Billy Glover wrote:Absolutely gorgeous!
Do you make a deep body model?

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 20 Jan 2019 9:05 pm

Thank you.

Billy,
I can make a deep or deeper body. This one is 3 3/4" deep at the tail end.

Tony,
I've never worked with Koa, though I would like to, I've read that it is comparable to black walnut as far as density goes. I guess I would say it has a 'warm' sound, probably similar to other hardwood topped guitars.
M

Jonathan Scherer · Post by **Jonathan Scherer** » 21 Jan 2019 9:27 am

Not only is this guitar beautiful it sounds beautiful as well.

I was able to see and play it last week, like Michael says it has a warm sound.

I played it acoustic and plugged in to an amp and was very impressed that it did not want to feedback when playing with the amp. My cheapo shallow body Aiersi wants to feedback within a few feet of an amp, this beauty did not do that and I was facing the amp an arms length away.

Andy DePaule · Post by **Andy DePaule** » 22 Jan 2019 11:09 pm

Hi Michael,
Stunning Weissenborn style guitar. More than fair price.
Workmanship looks tight and materials tasteful.
Best wishes,
Andy

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 23 Jan 2019 8:55 am

Thank you Andy
M

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 14 Feb 2019 2:39 pm

Okay, I managed to figure how record and post a sound clip.
Please note: I'm not much of a steel player, fair warning!

https://soundcloud.com/user-382803493/b ... issenborn2

Thanks

Andy DePaule · Post by **Andy DePaule** » 14 Feb 2019 2:52 pm

Hi Michael,
It's sounds alright and looks great.
I'm also a luthier who don't play as well as I build.

Still think it's a fine looking instrument at a great price.
Someone will be thrilled to get it.
Best wishes,
Andy

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 14 Feb 2019 7:55 pm

Thank you Andy,
I love the instrument and would like to devote more time to learning it, only so much time...

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 1 Mar 2019 9:06 am

Another sound clip, played by my good friend J. Scherer.

Thanks J man.

https://soundcloud.com/user-382803493/albatross1bw

Michael Hampel · Post by **Michael Hampel** » 13 Mar 2019 6:50 pm

Sold.
It ended up selling on Reverb, but I'll still send a check to the forum. I sincerely appreciate the forum to have a place to post my thing and of course all the information so freely given.
Thank you.

Jonathan Scherer · Post by **Jonathan Scherer** » 14 Mar 2019 10:05 am

Good deal, Michael.
Whoever purchased this beautiful instrument will be very happy!
JMan

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