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Posted: **7 Oct 2004 10:33 am**

Next project for me (whenever I can afford it) will be to have a parlor sized guitar with a squareneck made for me. In fact - and I may get booed for saying this - but in some ways I prefer them over Weissenborns.

Steinar

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Posted: **7 Oct 2004 4:02 pm**

Steinar - have you played an original Weissenborn yet?
I have a couple oahus that sound great for that funky old-style blues stuff. I recorded a song on my "Kelly Joe Phelps" style Gibson F-25 Folksinger. It didn't make the CD, but it sounds big, tight, loud and rich.
One of the best sounding acoustic, pickuped and recorded laps I've heard is Mary Flower's Gibson Roy Smeck Hawaiian. Of course, she's an amazing player and that helps, but I actually got to play it and it was big and loud.
Getting used to the Gibson F-25 roundneck is an adjustment on your leg. I saw this Gibson http://www.guitarandbanjo.com/details/1656.html
and wondered how it would play and sound.
In then end I always go back to my old Weissenborn. [This message was edited by Dwight Mark on 07 October 2004 at 06:24 PM.]

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 4:55 pm**

Steinar - have you played an original Weissenborn yet?

Not too many of those in Norway, if any.. But I've heard quite a few recordings of them, so I think I have the general idea (plus having owned three different 'modern' Weissenborns doesn't hurt either).
I didn't say parlor sized flat tops necessarily sound better, just that I in some ways prefer them,- big difference there Dwight..

They definitely bring something else to the table, I know my MayBell has a character all her own that's just 'different' from anything else I've played. Having access to a variety of flavors has never hurt anybody....

Steinar

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Posted: **7 Oct 2004 5:23 pm**

I totally agree with you Steinar. I wasn't saying you were right or wrong. I was actually agreeing with you and stating my preference in the end. ...And I was joking with you as I will probably always do until you add a real Weissenborn to your arsenal.
I have both a small body oahu and a large body oahu. I don't know if it's just me, but the little guy seems quicker - maybe like single cone compared to a tricone guitar.
Each one has its thing...
Of course after trying about 10 Weissenborns, my friend in Chicago and my friend in Florida and I all have very light colored plain style 1's that sound very similar, but the other ones I've tried have had noticible differences.

Dwight[This message was edited by Dwight Mark on 07 October 2004 at 06:25 PM.]

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 5:51 pm**

.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 November 2004 at 08:35 PM.]

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 6:05 pm**

.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 07 October 2004 at 07:05 PM.]

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 6:25 pm**

I occasionally set up my Baby Taylor for lap style playing and get what to me, is a pretty cool sound. Not much bass but a nice midrange honk.

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 6:26 pm**

Jim, i'm guessing you live in Paracho.

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 6:31 pm**

.[This message was edited by Jim Phelps on 17 November 2004 at 08:35 PM.]

Posted: **7 Oct 2004 6:43 pm**

Dwight,- I've told you not to joke with me!! Makes me very nervous, robs me of all self esteem and turns me into a drooling harmonica player......

I don't know if it's just me, but the little guy seems quicker - maybe like single cone compared to a tricone guitar.

Absolutely,- the smaller body of a parlor sized guitar is much closer to a Weissenborn in response. If/when I have one built it will definitely be a parlor sized instrument.

Steinar

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