Just wanted to show you my new Lazy River weissenborn made by Rance White from North Carolina. I find it absolutely stunning to look at and its sound even more beautiful (hopefully I’ll get a recording on youtube before long so you’ll get a chance to hear it).
I asked Rance to do it in the style of the old weissenborn style 1’s as in all koa wood, no bindings, the three concentric circles around the sound hole, the single dot fret markers as well as the bat shaped (ebony) bridge, the narrow shaped head and vintage-looking tuners.
Rance was very nice to take care of all of my special requests and I really can’t recommend his work enough. And aside from making amazing weissenborns he is an extremely nice guy who has been a pleasure to talk to all the way. Also, (in pure Academy Award fashion) I would just like to thank Steinar Gregertsen and Fred Kinbom who helped steer me in Rance’s direction a good while back when I was deciding where to get my weissenborn.
Now, to the pics! I had to throw a bunch in here. The last one is the weissenborn in its “natural environment”
. Oh, and there’s a K&K western pickup inside it which sounds great.
Cheers,
Hans
