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| Hi there! terry Buddell back again........ | | | | Koa wood that most slide guitars are constructed |
| I just wanted toanswer some questions about the | | | | from. |
| Weissenborn Lap slide steel guitar that I built a few | | | | I also made the body of the guitar a lot deeper than |
| months ago using only simple hand tools whilst living on | | | | the original Style Two plans and it worked out around |
| my boat! I have had lots of enquiries about these type | | | | about two inches deeper overall. The plans come on |
| of guitars and I thought I might take the time to explain | | | | CD rom and it is possible to get the plan printed out |
| basically why if you are considering building a guitar for | | | | onto AO or A1 architects paper..its probably a lot |
| the first time its a great way to cut your teeth on | | | | easier to work from for most folks . All the basic |
| because it's such an easy build compared to an | | | | instructions are in there, step by step and everything is |
| acoustic guitar with a very specially shaped neck and | | | | explained very carefully indeed bearing in mind that for |
| demanding thorough and exact fret spacing | | | | many people it will be their first guitar build. Why did I |
| As a few of you know I also built a website which | | | | choose the Weissenborn slide as a first guitar to build? |
| features slide guitars, lap steels and a host of other | | | | Well, in a way, It's cheating because as most people |
| interesting stuff all about the fascinating World of slide | | | | are aware, the chords are never played but the |
| guitars. For those of you who are interested the guitar | | | | fingers of the left hand only with a glass or steel or |
| was built from a modified plans of a Style 2 1920's | | | | brass slide |
| Weissenborn using Australian Maple timber and the | | | | Therefore, if the frets spacing is very slightly out of |
| only difference from the original is that I made the neck | | | | true it really wont notice! you would never get away |
| 2.5 inches deep instead of 1.5inches and the body 4.5 | | | | with that on a proper acoustic guitar where you have |
| inches instead of 2.5 inches... the sound is wonderful as | | | | to play the chords with your fingers!!! |
| is the volume and the rich tones... what makes the | | | | Basically I also wrote a book called How to build a |
| weissy sound so good? | | | | weissenborn and drew out the plans and they are for |
| I have written a whole series of articles and posted | | | | sale on my site where you can also hear a soundclip |
| them onto the net in a few places and there is a | | | | of the guitar itself! Cheers for now...watch out for more |
| whole world of info to explore there for free! the | | | | articles for tips and free hints on building your own slide |
| sound is absolutely fantastic and no one was more | | | | guitar for a fraction of the cost! |
| surprised than me! It had taken me many years to | | | | Did you find the tips in the article useful? You can learn |
| pluck up the courage to actually start building a guitar | | | | a lot more about How to build a weissenborn slide by |
| and basically I donât know what I was worried | | | | visiting the site shown below |
| about! The choice of timber, Australian Maple had a | | | | . |
| great deal to do with the good results and its not | | | | |