The Weissenborn is finished!!!

[kathymatsushita]

Just a quick link to the final page of my very first Weissenborn build: http://home.comcast.net/~kathymatsushit ... iss20.html
(There's a little video on that page, also, in case you'd like to hear how it looks and sounds.)

I just strung it up today. It was a really fun, different kind of project. Now I have to learn to play the thing!!!!

(Also, thank you, Bob Connor, for your help a while back when I was first beginning this project!!!)

[martintaylor]

Lovely looking Weissenborn! Love the Australian tonewoods (and the others). Hope you have lots of joy learning to play it Kathy.

Martin

[Taffy Evans]

That looks sweet, everything goes together well and I like the look of the finish. I could not play the video but I bet it sounds as good as it looks. I've just cut up timber for a hollow neck slide myself, will start that on Monday.

[Kim]

Beautiful work as always Kathy, certainly a worthy display in our forum's gallery section if you feel like posting a few images.

viewforum.php?f=25

Oh and BTW, I could not open the video either...Win7 IE9..I only get the dreaded red X in the box.

Cheers

Kim

[ozwood]

Awsome build site Kathy, the Finished product is pretty amazing also !

Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

[Bob Connor]

Looks great Kathy. I really like Bloodwood bindings with Tas Blackwood. I did a 12 string in that combination a few years back.

The video works fine for me. I think you guys need to install or update Quicktime if you can't see it.

The Weissy sounds like I would expect with your bracing and the Tasmanian Blackwood. I did one last year and it sounds quite like that - lots of mids (which is great for a bluesy slide instrument), and clear definition in the highs. I think you will need to play it lots for it to "open up" and get a bit more bottom end out of it.

I've been using Huon Pine (another Tasmanian wood) for Weiss tops and I find it a little more responsive, with more bottom end and sweeter highs that a Blackwood top.

I think that the Blackwood top would be a better instrument for amplifying at higher volumes.

Regards

[Phil Mailloux]

Very nice Kathy, and great site too, I remember spending a good amount of time on your site reading about your builds and jigs about 10 years ago when I started building

[Taffy Evans]

I took a second look at the photo's you posted Kathy and realised it was the last page of a whole string of pics of the whole build, great stuff, it's good to see how others do it. Very well presented too. Thanks for sharing.

[John Maddison]

I took a second look at the photo's you posted Kathy and realised it was the last page of a whole string of pics of the whole build, great stuff, it's good to see how others do it. Very well presented too. Thanks for sharing.

Currently attempting a Weissy build, so +1 from me too Kathy ... .

Thanks for a very comprehensive pictorial!

[kathymatsushita]

Thanks, everyone, for the very kind comments!!! It was a really fun project to do --- I just love trying out different things!! Looking at all your various message threads on building Weissenborns really helped me a lot as I tried to figure out how to build this thing, so thanks for all your posts on your Weissenborn projects!!!

[ckngumbo]

Check out Kathy's other builds too. REALLY nice work.