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| Author: | robertD [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:09 am ] |
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Todd, that’s one cool instrument your making there! I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. It looks like the neck is going to be hollow? Looking forward to seeing it complete. Robert |
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| Author: | jhowell [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:56 am ] |
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Todd-- Great looking build! I know I'd be interested in the details of profiling the sides of this guitar, I'm sure othes would also. This looks like it will be a lot of fun to play when completed. |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:33 am ] |
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Todd, That's looking good - keep the pictures coming. Your mould looks great - much sturdier than mine. How far did you adapt the bracing from the Stew Mac plans? I see that you went for the spruce side braces in the neck. It will be interesting to see how the flat top works out - the string tension will dome it up some anyway. I've just got back from a weekend meeting up with some of my guitar buddies and took the Weiss with me. It is such a blast playing this with other guitars and it is taking my playing in totally different directions. This is good as with past exeprience of taking up bouzoukis and citterns this usually advances my guitar playing as well in ways I don't expect and can't predict. |
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| Author: | charliewood [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:40 am ] |
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Wow Todd you build like the wind - looking incredible already too! Im sure its going to be amazing when its finished - what did you and your customer end up deciding with respect to depth of body? Cheers Charliewood |
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| Author: | Dave Rector [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:41 am ] |
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Todd, it's looking great! You do very clean work dude. I've never been very interested in Weissenborn style guitars before, but after Dave's and yours I'm getting the urge to build one. Thanks for posting the pics! |
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| Author: | Anthony Z [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:07 am ] |
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Todd -- like Dave said -- you do very clean and elegant work. That is one slick looking mold. Did you bend the ribs on a fox bender or the main body on a fox and the rest on a pipe? I look forward to seeing more progress pictures!! |
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| Author: | Bruce Dickey [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:44 am ] |
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Good clean work Todd. Very impressive project. After hearing a couple of these Weiss players on YouTube it piqued my interest as well in these cool instruments. Congratulations on a great pictorial. What a bunch of lining clamps..... More pics as you continue please and thanks for sharing. |
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| Author: | Dave White [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:43 am ] |
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Todd, Cool stuff. I bet that the second one you do will have even lighter bracing - mine has. I really think that these are like John How's fantastic ladder braced guitar - get them on that balance of light build versus just stopping them from folding up boundary and they will roar! |
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| Author: | Bobc [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:04 am ] |
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Todd that looks great. I love the sound of Weissenborns. Lot's of good ideas in your pic's. Looking forward to more pic's. |
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| Author: | jhowell [ Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:22 am ] |
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Todd-- Thank you for the photos and the data. You guys might be on to something with the idea to use ladder bracing. I have an old (1920's) Stella parlor with ladder bracing and just love the raw honk of the tone for playing a little bottleneck slide. |
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