New BARITONE WEISSENBORN from PADDY BURGIN - vidéo! (p. 3)

A beautiful baritone (27.4" scale length - like a cello) Weissenborn is on its way to me! I thought I'd post some of the pics of the building process here while I wait for it to arrive.

Let's see if you can you guess who built it!

Here is the first sight I saw, back in April, when the luthier looked for suitable wood for this big guitar:



More to follow.

Fred

Great idea !!! it seem a beautifull project, maybe the lutheir can be "Alan Hamley " australia?

anyway this is great fred

Merci Nico for the comment and your guess (pas vrai )! Here is another picture of the build:



The top or the back (or both of them - I'm not sure) being jointed together.

cool....

Ya man !!! Cool !!!!!

And here the bending of sides:



Any more guesses who the luthier may be?

Fred

wow
it's going so well man!!!
Heu...isn't it Bataille's Work?

Hi Fred!

Nice and big piece!

I'll take two guesses:
Bill Hardin (Bob Brozman luthier) or Lazy Rance River ???

Warming...???

Good guessing folks, but not correct so far. Keep the guesses coming!

More pictures coming soon.

Fred

Your luthier is famous. We spoke on the forum, already ?

Beautiful Project!!!

Daniel Brauchli???

Yourself...?

weissy a écrit:

Yourself...?

Non!

Here are some clues: The guitar is made from Sapele and it is a baritone version of the two guitars a famous slide player plays in this youtube clip.



Fred

Is it Burgin guitar???

Dont you all already know Aotearoa is the home of finest quality steel string guitars?

What takes you so long!?!?! That is a PADDY BURGIN SLIDE GUITAR!



Tony

Tony 10 Points!

It is indeed Paddy Burgin who is the builder of this beautiful guitar! So now I will keep posting some pictures from the building process.



It is on its way from Wellington and I can't wait to play this instrument!

Bonne journée à tous!

Fred

Sides being glued to the top in an "open mold work board":

wonderful!!

Indeed!



The braces being glued to the back in the "go-bar" clamping deck.

I am holding on to the pics of the finished guitar as you can see - sharing some of the waiting experience.

Below is David Lindley with one of his Sapele Burgin Weissenborns (not baritone) as a little appetizer.

And here you can get a sense of that it is a BIG guitar!



The rosewood binding is glued on in this picture. Paddy said he had to use all the rope he had in his workshop for this big baritone, hence the reg/green combo.

Bonne nuit! Demain - photos of the completed guitar!

Fred

Yes, I win the game!!!
What's my special price???

Ben H. a écrit:

Yes, I win the game!!!
What's my special price???

You get to see the pics of the completed guitar! Bientôt...

Fred

hey fred,

Don't you tell me on the phone it was made by Lazy River ?

JimPetit a écrit:

hey fred,

Don't you tell me on the phone it was made by Lazy River ?

Salut Jim! I first thought of ordering a Lazy River baritone, just like my standard scale Lazy River but with a longer scale, but then I thought it would be cool to try another type of sound as well, and got in touch with Paddy, as I really like the sound of David Lindley's Burgin Weissenborns. And now she's on the way!









Paddy wrote that the wood looks lighter in those photos than it is in reality - perhaps this photo is closer to the colour of the wood:



I can't wait to play this beautiful guitar! I think I will try tunings in B or A (D format - E or D in G format).

All the specs:

Sapele top, back and sides.
Rosewood binding (with black/white purfling on the top).
27.4" scale length.
Rosewood fretboard, bridge and headstock overlay.
Mother-of-pearl inlays (my design, refined by Paddy, on the fretboard).
K&K Pure Western Mini pickup installed (which Paddy found "amazing" and was "knocked out by").
Ebony bridge pins.



Fred