Weissenborn fait à la maison en Australie

A very nice man named Alan Hamley is building two Weissenborns down in Townsville, Queensland, Australia - one from Tasmanian Sassafras and the other from Tasmanian Blackwood. He has been posting his progress on several Anglophone forums, and I thought many here may be interested. Here is the thread from the Steel Guitar Forum:

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=122495

He has built some electric lap steels before, but these are his first Weissenborns, and I think he's doing great. Such nice Myrtle binding - they will for sure look great when finished!

Fred

Hello Fred !
It's very nice and original wood !
Yes, It would be a great weissenborn, sure !
Thanks for the weissenborn pictures !


(sorry for my bad language !!!)

zalex a écrit:

(sorry for my bad language !!!)

That is funny, as an English expression for excusing ones bad language (as in swear words - "putain" etc.) is "pardon my French"!

No problem - your English is much better than my French. I try to learn some French on this forum - you are all great teachers.

A+

Fred

HI FRED?
did you received my MP for the beucher reso guitar, it was really expensive and not mint condition. no bid for this auction.

No problem Fred !

We are learning something everyday !!!

Alan's Tasmanian Sassafras Weissenborn "Sassie" is now finished - it looks great!









Alan has also built a Tasmanian Blackwood Weissenborn parallell to this one, which is soon finished too, and he will record soundclips soon.

Great work!

Fred

Thanks to show us

Thanks Fred!
So cool weissenborn!!!

Thanks !
That is very nice weiss, so original wood !

Alan also built a Tasmanian Blackwood Weissenborn parallell to the Sassfras one:





More info and pictures:

http://www.guitarseminars.com/gs/viewtopic.php?t=2244

And Alan has also posted SOUND CLIPS:

http://www.guitarseminars.com/gs/viewtopic.php?t=2323

They sound great - I especially like the Sassafras Weissenborn - warm and big sound!

Fred