Weissenborn Advise

Hello,
excuse me for writing english first! I don't speak the beautiful French language ...

I am a guitar player and i also do love electronic music. So my purpose was to get a niceprice Weissenborn to record some nice sounding samples for my new project. I had the opportunity to read many about the Weissenborn guitars that are actual on markets like ebay and so on. Now my problem is that i do not know which guitar i should buy.

My budget is approximately 300 Euros. I saw some Weissenborns on European eBay. I also believe the different brands of lower price Weissenborns don't have any differences in between - except the brandname. But however, they look pretty good to me. Do you have any advise which guitar to buy?

LordVoldemort

well if you really want a weissenbornlike guitar for 300€ go in this aera https://slide.forumactif.com/f27-les-1ers-prix and you'll find some
but my two cents here, if you're only looking for the acoustic lap slide sound for your recording and you already have an acoustic guitar save your money from those made in china shit and go for a nut raiser http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Nuts,_saddles/Resonator_nuts,_saddles/Slide_Guitar_Extension_Nut.html (3$77!!!) this will let you play lap slide on your regular acoustic guitar you'll have to watch the string gauge and be careful with the neck , but it works
only my humble opinion

Hello GL,

Thank you for the information.
I already used a nut raiser, which had the result that i had some nasty pressure marks on the neck of my Martin 000-15. So, i would not recommend them if you don't have a cheap acoustic axe.

Anyway, the option of taking an asian Weiss is not that far away with my budget of 300 bucks... eBay seems to offer plenty of these. But are you sure these instruments are that shitty? Friend of mine plays a nice chinese slideguitar and i had an opportunity to try it. I was pretty impressed. Of course it did not sing like an expensive instrument, but for a cheap axe it was pretty well balanced.

Did you have opportunity to try a chinese Weissenborn guitar or do own one? If yes, and if you dont like it, perhaps we could talk about a deal...

LordVoldemort

yes sorry , the nut raiser idea was for cheap instrument

Found this one at least:

http://www.bediaz-music.de/

Appears ok to me. Bought me a deeper Weissenborn. Price was reasonable.
I just hope my Pickup will match the soundhole!

Happy Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LordVoldemort

Salut tous
Ben, le Lord nous mène en bateau !
Comme par hasard, il vient de s'inscrire, il écrit en anglais et finalement, après déclination des propositions, il trouve la plus belle et la moins chère des grattes...Pouf, pouf... Une Bédiaz !
C'est de la pub pour Bédiaz.
Ca vous rappelle rien ?

https://slide.forumactif.com/t5834-new-weissenborn-lap-steel-brand-bediaz-music

bec
PS : Vleb en suivant l'IP, tu dois trouver un truc.

Oui je crois que tu as raison.. nous devrions laisser tomber.. çà fait 2 sujets identiques qu'il ouvre avec un titre différent pour demander la même chose.. Il n'y a pas un modo pour comparer son IP avec celle du gars qui poste des pubs pour Bediaz ?
Si c'est le cas un ban serait bienvenu.. Il poste sa question dans la moitié des posts, et il y a fort à partier qu'il va nous parler de bediaz dans tous d'ici peu..