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WEISSENBORN

  • Weissenborn or H. Weissenborn is a brand of lap slide guitar manufactured by Hermann Weissenborn in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
  • These instruments are now highly sought after, and form the base for most non-resonator acoustic lap steel guitars currently produced. It is estimated that fewer than 5,000 original instruments were produced, and unknown how many now survive. The signature feature of Weissenborn guitars is the hollow neck, effectively a highly adapted body chamber that runs the entire length of the body, making conventional playing completely impossible.
  • The name Weissenborn is now commonly used to describe this style of instrument in general, with H. Weissenborn and modern factory or luthier reproductions being referred to as Weissenborn or Weissenborn-style guitars.[2]
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WEISSENBORN

  • Weissenborn or H. Weissenborn is a brand of lap slide guitar manufactured by Hermann Weissenborn in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s.[1]
  • These instruments are now highly sought after, and form the base for most non-resonator acoustic lap steel guitars currently produced. It is estimated that fewer than 5,000 original instruments were produced, and unknown how many now survive. The signature feature of Weissenborn guitars is the hollow neck, effectively a highly adapted body chamber that runs the entire length of the body, making conventional playing completely impossible.
  • The name Weissenborn is now commonly used to describe this style of instrument in general, with H. Weissenborn and modern factory or luthier reproductions being referred to as Weissenborn or Weissenborn-style guitars.[2]
]]> http://diiband.com/the-weissenborn/feed/ 0 DIAMOND BOTTLENECKS http://diiband.com/diamond-bottlenecks-2/ http://diiband.com/diamond-bottlenecks-2/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2014 21:05:16 +0000 http://diiband.com/?p=1362 Main

I would like to thank Diamond Bottle Neck Slides www.diamondbottlenecks.com for endorsing and helping me on my Weissenborn driven DII music to help others. A Weissenborn hollow neck lap slide guitar is played with a solid bar. The incredible people at DBNS have worked with me to find the perfect Lead Crystal slide that helps me become me. The tone and emotional expression that I had in my head at inception of the style I wanted to obtain playing a Weissenborn owes a large part to the hand made lead crystal bar that is placed in left hand. Simply no equal is found anywhere else.]]> Main

I would like to thank Diamond Bottle Neck Slides www.diamondbottlenecks.com for endorsing and helping me on my Weissenborn driven DII music to help others. A Weissenborn hollow neck lap slide guitar is played with a solid bar. The incredible people at DBNS have worked with me to find the perfect Lead Crystal slide that helps me become me. The tone and emotional expression that I had in my head at inception of the style I wanted to obtain playing a Weissenborn owes a large part to the hand made lead crystal bar that is placed in left hand. Simply no equal is found anywhere else.]]> http://diiband.com/diamond-bottlenecks-2/feed/ 0