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The Weissen born Guitar Build
Before I had even begun to build my first Weissen born guitar I was assailed by many doubts such as” Am I going to screw this up?” or “ suppose I get this wrong? and similar kinds of horrible
thoughts would actually lie awake at nights thinking about it, half scared ,half excited, about doing this for the first time.
However, I came to the conclusion rapidly that it was only wood, only cost money and if I did screw up, well, I could always buy some more and start again! I
realized that I had to curb my impatience and start to be a little more thorough in my approach to this project.
I had scoured the net looking for all kinds of information regarding the building of a Weissen born and
realized that there was very little to find. There were no books on how to do it, and I could only find one set of plans available from a company in America. It seemed to me that it must be the best kept secret on the Planet.
There were a few hardy individuals that had bitten the bullet and had built a Weissen born but it seemed that mostly it was the secretive domain of Luthiers, the gods of all gods! All of this intrigued me more and more and gradually I built up an arsenal of facts and fiction about the construction of these here Weissen born They were definitely popular and there was no doubts about that. The likes of Ben Harper, Jeff Lang and Johnny Depp had seen to that, for certain. When I finally came across a plan of a Weissen born I was amazed at what little detail that there actually was on the plan itself! I had expected there to be all kinds of tips and hints and secret little tricks the help the unwary innocent ( me) to find his way through the maze.
It seemed to me that the thing to do was to buy a conventional guitar building book and take some ( if not most!) of the techniques and use them to build my guitar. In fact, that is really what I did in the end, more or less. As I gathered together more info and ordered the timber from my pal Kim Hancock, a
Luther of note from Tambourine Mountain in Queensland, I made a definite promise to myself that I would, if this project was successful I would not only write a book about the building of a Weissen born but would also draw a plan for my very own guitar before I started!
This is also exactly what I did. I had seen Jeff Lang’s beautiful Weissen born style guitar made for him by South Australian
Luther, David Churchill and had seen how deep the body and neck were. I wanted one something like that! I
realized the beautiful ringing overtones and sweet sounds came from a combination of the workmanship, the timber and certainly the depth of this great slide guitar
. I went off to the local print and copy shop and bought about two metres of virginal white paper, the sort of stuff architects draw houses on. I burned midnight oil drawing, re-drawing, cursing, muttering and checking dimensions from books, drawings and photos.
[New Tab] - You'll Be Mine (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Contains guitar.
[New Tab] - Close To You (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Contains guitar.
[New Tab] - Any Time At All (The Beatles)
Contains guitar and bass.
[New Tab] - Dirty Pool (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
Contains guitar.
[New Tab] - I'll Follow The Sun (The Beatles)
Contains guitar and bass.
[New Tab] - Bridge Of Sighs (Robin Trower)
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[New Tab] - Kansas City / Hey Hey Hey Hey (The Beatles)
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