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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
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 Posted - 05/07/2004 : 03:01:12 AM
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Aloha All,
While on the subject of guitars, i am finally undertaking the building of my first axe. I bought some nice koa in Hilo back in '97, just had it sliced into thin boards, and am ready to begin a Weissenborn lap jobby. Does anybody know of a set of plans for one of those babies? I was fortunate enough to copy a template from Bob Gleason (Pegasus Guitars) in Hilo. He had one taken apart for repairs, and I took a bunch of measurements, but forgot a couple important ones, such as, scale length! Headstock angle. Width of neck. Height of bridge. Just little things, really, guess i could just wing it. But, I sure would hate to ruin a good piece of wood. Doing so would have no positive vibes, not even using the scraps for heat during the winter.
Karl
Frozen North
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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Gary A
Lokahi
USA
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 05/07/2004 : 12:48:59 PM
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Aloha kakou!
I'm on the same quest as Karl, to build a Weissenborn. I would be interested in hearing from current players what the nut width is on their guitars. I've looked at several types of steel guitars, dobros, etc., and found that I like a 2" nut width. It seems like going wider would make it hard to cover the strings easily with my steel.
Any input appreciated.
Jesse Tinsley
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 04:04:04 AM
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Wow!
Thanks! Gary, for stewmac site...I had visited it and missed that part completely.
Konabob for the scale length.
And, Jesse, one measurement I did get was the width of the neck at the nut (47mm) and 19th fret (which I believe is the last fret on the model I specked) at 62mm. All the guy had was a metric rule, but i found it easier with those exact dimensions to use the metric scale
Going to check out the stewmac site now. That may be the best place for both of us, Jesse. By the way, have you ever made a guitatr berfore??
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2004 : 7:53:31 PM
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Mahalo, Craig. I do have some koa wood almost ready to go. But that's a beautiful set on Ebay (nicer than mine) and would make a stunning guitar.
I can't wait to start. Jesse Tinsley
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Karl Monetti
`Olu`olu
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2004 : 03:51:01 AM
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Craig,
Man, what do you DO all day??? You have an answer for everybody:> I love it! That is nicer than my wood, too, but I like mine just fine. Besides, if I had that gorgeious chunk of koa, I might even be more intimidated in beginning this project.
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Barny Strode
Aloha
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/02/2004 : 08:55:18 AM
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Hi there,
I've just registered !!
I bought the Stew-mac Weissenborn plans and they're pretty good; the one thing I can't figure out from the plan is how the headstock attaches to the body. Is the headstock actually the "neck block" or do you fix the sides to a neck block and heel block and then attach the headstock (dovetail joint or something ?) later ? Does any of this make any sense ?
I live in the UK and saw that Koa on Ebay. I could barely afford the postage and packing let alone the timber. It was beautiful though. I think I'll be using mahogany for mine.
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Gary A
Lokahi
USA
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Posted - 07/03/2004 : 12:18:49 PM
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There is no neck joint - the headstock and neck block is just one piece. When I built my Weissenborn, the mahogany neck blank I used wasn't thick enough so I glued together two pieces to make the headpiece. They were each about 3/4 inch thick.
I happen to have a picture that illustrates this. The green line indicates how far the headpiece extends into the neck. The yellow lines show the original outline of the pieces that were stacked up to form the neck. The blue lines indicate where it was cut.
http://www.rahul.net/gaa/Weiss/headDetail.jpg
Good luck with your Weissenborn project.
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Barny Strode
Aloha
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07/21/2004 : 11:36:18 AM
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Thanks Gary,
That makes things a lot clearer. I spotted some more Koa on Ebay and managed to convince my wife (the head of the finance department) that it wa a bargain and w needed to buy it. I'm just waiting for delivery, I hope it's OK when it gets here, it got a long way to come.
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Larry Miller
Akahai
USA
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Posted - 01/16/2005 : 06:11:55 AM
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If you're interested: the Stew Mac catalog also has complete kits for building wooden-bodied resonator guitars, two types. Most builders already knew that, but just in case...
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Whee ha!
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