Oldpiper73 - Posted - 10/24/2008:  11:05:16

I hate to ask a question that probably has an obvious answer, but I'm thinking about getting back into the reso after an absence of a few years. (Never learned too much). I keep running into the term "Weissenborn" when it comes to various models. What does that mean - someone's name, model? I've bought four banjos in the past seven months and not sure what the wife will say about another instrument, but we'll see. Thanks for the help.

Fred USN(SS) Ret

bbjork - Posted - 10/24/2008:  13:34:47

Oldpiper73: Check this site out weissenborn.es/g_history.html it will give you the history. More importantly the sound out of a Weissenborn is quite a bit different from a square neck dobro. Much more mellow, check out the video clips on Rob Anderlik's site (link below) and I think you'll hear the difference, especially "Joe's Tune"

robanderlik.com/weissenborn_tablature.htm



bbjork

MitchC - Posted - 10/24/2008:  13:38:00

Here's a cut from Andy Hall's recent CD "Sound Of The Slide Guitar" ... featuring a Bear Creek "Weissenborn"

resohangout.com/myhangout/medi...icID=2745


* ahem * I just so happen to be selling a Bear Creek .... check the classifieds ... sorry for the plug ... carry on.

Edited by - MitchC on 10/24/2008 13:38:16

Oldpiper73 - Posted - 10/24/2008:  16:42:48

Thanks Mitch and bbjork. That is a fantastic sound - quite different than anything I've heard in the past. Mitch - it was your ad for the Bear Creek that I just happened to see and listen to that got me started thinking about the reso again. My main problem is whether or not I can learn another instrument somewhat proficiently at my age - 73. Old and not getting any smarter. I'll keep looking at those two Weissenborns you have listed.

Fred USN(SS) Ret

bbjork - Posted - 10/24/2008:  18:14:54

Oldpiper73: Growing old is inevitable, growing up is an option - go for it, learning is where you'll find the most enjoyment, proficiency should be measured by where you are today to where you'll be tommorrow.

bbjork

bbjork - Posted - 10/24/2008:  18:16:36

By the way I served four years in the Navy (65-70) in an anti-submarine helicopter squadron (HS-11) on the WASP.

bbjork