Hi Everybody - Just got word that Eric made me an administrator of this group. (I'd written him about no one approving my membership request and offered to help out. He took me up on it.)
I know many have feelings about Mike's account being locked and...well, that's the awkward part: He started the group and now he's gone. No changing what's happened.
I offered myself as administrator because I value this group and love Weissenborns. I've learned a lot her and hope that can continue. I hope it can.
To get the ball rolling, here's what I've been listening to on you tube lately and slowly, painfully learning. I hope you enjoy it.
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x says:
9/4/2012 1:36:18 PM
Hunh! I've been out of town and offline, so I was surprised to see Grizz's account locked when I logged on this morning. I hope all is well with him, and hope you enjoy your new responsibilities as administrator.
tc
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 | jacknj says:
9/4/2012 1:49:11 PM
Liz:
Congrats on the "promotion". I hope the pay is commensurate. Some of the last posts you had were regarding your JLD Bridge Doctor installation. Since then I have made my own with a slight modification. You can see what I did on my homepage photos.
Again, welcome back
Jack
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 | Liz Williams says:
9/4/2012 2:27:37 PM
Thanks, tc! I expect to.
Jack, I am so glad I didn't take pictures of what I did to the bridge doctor to get it to fit. You'd have gotten a good laugh out of it, I think. You are an artist with wood! Did it improve the sound and top stability of your SM? Have you gotten any requests to make them for others? Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got to go cash my first administrator paycheck. ;-)
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 | Tom_Noe says:
9/4/2012 2:57:12 PM
Welcome, Liz. We're all here because we love Weissenborns. Enjoy the trip!.
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| jacknj says:
9/4/2012 3:43:02 PM
Liz:
It's been about three months since my installation and there are no cracks. The top seems quite stable with just a very, very slight pulling up of the bridge. The sound improvement, including volume, was probably due to the heavier string set (.016 -.056).
I do not use dobro G tuning (GBDGBD) I use, either open G, open D, or Dsus4 (DADGAD). Working on getting a pickup for it next. As far as getting the support to fit, I did make it based upon internal dimensions but trying to reach my hand inside to position it was a bit tricky. No one has requested that I make one for them which is fine by me. It would probably not be worth the time because , unlike a standard acoustic guitar with plenty of space to maneuver inside, each might need to be custom sized.
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| Liz Williams says:
9/4/2012 3:58:37 PM
Tom - Thank you for the welcome!
Jack - They are beastly to get your hand in! I remember all the maneuvering it took to get the bridge doctor in my SM and my hands are not bulky.
I'd love to hear more about how DADGAD is working out for you on the Weissenborn. I love that tuning on guitar, but I hadn't thought to use it on the lapsteel until you mentioned you were workign with it a few months ago.
I just found a Baggs M-! (passive) on my local craigslist. In my living room, it's plenty loud even without a pre-amp, and the tone is pretty good. Easier to install than the bridge doctor! I'm watching the 'net for a good deal on a Seymour Duncan Magmic. Their sound intrigues me.
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| Liz Williams says:
9/4/2012 4:02:27 PM
Tom - In your picture, what guitar are you holding in your left hand? In the picture it looks like it has 2 necks, and I thought maybe it was a knutsen, but I don't see that listed on your profile page.
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| Tom_Noe says:
9/4/2012 4:18:43 PM
It is a Knutsen Harp Hawaiian-- six strings plus two sub-bass strings mounted from the bridge to a little arm, and four treble strings mounted on the guitar top. The other guitar is a 1929 Weissenborn teardrop. The "etc." on my profile page covers a multlitude of instruments.
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| Liz Williams says:
9/4/2012 4:23:36 PM
Tom. I am drooling. I could electrocute myself if I'm not careful. Those are the two guitars I'd most like to play someday. What's the knutsen like? I've been trying to interest Bill Hardin building a harp-hollowneck, but so far he won't bite. It seems like a match made in heaven.
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| Tom_Noe says:
9/4/2012 6:27:21 PM
The sub-bass strings on the Knutsen always seem to be in the way of the bar hand, and the sound is a bit tinny because of the ultra light strings on it. The guitar is mahogany with a spruce top, so you don't get the sound that you would with an all-koa Weissenborn. I recently cut a track with it for a recording project; however, the track may or may not be used.
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| Liz Williams says:
9/4/2012 6:49:40 PM
I'll keep my fingers crossed that I'll get to hear that track makes the cut, Tom (pun intended). I can see how the logistics of those sub-bass strings would be a problem. Maybe that's why the design never took off. Thanks for letting me know.
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 | Bob Blair says:
9/6/2012 1:10:14 PM
Thanks for taking this on Liz! In honour of your new appointment I'll share this from the TSGA in MArch of this year. I was using a Benoit Cajunborne very much like the one I own, graciously lent to me by my dear friend Carroll Benoit. The pickup is a Baggs Element. My friend Jim Robbins from Toronto was sitting beside my playing rhythm :
youtube.com/watch?v=W5jYLky36b8
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| Liz Williams says:
9/6/2012 11:24:07 PM
Thanks, Bob - That's wonderful of you, sir. I love "Darcy Farrow" and am impressed that you can sing and play at the same time. I'm not familiar with the second song. Is that a Blues Junior I see over your right shoulder?
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| Bob Blair says:
9/7/2012 5:07:43 AM
It looks like a Junior - the organizers had lots of good gear, and I can't say I paid a lot of attention. I was probably too taken aback at the size of the crowd - I had a ten a.m. slot on a Saturday morning and I did not expect a full room. I was surprised that the tunes Howard selected for posting were the ones where I sang, but I like to do that. Seems like the first time I picked up my Celtic Cross Weissenborn that's what I felt like doing - the frustrated folksinger in me I guess. I learned Darcy Farrow from a long ago high school roommate Charlie Ewing, who is now among other things a great cowboy singer in Southern Alberta, but of course he got it from Ian and Sylvia. The second song is Blue Wing by Tom Russell - a great writer, and a bit of an Ian Tyson crony, who lives in El Paso these days. There is a story about why I had to do that song but it is kind of long (Howard edited out the stage patter, which may have been the best part!).
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