My review of my new Brauchli

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From billmccloskey on 10/30/2013 4:31:47 PM

I received my Brauchli weissenborn today. Of course it looks beautiful. It is a 2009 and the person I bought it from was the original, and only, owner. I pulled it out of the box and put on the fingerpicks and was underwhelmed. It sounded dead. I asked the original owner how old the strings where and he told me he had never changed the strings! they were the strings that came on the guitar originally back in 2009 and that he had never played the guitar!.

So, I pulled through my single strings looking for gauges that would work. I got close enough and started to string this thing: not an easy task. The strings are so tight at the headstock that it was a real chore to change all the strings. And still I wasn't sure I liked the sound.

Knowing that it had never been played, I figured it needed to open up some and I also swapped out the dobro bar I was using for a round tip lap steel bar. Finally I plugged it into my AER and the BANGO. What a sound! This is an instrument that gains much with a good acoustic amp. I'm having a blast and either the bar change and/or the string change has worked wonders on the straight non amplified acoustic sound as well.

so recap: opening up as an acoustic, a monster plugged in, a tuning headstock that is going to take some getting used to.

2 Comments
	Bob Blair says: 10/30/2013 4:40:35 PM The headstock on those looks similar to my Benoit Cajunborne. I have gotten pretty good at changing the strings, but it took me awhile to figure out. I have always been a "one string at a time" guy no matter what the instrument was. With the Cajunborne I take all three strings off each side and then it is pretty easy to put the new ones on, starting with the tuners closest to the nut and working out. The other thing about the headstock is it does not work with the wall hangers that I use for most of my guitars. But the Benoit is a killer axe and I love it. And those headstocks are pretty.
	Liz Williams says: 10/30/2013 4:46:57 PM Thanks for the review, Bill. You sound like a happy guy! Shoot us a recording?
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