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alan stassforth
 Post subject: Orphan tenor weiss.
PostPosted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:22 pm 
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Catchy title, no?
Anyway, I've got a koa top, braced, and been sitting around for a while,
( I used spruce for the top on a koa set instead of the koa).
I've also got sides bent of figured maple.
I'm going to build a tenor weiss out of them.
I was thinking about reducing the lower bout from 15 to 14 inches,
and reducing the x bracing to about 1/2".
Any advice?
How come we never see tenors built around here?
I think they are cool.
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Quine
 Post subject: Re: Orphan tenor weiss.
PostPosted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:45 pm 
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Sounds interesting. Can't say that I see much difference in a weissenborn with 4 strings since it will probably be in an open tuning anyway. idunno Actually....I've never seen a tenor guitar played with any type of slide. Maybe this is the next big thing!!
What are you going for in a tenor weissenborn??
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Mike Dotson
 Post subject: Re: Orphan tenor weiss.
PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:03 am 
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How about a 3 double-course set-up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu5d--7R ... re=related
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