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Topic: Squareneck Hawaiian Non-Reso |
Mitch Druckman
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 May 2006 10:49 am |
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Does anyone make a nice squareneck Hawaiian guitar without a resonator? Something like the old Martin Hawaiian squarenecks, but not so expensive.
I was considering a Weissenborn copy but thought that the body starting at the 7th fret would get in the way. Is this wrong? Are Weissenborn's comfortable to play at the 10th or 12th frets? |
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D Schubert
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Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 28 May 2006 11:41 am
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Don't know why the location of the neck/body joint would bother you one way or the other for lapstyle. I don't own a Weissenborn, but was able to play one w/o any big mental adjustment from a Dobro.
Regarding inexpensive squarenecks, the old Oahu student-model guitars are a budget option. Small body, round soundhole, aluminum bridge. Not very loud, but a pleasing sustaining tone. Add a soundhole pickup and you have a very usable lap-style guitar. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 May 2006 4:19 pm
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I know many players who play a Weissenborn with a lot of open strings, playing mostly at the first 5 frets, and using a Shubb SP-2 grip bar. I will be playing with a bullet bar and want to be comfortable all the way up the neck. When your hand is over the body, doesn't it force your wrist up when putting downward pressure on the bar? Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this.
Steiner, are you using a bullet bar? Your playing on "Northern Lights" is so beautiful, it's a sound I aspire to.. Are you playing a Lazy River?[This message was edited by Mitch Druckman on 28 May 2006 at 05:27 PM.] |
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 28 May 2006 4:46 pm
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Mitch, thanks for the kind words.
On "Northern Lights" I used a "Black Phoenix" bullet bar, mostly because I wanted the slightly warmer sound of that bar, plus it effectively eliminates those annoying 'whistling' overtones that sometimes occur when using a metal bar. And yes, it's the spruce/walnut Lazy River.
Usually I use the SP-2 on the weiss though, but mix it up a bit on electric where I use slants more. I don't find forward slants to be any trickier with the SP-2, but fast reverse slants are murder with that bar.
I don't find playing high up the neck any harder on the weissenborn than on an electric, I don't think you should worry about that. It may take a little adjustment if you're not used to it, but it's no big deal.
Steinar
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Kevin Ruddell
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Toledo Ohio USA
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Posted 29 May 2006 3:47 am
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| There's a new guitar on Rex Blattenburgers' We Need The Money guitars web page that you might want to look at. Go to Links / Non Pedal / We Need The Money at the top of this page . It's a squareneck soundhole acoustic guitar with pickup |
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