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Topic: Why, No New Squareneck Parlor Builds? |
Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2025 1:59 pm |
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I love these parlor size square necks. Are there any builders building these now?
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Noah Miller
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Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 11 Jan 2025 4:04 pm
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Because there are three billion Oahus and Bronsons going for far, far less than they could be sold new today.
The closest you'll find in a new instrument is probably a Weissenborn type, because the originals sell for a lot more. |
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Mark Evans
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2025 8:51 pm
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There are a few tenor weissenborns out there, short scale.
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Larry Pogreba Baritone 'Weissenheimer
Late 30’s Oahu Tonemaster
Hermann Guitars style 1 Weissenborn
2017 Richard Wilson Style 1 Weissenborn |
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Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 11 Jan 2025 11:15 pm
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Yeah, and some great weissenborns, I have some. Just wondering about a square neck, smaller.
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Mark Evans
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2025 7:58 am
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Hermann guitars makes a tenor Weiss. Lazy River did too. I think they’d be a bit more toneful
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Larry Pogreba Baritone 'Weissenheimer
Late 30’s Oahu Tonemaster
Hermann Guitars style 1 Weissenborn
2017 Richard Wilson Style 1 Weissenborn |
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Steve Lipsey
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2025 12:10 pm
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Ben Bonham built me a pair of parlor twins, one acoustic, one archtop electric, redwood+maple+ebony. I couldn't be happier with them...not cheap, but quite lovely in every way,..
Ben is happy to chat and give advice about instruments...and you should check out his website just to oogle the eye candy.. www.bonhamdesign.com
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https://www.lostsailorspdx.com
Williams S10s, Milkman Pedal Steel Mini & "The Amp"
Ben Bonham Resos, 1954 Oahu Diana, 1936 Oahu Parlor
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David Ball
From:
North Carolina High Country
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Posted 12 Jan 2025 4:06 pm
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Here's a 000 sized square neck I built a couple of years ago. Picture of Sol inlaid/engraved on the peghead and banjo style engraved inlays on the fingerboard...
Made of Curly Ovangkol with a Sitka top. Peghead inlay is white, gold and black mother of pearl. It was a fun project and it's a good player.
Dave
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