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There's a video on YouTube of Cindy Cashdollar and Sonny Landreth doing "Hard Time Killin' Floor". She's playing a solid body Weiss, and it sounds great. Have no idea who made it though. Very funny that you should mention Cindy Cashdollar with respect to this instrument, as it was her mus...

Guess I took it for granted that folks knew all about these..foolish as I am. This is a solid body instrument played with a steel slide whilst laying in your lap, Hawaiian style. I injured my fretting fingers a while back, so the slide route seemed the obvious alternative, as I'm a blues fanatic any...

A couple folks inquired whether I fell off the face of the earth or something. Nothing near so drastic ;) Actually, I took a few days off work and buried myself in my latest project, a Weissenborn Lap Steel. Getting close to done, so I'll post a pic or two. The body/neck is cut from a solid slab of ...

Todd,

Beautiful work! It's great having you participate in the Luthier Community. I can't wait to read more about the bevel approach. Most very cool!

Randy B.

She's a beauty, Ray! A job well done, and my sincerest congratulations on your first commission!

Joe said : It may be sapele Randy, it is some kind of mahogany type Yep...definitely ribbon Sapeli, then. Tone and workability wise, I can't tell any difference between sapeli and mahogany, but there again, since moving to China, all I can get is Sapeli and African Mahogany. I use the ribbon sapeli ...

Beautiful work, Joe! I didn't catch what kind of wood you were using for the back and sides. Looks like ribbon sapeli?