weissonborn laps

[gilesy]

hi im new here just finished 2 weissonborn guitars ,as i have never actually picked one or seen one in person , i was wondering about string height ive got 6mm at the nut 14mm at the bridge is this acceptable . they sound great to me but as i said im no expert. the bodies are mahogany,spruce tops ,wenge fretboard and bridge .maple binding, beach banksia headstock veneer and end graft

[woodrat]

G'day Gilesy and Welcome to the ANZLF....I have not made a Weissy only OMs and Dreads but I thought that I would just say hi...Alan/Ossiebluesman has made some I am sure he will say high and tell you....

John

[Kim]

Hey Gilesy, welcome to the ANZLF.

I am be no means an expert on weisseys either but I would imagine that string height, or action, would not really be that much of a concern, if they sound great to you now then your probably doing it right I reckon. That said, aside from Alan, we also have Bob Connor who has been a veritable weissonborn production machine of late and has pumped enough of them out over the last 12 month to know them inside out. The best thing is that both of these guys are also very good players so I would be happy to take any advice they may offer as the good oil.

Looking forward to your continued input

Cheers

Kim

[Bob Connor]

Sounds about right.

I think most of mine are around 15mm at the saddle which is a little higher than I'd set for a conventional 6 string.

One thing that I will mention is that most of that 15mm is taken up by the bridge, so my Weiss bridges are quite thick. I leave about 3mm of the saddle protuding and ensure that there is at least 6mm of the saddle embedded in the bridge. There's a fair amount of torque at that height so I try and leave a bit more meat in front of the bridge saddle to prevent cracking.

Regards.

[ozziebluesman]

G'day Gilesy,

I have mine 5mm at the nut and 12mm at the top of the saddle. My bridge height is 10mm with 2mm saddle exposed.

The MIMF plan which is a copy of an original weissenborn guitar has the action much lower. I don't like that personally as I find the tone bar is inclined to bang into the fingerboard and top of the guitar. Note that is using medium gauge strings and tuned to open D.

Welcome to the forum mate.

Cheers

Alan

[gilesy]

thank for the input folks. just a thought if your like myself a bit short on the money side, and want to make your instruments from scratch i bought plans for a 16inch bandsaw on the net,from a bloke in canada ,he made his with laminated spruce(not in aussie would he use spruce) i made mine out of pine with a little messing about and tweeking it works really well 10 inch deep cuts no problem when setup properly i cut all my sides backs tops 210mm by 4mm pretty accuately it cost about 150.00dollars to make including 2nd hand 1 1/2 hp davey pump motor if anyones interested i,ll try sending a link .still trying to work out how to send pics ps the plans were 21.00 aud i think they are worth it