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I was in a shop the other day and saw a Weissenborn. Sounded loud and sweet just strumming it. Quality seemed excellent.

The brand was Gold Tone made in China. I googled and found they make lots of instruments. Here`s the electric lap steel at $389.00

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http://www.banjo.com/shopping/shopexd.asp?id=787


Not to hijack the thread

but I found it interesting that John Pearse, the string maker, was behind the Gold Tone Weissenborn

"Yes, they do have the old pre-war bracing.
They are great instruments! I have been too busy to build Weissenborns, what with the move to Germany and everything that came with it, so I licensed Gold Tone to make a number of different entry-level Weissenborn models.
Knowing Wayne's penchant for quality I expected some great instruments, but these guitars are even better than I had anticipated. They sound just like the pre-war models...and they are astounding value for money.
At some time in the future I shall probably be making some top-of-the-line models (koa with abalone, etc.) but I truthfully do not expect them to sound any better than these. They really capture that old Weissenborn mojo.
John Pearse."
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic/browse_thread/thread/2ca61d7358d0b8cf/8b3e2fa1d7848ee3?lnk=st&q=%22Gold+Tone%22++Weissenborn&rnum=1&hl=no#8b3e2fa1d7848ee3

http://www.goldtone.com/products/pages/weissenborn-ss.asp

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Originally posted by threm

I was in a shop the other day and saw a Weissenborn. Sounded loud and sweet just strumming it. Quality seemed excellent.


The brand was Gold Tone made in China. I googled and found they make lots of instruments. Here`s the electric lap steel at $389.00



That lap steel is stunning! Now i want one of those too.:(

The closest i've ever been to a Weissenborn was at the guitar experience museum in seattle. They had a little prerecorded thing you could listen to. It sounded great, not like anything i've heard before.

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