This article is about a brand of guitar, for German communities called
Weißenborn, see that disambiguation page.
'Weissenborn' or 'H. Weissenborn' is a brand of
lap slide guitar manufactured by
Hermann Weissenborn in
Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s.
These instruments are now highly sought after, and form the base for most non-resonator acoustic
lap steel guitars currently produced. It is estimated that fewer than 5000 original instruments were produced, and unknown how many now survive.
Both single and twin neck models were produced, both with highly adapted bodies that run the full length of the fingerboards, making conventional playing completely impossible.
The
brand is now used for reproduction instruments.
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Players
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Bob Brozman
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David Lindley
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Ben Harper
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Xavier Rudd
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David Gilmour
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James Michael Thompson
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John Butler
External links
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Brief history with some photographs.