Description

Gold Tone GT-Weissenborn: Hawaiian-Style Slide Guitar with Gig Bag – Natural

The Hawaiian steel guitars of Herman Weissenborn made before WW ll were unique in sound and construction, and no current instrument maker has studied those original designs as closely as Gold Tone. We’ve replicated their distinctive tone with our Weissenborn hollow-neck guitars.

The incredibly affordable GT features satin finish all-mahogany construction, inlayed flush maple frets and open-geared Grover Stay-Tite tuning machine heads. Includes padded gig bag.

Because of the Weissenborn guitar’s original-style construction, due care must be taken to use the correct tunings and string gauges in order to avoid bridge, bracing or neck problems. The strings supplied (gauged .014, .018, .026w, .034w, .044w, .056w) allow for G (DGDGBD), D (DADF#AD) and similar tunings. Your Weissenborn will not tolerate the excessive tension exerted by E tuning (EBEG#BE), Dobro G tuning (GBDGBD) or similar tunings. Using these or other non-recommended tunings will void the warranty. The total string tension exerted on ANY Gold Tone Weissenborn guitar should be no more than 165 lbs. when tuned to standard (A440) pitch. There are several online string-tension calculators available such as this one to help you to determine the correct string gauges for any tuning you might want to utilize. Available as left-handed model.

Features

• Acoustic lap steel guitar
• Top, back, and sides are laminated sapele (similar to mahogany)
• Cream binding on body and neck
• Fret lines inlaid in fingerboard
• Dot markers
• Open-gear tuners
• Satin finish
• Hollow neck
• Scale length is about 24 3/4″
• WARRANTY NOTE: Strings supplied (.014, .018, .026w, .034w, .044w, .056w) allow G (DGDGBD), D (DADF#AD), and similar tunings. Do not use strings or tunings which cause string tension to exceed 165 lbs. at pitch.