The bridge is carved from a block of ebony. For the fretboard binding I laminated the veneer to make pieces about 0.100" thick. It was inexpensive and easily available from a local hardware store. I saved myself some grief by using scrap pieces to practice cutting the soundhole, bending the sides and applying the finish. I used the cut off scraps from the top and back to make the fretboard, bridgeplate and the strip that goes along the seam on the back. I used African Ribbon Mahogany since it is much, much cheaper and more readily available. This is done partially for acoustic reasons but also because Koa is a native Hawaiian wood and the instrument is designed for playing Hawaiian music. Weissenborns were traditionally built from Koa wood. For the top and bottom I started with two bookmatched sets in which each piece was 33" x 8.5". The sides are about 39.5" long and 3" wide tapering to 1.5". The finished size of the top is about 31" in length and 15" at the widest point. Other smaller luthier wood supply places also carry a limited selection of Weissenborn-sized wood, but you have to ask. I ended up getting my wood from Gallery Hardwoods. Popular luthier supply places such as Stewart-MacDonald and Luthier Mercantile International only carry wood in standard "guitar-sized" dimensions. The body is longer than a standard acoustic guitar and so requires larger than normal top, back and side pieces. It was tricky finding wood for a Weissenborn. This page has some pictures of a Weissenborn I built and gives some tips based on my experience (Now that I've built one I'm an expert!)
The two major differences are 1) the Weissenborn has a hollow neck and 2) it has a very tall nut that holds the strings high off the fretboard. Since a Weissenborn is made to be played lap style its design is slightly different than that of a normal guitar.
Guitars (Dobros and National steel guitars) which were louder and had more sustain.
They were produced for about a decade until they were eclipsed by resonator They were designed for playing Hawaiian music. A Weissenborn is an acoustic lap steel guitar developed in the 1920s by Hermann Weissenborn.
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