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Weissenborn style 1

Weissenborn style 2

Weissenborn construction

Top Bracing

Inside a Weissenborn, a pattern of wood is attached to give the top strength, without intervering the sound. This so called bracings are made from Sitka spruce, just like the top. A bill of Sitka spruce will be spliced for this purpose. The crack follows the grain, and makes the bracings very stable.

Sides

The sides of the Weissenborn are bend by hand with steam and a hot pipe. After bending the side is clamped to relax and dry for some time.

Back Bracing

The back has a different, but simular made pattern of wood inside to give strength.

Wood Inlay

At some places the instrument gets nice inlayed wooden strips. This is the backstripe. All wooden parts are made in the workshop. Wood that comes from the back is used here to make a nice inlay. Op diverse plekken worden sier randen in de gitaar gemaakt. Hier wordt een strip verlijmt voor het achterblad. Deze strip wordt verzaagd en ingelegd.

Body Construction

The sides are clamped on the soundboard without glueing. After the shape has been adjusted, the side is fixed to the soundboard with small pieces of mahogany. Later, a binding will be made around the top, to give a joint at the inside and at the outside.

Block Inlay #1

A Weissenborn with block inlay needs about 600 black and 600 white blocks. These are made in the workshop from ebony and maple.

Block Inlay #2

The inlay at the outside is made. The result is a characteristic inlay as can be found on the best Fern's instruments!

Logo

Also the logo's are handmade for each instrument. In this way, a bigger variation is possible compared to serial made parts.

Head Construction

The head of a Weissenborn is attached with a dovetail joint.