What’s up front:
The truss rod cover was color-matched by Doug Edwards. Then Brian England did the inlay of “Dry Heat” (after all, I do live in Tucson).
What’s up front:
The truss rod cover was color-matched by Doug Edwards. Then Brian England did the inlay of “Dry Heat” (after all, I do live in Tucson).
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
As with the Yellowstone, I asked Vern to shape a Brekke bridge out of fossilized walrus. My experience has been this makes for a louder sound with improved tone.
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
The kind folks at Weber put together a color-matching pick guard. John and I worked out an abalone “knot” inlay.
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
They also created a color-matching Wood Nymph and filled tailpiece. Doug Edwards shaped a color-matching McClung armrest (Doug is one of the best guys you could ever hope to meet. If I can someday be even half the man he is, I will be a content soul).
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
On the back: Tony created a special “Weber Knot” tone gard in gold that totally “pops”! Function meets art. Get a hold of Tony and have him build you one of these!
She is a joy to play! Well, that’s about the sum of it. Keep on pick’n!
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
Thanks Paul, but be careful what you wish for. Can't wait to see the Elite.
Randy - I also would like to see my Elite! I just bought it from Bill Smith. I actually played it at The Mandolin Store a year + ago. It was at that time that I bought my Fern instead. It was the "one that got away", so when I saw it come up for sale on the Cafe, I contacted Bill and worked out a deal. You can see it by doing a search on the Cafe for "Weber custom elite f". Rick ran the tread 8/9/07.
I had Bill send it directly to Weber for some upgrades. They're creating a color-matching pick guard (with the Weber knot), putting in a scalloped "Florida" scoop on the end of the fret board, doing the fosselized walrus Brekke bridge, matching wood nymph, and installing Waverly tuners. Basically I've told my wife, "It's either this or cocaine." She said she prefered I had chosen cocaine.
Bottom line is I haven't seen it yet. Meanwhile, Tony at Weber has been playing it and having a great ole time on it. He plays it over the phone just to torture me. But I made him the mandolin's Godfather. His mission is to watch over it during the renovation, to guard it with his life, and to break the kneecaps of anyone who seeks to do her harm (I mean "break the kneecaps" in the polite, best sense of the word).
Tony tells me it should be ready to ship out in 30 to 40 years. By then, my grown children will place it in my arthritic hands, as I stare blankly at it, drool, and mumble "What a nice doggy."
I'll try to get some pictures of it when she finally comes home. Keep on pick'n.
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
When I joined the cafe many years ago there were only a handfull of Webers out there. It is really great to see how much Weber has grown. What a following! Folks love thier Weber's! I wonder how many members now own a Weber mandolin? I know that my 03 Fern is still a vey fine mandolin with the Weber "pop". Nick
ntriesch
Silver...like in your avatar Yup nice for the sound and matches the knot on my headstock.
EDIT: Whoops I see yours is gold...dang...they look the same in the pics.
Cocaine would probably be cheaper My wife says that when I'm not playing music, one of us needs to up our medsOriginally Posted by PsychoMando
"If you can make it to 50 without growing up, you don't have to..."
Rob Powell AKA The BeerGeek
Come on folks, I know there is more Webers out there!!
Weber Fern X Braced
Weber Maple Bitterroot
Washburn Jethro Burns
King #001 First and Last "Still Not Finished"
Pon My Honor Did Someone Say BLUEGRASS?
http://www.freewebs.com/strapman/
Here are some better pix of my new Weber custom Bridger OM. It has Scarlet Fire color, abalone celtic inlay, abalone round fret dots, and maple peghead venier. Sounds pretty awesome, too.
Oops. It wouldn't upload my pics for some reason.
Try again...
It says that the operation can't be completed because a security token is missing. Hmmm.
Here's my 2005 custom Gallatin. Upgrades: maple peghead veneer, fancy maple back, translucent walnut gloss.
Another:
And the back (I'm finding that I can only upload one pic at once. It chokes if I do more). Bruce, Tony, and John at Weber all played the Gallatin a couple of weeks ago when I brought back to Logan to get a finish ding fixed. Bruce remarked that it was a GREAT sounding mandolin. Can't wait to go back to Montana to get it.
Argh. The pic won't upload. I'll try again later.
Man, That's a good lookin' Gallatin!!
Weber Fern X Braced
Weber Maple Bitterroot
Washburn Jethro Burns
King #001 First and Last "Still Not Finished"
Pon My Honor Did Someone Say BLUEGRASS?
http://www.freewebs.com/strapman/
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
Thanks for the compliments. I actually kind of like the "open" scroll and paddlehead of the Gallatin-- it's not like every other F5-style. Here's the back:
Here's another Weber
Shad
Help is on the way a government team of experts Is a'rushin' to your aid... -- Stephen Stills
Weber Diamondback F Custom
Martin 000-18GE
Arrrghhh! That is bodacious. The distressng is totally cool! The matte finish is distinctive. I also like how you have an ancient looking strap to compliment the entire ensemble. Is this one of the Diamondback series that Dennis Vance had at the Mandolin store? Did you get a snake rattle and special case with it?
So, if you don't mind a wild suggestion. Consider this - order some tanned rattlesnake skin on the internet. Cut out a segment to match your truss rod cover, then glue it to it. If you hate it, a new truss rod cover is very cheap to replace. But it has the potential to really pop and convey the whole "Diamondback" theme. Just sharing what the voices in my mind are telling me.
Doc Simpson
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
Shadco that is one great looking mando.
There are three kinds of people: those of us that are good at math and those that are not.
No Doubt, I really like the look of those distressed Webers!!
Weber Fern X Braced
Weber Maple Bitterroot
Washburn Jethro Burns
King #001 First and Last "Still Not Finished"
Pon My Honor Did Someone Say BLUEGRASS?
http://www.freewebs.com/strapman/
Shadco:
Total aside here. How did you get a series of high resolution pictures to appear on a single post? I've had to reduce my pictures to a smaller size and then post them one-at-a-time. Your instruction would help a number of us.
Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
I just click the little picture box above the text box and plug in the url for the shot from my hosting site, it's the box that looks like a landscape.
It sounds better than it looks
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Shad
Help is on the way a government team of experts Is a'rushin' to your aid... -- Stephen Stills
Weber Diamondback F Custom
Martin 000-18GE
All right, this one is just plain silliness. Here’s the story. Once a month I go out to three different cities for work-related matters, and each time it’s a whole different part of the country. That makes for a lot of down time in airports and hotels. Before I go out to a new set of cities, I go on to Folkjam.org to figure out the local jams, and join in as my schedule permits. A few years ago I got a Weber Sweet Pea to bring along. Now mind you, she isn’t much by way of volume, but sure is a lot of fun to play. (We haven’t gotten to the silly part just yet).
I am a big fan of radiused fret boards mandolins. They feel much more natural to my hand. Now the problem is the Sweet Pea only comes as a flat fingerboard. Well, after a couple years of playing a standard Sweet Pea, I decided it was worth the extra expense to have a radiused Sweet Pea made by the good folks at Weber. Here comes the silly part.
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Psychomando
Faithful sherpa to some Webers
"You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose. But you can't pick your friend's Lloyd Loar!"
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