1928 Weymann Style 850 00-Size Guitar

This Weymann beaut is a rare bird, being a larger, 00-size model. It's lightly ladder-braced and has a long, 25 1/2" scale length. This gives it a strong, robust, woody voice. In the video I have it detuned down D-to-D because I've got it strung with 52w-11 at the moment. If it was restrung for 46w-10, I think it would be fine tuned-up to E, but the lightness of the top means I'm a little wary of over-tensioning it.

Compared to a lot of nicer-quality ladder-braced guitars (Vega, Bauer, of the period, this guy has more bloom and warmth than average. It flatpicks nicely and fingerpicks beautifully. If you're the type of player that likes lowered and alternate tunings and you fingerpick a lot, this would suit that style to a T.

It's solid spruce over solid mahogany in the body, has a mahgany neck, and rosewood fretboard and bridge. The bridge is new (the original was damaged) and the saddle, pins, and tuners are, too. Being a nicer style grade, this guy has profuse amounts of pretty purfling and trim and an elegant, refined look. It's understated and classy in that Martin-esque way but with a little more of a nod to the furniture trade in details.

Repairs included: a neck reset (with bolt reinforcement), fret seating and level/dress, side dots, replacement tuners, reslotting of the original nut, new rosewood bridge, new bone saddle, replacement pins, and setup.

Top wood: solid spruce

Back & sides wood: solid mahogany

Bracing type: ladder

Bridge: rosewood

Fretboard: rosewood

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret: 3/32” bass 1/16” treble (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 52w-11 (tuned D-to-D, used 46w-10 for E-to-E)

Neck shape: medium-bigger C/V

Board radius: ~12"

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium/low

Scale length: 25 1/2"

Nut width: 1 3/4"

Body width: 14 5/8"

Body depth: 4 1/4"

Weight: 3 lbs 0 oz

Condition notes: there's distress to the finish around the heel (from heat, unfortunately -- it was an absolute bugger to remove the neck as some sort of bizarro glue was used to reset it in the past), I've added a hidden reinforcement bolt to the joint (these are tenon joints with very little gluing surface) at the neckblock, and the bridge, saddle, pins, and tuners are replacements. Overall the finish looks excellent, though, with just the usual weather-checking to its surface and mild pickwear and handling wear. It fairly glows in nice lighting. There's one spot on the lower-bout, treble side that has a bigger scratched/rubbed area and is pictured.

Also: I reset the neck just a hair too steep. For whatever reason, both this Weymann and the last one I worked-on (at the same time) crept to a steeper angle while they glued overnight. This was perplexing! This just means it has an extra-tall saddle on it, but the guitar doesn't mind and there's a lot of real estate between the saddle and the front of the bridge so I'm not worried about extra stress on the bridge. The fretboard extension also dips-down lightly over the body compared to the rest of the board.

It comes with: a ratty old chip case for protection in shipping and light storage.