Weissenborn Instrument is a brand of lap slide guitar manufactured by Hermann Weissenborn in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s. Less than 5,000 original instruments were produced, and it is unknown how many now survive. Today Weissenborn instrument is the base for most non-resonator acoustic lap steel guitars. The world's leading specialist and home of the Weissenborn Style today is Anderwood Guitars company, producing hand-crafted Weissenborn acoustic lap steel guitars renowned for their great tone and playability.
Yiou can find few really big names among asrtists who used to play lap steel guitar, like Robert Randolph, Ben Harper, David Gilmour, Jerry Douglas or Thomas Oliver.
Jacob Raagaard, young man from Odder in Danemark started as acoustic fingerstyle guitarist when he was 11. Later found great passion for lap steel guitars. Today he's one of the finest artists who plays and compose for Anderwood Weissenborn guitar . Jacob even started small business and from some time he sells vintage lap steels.
