Private company
Weissenborn
Slide guitars made by Hermann Weissenborn
Weissenborn or H. Weissenborn is a brand of lap slide guitar manufactured by Hermann Weissenborn in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s. These instruments are now highly sought after, and form the base for most non-resonator acoustic lap steel guitars currently produced. It is estimated that fewer than 5,000 original instruments were produced, and it is unknown how many now survive.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
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Weissenborn or H. Weissenborn is a brand of lap slide guitar manufactured by Hermann Weissenborn in Los Angeles in the 1920s and 1930s.2
Products and brands
- slide guitar
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1925Founded Founded1
Links
- WikipediaWeissenborn
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ705008
Sources
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- 1WikidataWeissenborn on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWeissenborn on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWeissenborn photo by Kasa Ganjavi, CC BY 3.0