Re: Weber Red River?
This is a Weber "share"!
I have a Fern dated 2007 that I got new at Sylvan Music in Santa Cruz, CA. I burned through the stock frets and started shopping around the bay area for a stainless fret job. Minimum cost would be $550.00! So I called Sound To Earth who still owned the business. I was quoted $250.00 even with the stainless steel. Once Bruce Weber had the mando I talked with him on the phone about how the Fern seemed very heavy to me with the sound dampened somewhat. Weber told me he was experimenting with plate graduation at the time he made this instrument. He offered to re-graduate the top and bottom plates which also involved refinishing the mando since he removed wood from the outside of the mando without disassembling it. Along the way he pointed out the top plate is Cedar which was harvested some 80 -100 years ago with very tight grain. When I got it back it was like night and day. It's been my main player for nearly 4 years. It is remarkably full voiced, loud with a wonderful dynamic range.
Billy Packard
Gilchrist A3, 1993
Weber Fern, 2007
Stiver Fern, 1990
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Gibson 1921 H1 Mandola
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