Hi and congrats on your new acquisition. I got mine used , from a dealer, but then discovered that it had been built by a guy living quite close to me.
I discovered that there are no standard tunings for these things so you can pretty much do whatever you want, and make up your own.
Someone told me to try C6 but I settled on CGCGCE (bass to treble) - I wanted a different tuning to my Dobro (GBDGBD), and my National (DADF#AD)
I use D'addario EJ17s plus an extra ,17" on the treble, and whilst I prefer Tipton bars on Dobro, I find the easy to get Dunlop Long Dawg tone bar works quite well on the Weissy.
It'sa whole new world, but as I see you play guitar, mandolin and banjo you will prbably be able to adapt quite easily.
The deal with slide is that you can always play flat but should never play sharp.
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Silly Moustache,
Just an old Limey acoustic guitarist, Dobrolist, mandolier and singer.
I'm here to try to help and advise and I offer one to one lessons/meetings/mentoring via Zoom!
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