[mstuartev]

Weissenborn is wonderful! Who is the builder?

I started playing with an eye toward my arthritis life phase: easier to hold a bar vs. fretting.
Went thru a few makes in the last year. Settled on two Pogrebas (see signature).
I love these things so much that all my finger tip callouses have vanished. I hardly ever play my Everett 6-string.
Indulge in tone bar experimentation! I tried Shubb SP2, Beard Wave 2010, Paloma blue stone, E.G. Smith. The Smith and Beard are my faves. I also prefer Perfect Touch finger picks.
Work on hammer on/hammer off, muting tech behind the slide, intonation and vibrato as needed. Some simple minor forms are to be had (e.g. Covering the 3 low strings at the 9th). Mary Flowers, Kelly Jo Phelps and Steve Dawson have good lap style lessons on Homespun tapes (avail as download).

Have some fun! Although there is a lot of very lush and pretty Weiss stuff (like the vid you linked), I prefer to play bluesy, rhythmic, even minorish Arabic sounding stuff. Sky's the limit.