I have a Deering Sierra that I love but it weighs a ton. I could hardly stand up under it after an adventure a few years ago involving cardiac arrest. Now I usually play a Deering-made Vega Little Wonder which doesn't have the tone or volume but it weighs half what the Sierra does and I need a microphone anyway. I also have high hopes for a late 20's Little Wonder pot thats going to get a Gold Tone %-string neck soon. And when the y don't do it for me, I break out the pennywhistles.
SKP