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Topic: Dick McIntire |
Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 6 Jul 2012 10:53 am |
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Wouldn't that more likely be the Samoan-looking/garbed ceremonial guy in front of whomever?
The fellow behind him offers little Samoan features to be seen. |
Satini was a pudgy guy.
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Derrick Mau
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Posted 6 Jul 2012 11:12 am
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Thanks for the video links Mike.
Is Lani McIntire playing a Gibson Super 400 here in the video?
Keoki, what year is your Epiphone Emperor?
BTW, I got to meet Al McIntire's daughter, Lani. She lives here in Waimanalo. She had a lot of memories of Dick and Lani too as her dad took her on a lot of their gigs.
She showed me a lot of pics of Al and some of Dick and Lani.
Al's bass was given to his grandson. |
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Mike Neer
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NJ
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Posted 6 Jul 2012 11:18 am
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| Derrick Mau wrote: |
Thanks for the video links Mike.
Is Lani McIntire playing a Gibson Super 400 here in the video?
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Derrick, I do believe so.
BTW, here's a pic of my 1940 Epi Emperor (first year of blonde) and Electar amps. I played this guitar in the film "Little Manhattan". I no longer own these. 
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2012 11:35 am
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Sweet Guitar!
That's for the pic.  |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 6 Jul 2012 12:51 pm
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| Mike Neer wrote: |
| Satini was a pudgy guy. |
Maybe you nailed it, or at least tacked it down better. |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 3:11 am
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Sorry for hijacking the thread but the archtop guitar is such a big part of Dick McIntire's sound.
Here's a few pics from my collection to get back on track.
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 4:02 am
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Priceless pix, Derrick, big thanx.
Is that Eddie Bush next to Dick in the top shot? Who's the 3rd steeler? |
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David Matzenik
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Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 5:33 am
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Wow! Derrick, those are some rare shots. Thanks.
And Mike, did you have trouble getting strings long enough for the Frequencator?
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 5:41 am
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After enlarging the pix I see it is Bush, and Buddy Silva on steel with Dick, with Sol Bright on bass.
Now, where was this odd looking stage located? |
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Frank Freniere
From:
The First Coast
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 12:02 pm
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From his SGHOF plaque:
DICK KAIHUE McINTIRE
MOTION PICTURE SOUND TRACK AND RECORDING ARTIST FROM THE 1930's TO 1950. BAND LEADER, COMPOSER, AND PROFOUND INSPIRATION TO SCORES OF STEEL GUITARISTS WHO FOLLOWED. THE MASTER OF PURITY, TASTE, AND EXPRESSION OF HIS DAY.
BORN: APRIL 6, 1902 HONOLULU, HAWAII
DIED: MAY 20, 1951
INDUCTED: 1982 |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 12:37 pm
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Sheesh, not even 50 years old when he died, but looked much older, as was the norm back then.
I wonder if he went to McKinley High, as most Oahuians and future luminaries did pre-WW2? |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 9 Jul 2012 10:44 pm
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Man, those are awesome pics Derrick ! I still feel the arch top r/guitar produces the greatest sound for rhythm...you don't see many around anymore.  |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2012 2:45 am
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Ron,
No info on the whereabouts of the 1st pic.
The 2nd photos was taken in 1940 and shows Al & Dick McIntire, Danny Kua'ana, Johnny Bright, and Bob Vierra.
On the last picture, it's Freckles & Splash Lyons.
Dick McIntire in the middle with his wife dancing the hula. |
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Sebastian Müller
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Posted 29 Jul 2012 9:50 am
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I have to chime in and say that I also love Dick McIntires tone, it has a slight amount of distortion in it (whether this is a overdriven tubeamp or part of the recording path back in the day) and that gives the the sweet hawaiian harmony a certain edge that's just perfect, check out his version of Hilo March, awesome!
I have to agree with Mike that you have to be very careful with de-noising old material, you will lose highs and you might add digital artifacts that are worse than the actual noise. I listen mostly to old Tricone Hawaiian recordings and I don't mind the noise at all. It's a bit like the Motown recordings, if the singer sings really loud the voice is distorted and that totally adds a certain energy to the recording that you would miss if you get rid of the distortion.
Maybe a bit off topic:
since it is quite a bit expensive to get an original Rickenbacher frying pan, are there any alternatives around to get close to that sound without spending a fortune?
Any recommendation for an amp? |
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John Bushouse
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Posted 29 Jul 2012 10:38 am
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I really like Dick McIntire's tone, as well as Andy Iona's. I tried in vain to get it with a National and a couple of different Fenders. When I got a Rick I suddenly had that tone - or at least the ability to get close. I don't think you need a frypan, or a 1 1/2" horseshoe pickup. Mine is a post war D-8. Even played through a couple of different amps the potential for that sound is there. I did have the pickups rewound by Lindy Fralin, and that probably helped.
I'm starting to think I enjoy playing 6 string more, so maybe a single 6 is in my future. |
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Jeff Au Hoy
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Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 19 Dec 2012 5:41 am
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| Interesting instrument Dick is playing in the sepia "We are on the air" photo above... Rickenbacher bakelite body but the neck is odd... tuners are mounted to the sides like a frypan. My eyes tell me that "custom" neck makes it a long scale bakelite. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 19 Dec 2012 5:46 am
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| Interesting instrument Dick is playing in the sepia "We are on the air" photo above... Rickenbacher bakelite body but the neck is odd... tuners are mounted to the sides like a frypan. My eyes tell me that "custom" neck makes it a long scale bakelite. |
And the scale appears longer, too. Somehow this evaded my aging eyes.
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Sebastian Müller
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 12:33 am
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| Ha, the neck is so long, it even looks like he is resting it on the knee of the guitarplayer ! |
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David Matzenik
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 1:27 am
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Okay, while we are on the subject of that photograph, its late in everyone's career, right? Is that George Pilz on guitar, maybe put on a little weight? Is that that Danny Kuaana on uke, maybe losing a little hair? Who else is in the pic?
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Mitch Druckman
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Arizona, USA
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 8:16 am
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| It's unbelievable that the recorded music of Dick McIntyre and Andy Iona is so difficult to locate and purchase. |
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Mike Anderson
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 20 Dec 2012 9:30 am
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| It's unbelievable that the recorded music of Dick McIntyre and Andy Iona is so difficult to locate and purchase. |
Mitch, check out this thread. Problem is, with no website you can't know what they have to sell or what the cost would be. Maybe if you write Dallas Clarke he'll send you a list?... |
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Steve Marinak
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Man O War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
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Posted 14 Mar 2015 12:27 pm
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What type of steel guitar and amp and mic do you suppose Dick was using most of the time. I really love his tone. thanks.
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Matthew Dawson
From:
Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2015 6:36 pm
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I love Dick McIntire's tone as well! Supposedly Jerry Byrd got his Volu-Tone because Dick Mcintire used one. The Fender 5B6 I built recently gets as close as I've gotten to the McIntire tone (with a long-scale Frypan). Crude circuit, octal tubes. I bet a field coil speaker would get you even closer. Check out the amps here:
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 14 Mar 2015 6:57 pm
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I think you are on to it, Matthew. Byrd was a huge DM fan, so that figures. I think that sound is the powerful pickup of the long scale frypan overloading a low power amp with an 8" or 10" speaker. I know Ray Montee still swears by those little Volu-Tones with Rola speakers for that thick tone. Needless to say (but I'll say it anyway) McIntire had great tone in his hands.
There was also a story that since DM lived in Los Angeles, he would go down to the Rickenbacher factory and hand pick the best sounding frypans out of the lot. |
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Steve Marinak
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Man O War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
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Posted 14 Mar 2015 8:54 pm
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It does sound like a small amp being over driven a little.
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