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Topic: McKinney Mauna Kea Acoustic Lap Steel |
Guy DeVillez
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 8:23 pm |
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I found this little beauty at a yard sale. It was busted up pretty good, but everything was there. Just a bit of glue and it's as good as new. Neck was shaved down, but you can see that it used to look like. Any comments?
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Guy DeVillez
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California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 8:25 pm Close up of lower bout
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Nice decals. Can't tell who made it, but there are some Oahus that have the same body shape, and using different graphic decals.
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Guy DeVillez
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California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 8:27 pm Jackson Browne loved it...
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But didn't want to spend anything one it. I don't mind keeping it at all.
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Guy DeVillez
From:
California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 8:27 pm Danny Ferrington loved it...
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The occasion was Danny's cover story in the Fretboard Journal. I was just picking up the guitar at Old Style in Silver Lake.
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Guy DeVillez
From:
California, USA
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Posted 22 Sep 2015 8:30 pm Here's the heel...
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I wonder what it was like to play it on your lap with a square neck?
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 23 Sep 2015 4:14 am
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| I'm torn; that headstock style is very Regal-esque, but the body shape and checkered binding really look like Kay. I'm leaning toward Kay (probably still Stromberg-Voisinet when this guitar was built). |
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Jim Sallis
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2015 7:48 am
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| Body size and shape, binding, bridge common to Kays of the period, most likely mid- to late-30s. I have a couple of squarenecks from then, including a Deluxe, and have played others. They sound wonderful. |
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Michael Butler
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 Sep 2015 12:44 pm
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very cool guitar! i've played it and it sounds great!!
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