Lap steels, resonators, multi-neck consoles and acoustic steel guitars
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basilh
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Post by basilh 15 Dec 2006 6:47 am
Pictures Courtesy of Kari Laine and Les Cook:-
The label inside. It reads:
The
"Attaché"
Hawaiian guitar
This instrument has been tested and found correct
A Swanee product
Made in England
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basilh
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Post by basilh 15 Dec 2006 6:49 am
Rick Collins
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Post by Rick Collins 15 Dec 2006 8:30 am
Well, it's interesting, but ugly.
Mike D
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Post by Mike D 15 Dec 2006 10:56 am
Nice twist on the machine gun in a violin case.
George Keoki Lake
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Post by George Keoki Lake 15 Dec 2006 12:00 pm
Felix is probably saying, "What the heck is THAT, Louisa ?"
Bill Creller
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Post by Bill Creller 15 Dec 2006 2:49 pm
It may not be pretty, but a 2X4 with strings, tuners, and a pickup isn't either, but it sounds pretty good!!
Richard Sevigny
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Post by Richard Sevigny 15 Dec 2006 3:03 pm
Is that fretboard made out of paper??
Gary Lynch
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Post by Gary Lynch 15 Dec 2006 4:47 pm
This would have been great for high school music students. Not easy to bang up yet plenty good for the basics.
Ron Whitfield
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Post by Ron Whitfield 15 Dec 2006 7:03 pm
Nice find, Bas!
Max Laine
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Post by Max Laine 17 Dec 2006 10:29 pm
Let's have a closer look...
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Dom Franco
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Post by Dom Franco 17 Dec 2006 11:12 pm
It was obviously made for "looped end" strings. Like some Banjos and mandolins use. They may be dificult to find but I know they are still made.
Ken Byng
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Post by Ken Byng 22 Dec 2006 3:23 pm
Interesting to see someone has been using the fretboard to play by numbers.
Don Kona Woods
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Post by Don Kona Woods 22 Dec 2006 3:27 pm
That lovely Hawaiian lady sure makes that guitar more appealing.
Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka,
Don
Alan Brookes
Posts: 13227Joined: 29 Mar 2006 1:01 amLocation: Brummy living in Southern California
Post by Alan Brookes 22 Dec 2006 3:37 pm
This seems to be the answer to Buck Dilly's topic "An Interesting Idea."
Another idea is to get a "travel guitar", add a riser nut and put a pick-up on it. I have one of those that I pull out from time to time.
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John Billings
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Post by John Billings 30 Dec 2006 10:37 am
Ummmm! Louisa! What big eyes you have !
Tom Olson
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Post by Tom Olson 5 Jan 2007 8:57 pm
Yeah, the gal is interesting, but the guy with his hands in his pockets looks suspicious -- those look like pretty deep pockets, what's he doing with his hands?
Richard Sevigny
Posts: 3439Joined: 29 Sep 2005 12:01 amLocation: Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
Post by Richard Sevigny 5 Jan 2007 9:12 pm
the guy with his hands in his pockets looks suspicious
...izzat a tone bar in your pocket or are you just happy to see me??
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
Doug Beaumier
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Post by Doug Beaumier 5 Jan 2007 9:21 pm
This "Attaché" Hawaiian guitar or one exactly like it was on eBay about a year ago. It was in the UK... must be the same one, eh? I wonder how many of these were made?
Donny Hinson
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Post by Donny Hinson 8 Jan 2007 2:37 pm
Pretty lady...I thought she was someone I knew.
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Max Laine
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Post by Max Laine 9 Jan 2007 12:06 am
Doug, yes I think it's the one, about a year ago, from ebay UK. It's mine, BTW, not Basil's... but thanks to Basil for posting the pics!
Here's a couple of more pictures of the beautiful lady:
Terry Wood
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Post by Terry Wood 9 Jan 2007 6:37 am
Basil,
I like the girl too! Where have you been hiding her?
Terry
Terry Wood
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Post by Terry Wood 9 Jan 2007 6:39 am
Basil,
Larry LeMoal
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Post by Larry LeMoal 28 Dec 2008 7:59 pm
Lynn Oliver
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Post by Lynn Oliver 28 Dec 2008 8:10 pm
The one in the brochure has an angled peghead, which is different than the modern pictures. It is possible there was more than one model or maker for these things?
Larry LeMoal
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Post by Larry LeMoal 28 Dec 2008 8:25 pm
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