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Topic: First Squareneck |
Mats Karlsson
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted 27 Oct 1999 12:18 pm |
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Hey there
I´m a steelplayer from sweden with a question for you. Who built the first squreneck and when? Was it Weissenborn or....? Happy for your help.
Aloha / Gaffa |
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mikey
From:
New Jersey
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Posted 28 Oct 1999 8:54 pm
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oldest I've seen was a Hilo Hawaiian....but I think Weis made those,
Aloha,
Mike |
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Brad Bechtel
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 29 Oct 1999 8:39 am
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I can't say for sure, but it appears as if the Weissenborn guitars in the early 1920's were one of the first squareneck guitars. There's a new book coming out soon devoted to the Weissenborn style guitars; perhaps that will have an answer to this question.
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Ian McLatchie
From:
Sechelt, British Columbia
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Posted 31 Oct 1999 5:53 pm
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| I've got a Chris Knutsen hollow-neck Hawaiian which Knutsen authority Dan Most says likely dates from 1914 or 1915. To the best of my knowledge, Knutsen clearly pre-dates Weissenborn for this style of instrument. |
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mikey
From:
New Jersey
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Posted 31 Oct 1999 6:59 pm
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Wow, Thats weird, I always thought Knutson worked for and learned to build guitars from Herman Weissenborn....learn something new every day,
Mike |
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