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Topic: 'Attache' Hawaiian Guitar ? |
basilh
From: United Kingdom
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basilh
From: United Kingdom
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 6:49 am
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More info.
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Rick Collins
From: Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 8:30 am
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Well, it's interesting, but ugly. |
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Mike D
From: Phx, Az
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 10:56 am
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Nice twist on the machine gun in a violin case.
I like the inprovised 'loop end' strings.
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Half-assed bottleneck and lap slide player. Full-assed Builder of resonator instruments.
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George Keoki Lake
From: Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 12:00 pm
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Felix is probably saying, "What the heck is THAT, Louisa ?" |
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Bill Creller
From: Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 2:49 pm
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It may not be pretty, but a 2X4 with strings, tuners, and a pickup isn't either, but it sounds pretty good!! |
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Richard Sevigny
From: Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 3:03 pm
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Is that fretboard made out of paper?? |
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Gary Lynch
From: Creston, California, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 4:47 pm
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This would have been great for high school music students. Not easy to bang up yet plenty good for the basics. |
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Ron Whitfield
From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2006 7:03 pm
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Nice find, Bas!
I'll bet it has a nice sound.
Are those tuner buttons ivory or bone?
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Max Laine
From: Pori, Finland
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Posted 17 Dec 2006 10:29 pm
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Let's have a closer look... [This message was edited by Max Laine on 18 December 2006 at 01:42 AM.] |
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Dom Franco
From: Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Posted 17 Dec 2006 11:12 pm
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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.
Dom Franco |
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Ken Byng
From: Southampton, England
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Posted 22 Dec 2006 3:23 pm
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Interesting to see someone has been using the fretboard to play by numbers. |
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Don Kona Woods
From: Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 22 Dec 2006 3:27 pm
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That lovely Hawaiian lady sure makes that guitar more appealing.
Aloha and Mele Kalikimaka,
Don |
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Alan Brookes
From: Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 22 Dec 2006 3:37 pm
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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.
[This message was edited by Alan F. Brookes on 22 December 2006 at 03:40 PM.] |
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John Billings
From: Ohio, USA
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Posted 30 Dec 2006 10:37 am
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Ummmm! Louisa! What big eyes you have ! |
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Tom Olson
From: Spokane, WA
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Posted 5 Jan 2007 8:57 pm
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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? |
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Richard Sevigny
From: Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
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Posted 5 Jan 2007 9:12 pm And the gal with the travel steel says...
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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??
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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
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Doug Beaumier
From: Northampton, MA
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Donny Hinson
From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 8 Jan 2007 2:37 pm Lovely Hawaiian lady?
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Pretty lady...I thought she was someone I knew.
Last edited by Donny Hinson on 9 Jan 2007 4:05 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Max Laine
From: Pori, Finland
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 12:06 am
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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:
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Terry Wood
From: Lebanon, MO
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 6:37 am
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Basil,
I like the girl too! Where have you been hiding her?
Terry |
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Terry Wood
From: Lebanon, MO
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Posted 9 Jan 2007 6:39 am
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Basil,
Seriously, it is and interesting find. I like your recording of "Sleepy Lagoon." I need to get one of your CDs.
GOD bless!
Terry |
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Larry LeMoal
From: Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 28 Dec 2008 7:59 pm Hawaiian Attache made by Swanee, England. Help identify?
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Lynn Oliver
From: Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 28 Dec 2008 8:10 pm
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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? |
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Larry LeMoal
From: Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 28 Dec 2008 8:25 pm Hawaiian "Attache"
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I think the other Attache with similar case to this one was a student model. This one has a full fretboard. Do you have any info about Swanee? Regards, Lawrence |
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