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David Soreff
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North Las Vegas, NV
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 12:06 am |
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Aloha Kakou,
Just got back from the 2nd Annual Steel Guitar Festival at Beachwalk in Waikiki. Performers this year were Alan Akaka, Casey Olsen, Greg Sardinha and Bobby Ingano. PLUS three young steelers from Alan's school....great night of steel guitar. This year, Alan put together a showing of different steel guitars from his collection, Derrick Mau's, two from mine and two from Addison Ching and a few others from some local steelers whose names escape me. I took some pics and thought you all might like to see. Enjoy!
-First up is the infamous Jules Ah See Magnatone D8 and a JB Rick…both owned by Alan Akaka:
-Next are two Canopus steels from Alan, a S8, a D8 and a beautiful Fender D6 from Derrick Mau:
-2 frypans from Alan...a JB Excel 8 and a Rick 8:
-A nice big Canopus T8 from Alan:
-Two Rick Electros, one from Addison Ching and one of mine. Mine is a "run of the mill" panda from the 40's and Addison's is a string through body pre-war with the sweet 1 1/2 inch pickup:
-A beautiful Fender T8 Stringmaster from Derrick Mau and a Supro Comet Console from yours truly...I love my Supros:
For the actual performances, Alan Akaka played a Canopus D8, Bobby Ingano was playing a Rick frypan 7 string, Greg Sardinha had an Asher 6 string and Casey Olsen played, what was for me the highlight of the night, a Rick frypan 6 that was originally Billy Hew Len's (who was his grandfather) and has been redone from gold to white. Everyone sounded great, and on a side note, Hiram Olsen played THE best rhythm guitar I have heard in years. All in all, a KILLER night of steel in Waikiki. Coming up on each Saturday this month is a different steel guitarist. This is the schedule:
July 10-Henry Kaleialoha Allen (5 to 6 p.m.)
July 17-Eddie Palama (5 to 6 p.m.)
July 24-Greg Sardinha (5 to 6 p.m.)
July 31- Na Keiki Kika Kila (5 to 6 p.m.) – The combined schools of steel guitar masters Alan Akaka and Greg Sardinha. |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 4:26 am
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I'm jealous! Must have been a great time.
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Russ Cudney
From:
Sonoma, California, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 7:57 am
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That Tobacco burst Canopus T8 is just the most!
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1958 D8 Stringmaster, 1958 T8 Stringmaster, 1955 Q8 Stringmaster (in basket), 1949 Gibson BR9, 1953 Silvertone, 1957 Harmony H4 (yeah the cool black pearloid one), 1947 National Princess, 1969 Shobud S10 3X1 |
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 8:04 am
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| I need to move there. Yesterday if possible. |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 10:18 am
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| Russ Cudney wrote: |
| That Tobacco burst Canopus T8 is just the most! |
How does one find out about Canopus guitars? I haven't turned up much on the Web. |
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Ron Whitfield
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Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 10:22 am
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| It's not a 'panda'. |
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Mike Anderson
From:
British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 11:35 am
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| Ron Whitfield wrote: |
| It's not a 'panda'. |
You tell 'em Ron. It's a glorious slab of Bakelite and horseshoe-magnet goodness!  |
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Richard Tasso
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 12:21 pm magnatone triple
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Here a triple magnatone
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Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 4 Jul 2011 12:38 pm
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| Mike Anderson wrote: |
| You tell 'em Ron. It's a glorious slab of Bakelite and horseshoe-magnet goodness! |
Last time I checked, a panda wasn't even a bear! Closer related to cats than bears, and nowheres related to steel guitar goodness. |
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Charlie Vegas
From:
Tampa Bay, FLA, USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 9:17 am Re: Steel Guitar Porn
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| David Soreff wrote: |
...and a Supro Comet Console from yours truly...I love my Supros:
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Not enough to know it's called a Jet Airliner.
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David Soreff
From:
North Las Vegas, NV
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 10:32 am
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Ouch....my bad. I also have a Comet, so me thinks I mixed them up. Either way, still a great steel.  |
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