| Author |
Topic: Steel Guitar Week - Waikiki - Sept 11-17, 2004 |
Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
|
Posted 25 Aug 2004 4:57 am |
|
Quick, hop a plane and get to Hawaii! Steel Guitar Week at the luxurious Halekulani Hotel on the beach at Waikiki is happening again this year! Here's the schedule:
Sat. Sep 11 Alan Akaka
Sun. Sep 12 Paul Kim
Mon. Sep 13 Jeff Au Hoy and Hale Akaka
Tue. Sep 14 Jeff Au Hoy and Hale Akaka
Wed. Sep 15 Greg Sardinha
Thu. Sep 16 Bill Wynne
Fri. Sep 17 Isaac Akuna
If you can't make these nights, come to the HSGA Joliet convention Oct 14-16, 2004 and hear this year's guest artist Jeff Au Hoy. Two nights at the Halekulani should warm him up for a Fall Midwest appearance.
More info: www.hsga.org
------------------
Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 02 September 2004 at 06:14 AM.] |
|
|
 |
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
|
Posted 25 Aug 2004 8:15 am
|
|
| Thanks for your timely post. I'd misplaced the dates of Jeff's playing and had posted elsewhere here on the Forum trying to determine what dates they were. Much appreciated. HIS EMAIL KEPT COMING BACK! [This message was edited by Ray Montee on 25 August 2004 at 12:49 PM.] |
|
|
|
Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
|
Posted 26 Aug 2004 5:56 am
|
|
The Halekalani is certainly a high-end place, but the PA system for the regular performances realy sucks. If you sit to the left side (facing the stage) all you hear is the rhythm guitar and very little steel. Amps are not allowed, and I understand that the woman who runs that part of the hotel is quite narrow minded, (or maybe no-minded) Anyway, if you get a chance to go and listen, try to sit in the middle area.
Bill |
|
|
|
Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
|
Posted 26 Aug 2004 7:45 am
|
|
I agree with Bill.
When I was there, all the musicians plugged their instruments directly into the mixing board. The speakers were probably 10-15 ft. away from the performers. This makes it kind of hard (to say the least) to get a nice guitar tone as well as a balanced band sound.
What can I say... The Halekulani is a 5 Star hotel and visual aesthetics are a high priority there. Eventhough we may think a beat up 1963 Fender Amp is a beautiful sight to behold, we are definitely in the minority.
------------------
Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 26 August 2004 at 01:28 PM.] |
|
|
|
Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
|
Posted 26 Aug 2004 6:07 pm
|
|
I just got word from New Jersey's Bill Wynne, that he will be Thursday night's mystery steeler. Great choice, as I'm sure he will surprise a lot of those in attendance with his multitude of talents.
Too bad it has to again be at the now ultra suckoid Haleku'. Unless it raining, I'll be continuing my boycott of this dive and enjoy the action while viewing it from the beach walkway behind the stage. Join me! |
|
|
|
Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
|
Posted 26 Aug 2004 7:41 pm
|
|
The Halekulani does have the picture perfect view of Waikiki and Diamondhead from it's pool/patio.
Sit down, order a drink and look out at the Pacific... on your left is Diamondhead, on your right is the setting sun... just like those record covers you've stared at all your life.
------------------
Gerald Ross
'Northwest Ann Arbor, Michigan's King Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar'
Gerald's Fingerstyle Guitar Website
[This message was edited by Gerald Ross on 27 August 2004 at 06:04 AM.] |
|
|
|
Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
|
Posted 27 Aug 2004 1:20 pm
|
|
...
Last edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 20 Jan 2018 8:22 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
|
Posted 27 Aug 2004 3:32 pm
|
|
Strange the Halekulani now forbids amps on stage. When Barney et al played there, I can recall seeing 3 amps at the back of the stage. One year a huge wave crashed up and over the ocean wall when the guys were playing and every amp was ruined! Perhaps it's better to ruin the hotel amplification system than the musicians amps. Personally, I hate playing through house systems !  |
|
|
|
John Tipka
From:
Reynoldsburg,OH
|
Posted 28 Aug 2004 3:04 am
|
|
| Alan Akaka uses a Princeton Reverb amp at the Halekulani for the steel guitar. And as a matter-of-fact, Keoki, one evening this past April or May, my wife,Millie, and I and "Tom" and Setsuko Ikehata Toma were sitting out on the patio at the Halekulani enjoying the music, when I saw a breaker coming over the wall just behind that beautiful keawe tree next to the stage. I "hollered" to Alan to "watch out". His hands came off of the strings, the wave broke and soaked Alan, Scott Furushima, playing rhythm guitar and Adam Ah Sing on acoustic bass. But it also wiped out the Halekulani's and Alan's amp. A couple of nights before the same thing had happened to Greg Sardinha, "Bla" and Rick, but in that case, they were playing through the Halekulani's house system. Then. of course, the delay in setting up the backup house system. Fortunately, GFCI's (ground fault circuit interrupters) installed on the stage handle the situation pretty well. The trades were running very nicely at that time. |
|
|
|
Ron Whitfield
From:
Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA
|
Posted 28 Aug 2004 5:21 pm
|
|
Those breakers are rare at that spot, but I got it once while watching Harold Haku'ole play, from the walkway behind the band. The 'too' long silence of the surge should have warned me, and by the time I turned to look, WIPEOUT!
The band enjoyed the entertainment that night. |
|
|
|
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
|
Posted 28 Aug 2004 9:06 pm
|
|
| Hey Whitfield! Can an amp used under ANY circumstances? Really must know. |
|
|
|
Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
|
|
|
|
Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
|
Posted 2 Sep 2004 10:04 am
|
|
...
Last edited by Jeff Au Hoy on 20 Jan 2018 8:21 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
|
Posted 3 Sep 2004 2:16 pm
|
|
| I agree, Jeff. |
|
|
|
Mike Neer
From:
NJ
|
Posted 3 Sep 2004 2:48 pm
|
|
I just don't plug my archtops in--I'd much rather mike them. If worse came to worse, I'd buy a Schertler DYN-G, a preamp and a powered speaker. Once you get used to the acoustic sound, no going back.
One note, though--on the old Dearmond Rhythm Chief (1000 and 1100) pickups, there's a buttom for rhythm and lead. The rhythm position almost eliminates all the low frequency stuff. I have a couple of those, the 1100, being particularly good with its adjustable polepieces, so you might consider that option. |
|
|
|
