Steel Guitar Exhibit

Photos of the vintage steel guitar exhibit presented at Helumoa Hale. Hands-on opportunities to learn about the steel guitar were also offered.

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• Signs in the exhibit area offering hands-on demonstrations.
• 1950s Magnatone Maroon with Pearloid, aka MOTS (Mother of Toilet Seat) finish.
• Matching Magnatone vacuum tube amplifier.
• 1957 Supro Studio in blue pearloid finish.
• National Tricone 6-string acoustic steel guitar from 1928.
• Echopark Guitars Weissenborn-style acoustic steel guitar from 2016.
• Weissenborn (Los Angeles) Kona Style Acoustic steel guitar, circa 1929.
• Rickenbacher Electro B6 6-string bakelite from 1947.
• Gibson EH-100 7-string lap steel from 1937.
• Richenbacher Model BD 6-string Frying Pan steel guitar from 1937.
• Sho-Bud Jerry Byrd model 8-string Frying Pan steel guitar circa 1970.
• Asher Alan Akaka Limited Edition 8-string steel guitar from 2015.
• Magnatone dual-8 console steel guitar from 1950s once owned by Jules Ah See.
• Canopus 8-string Alan Akaka model console steel guitar ca. 1990.
• Canopus dual 8-string console steel guitar ca. 1990.
• Canopus triple-neck console steel guitar, ca. 1990.
• Addison Ching shows a festival guest how the steel guitar works.
• Larry Holu provides a hands-on experience for a festival guest.
• Japanese steel guitarist Shinichi Kakiuchi also helped out with the hands-on demonstrations.
• Shinichi Kakiuchi shows a festival guest how the steel guitar works.
• NextGen steel guitarist Ethan Goore shows a festival guest how to play the steel guitar.

Back to Gallery: 2019 Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week

Photography by Don Touchi ©2019 by Don Touchi Photos and HIMELE.