Instruments and Luthiers
More Magnatone Part I-1
June 27, 2016 • John Teagle • Instruments and Luthiers
What started out as a one-time pictorial on mother of toilet seat (MOTS) covered amplifiers has [...]
More Magnatone Part I-2
July 4, 2016 • John Teagle • Instruments and Luthiers
By the mid '50s, MOTS had lost its appeal, as had Hawaiian music, so Magnatone discontinued its [...]
Bill Hardin - Part 1
July 7, 2016 • Andy Volk • Instruments and Luthiers
This article is about the career of luthier Bill Hardin, from his early days with Dobro to the founding of Bear Creek Guitars. It's a [...]
1937 Rickenbacher B6
July 30, 2016 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers
In 1909, Belgium chemist, L.H. Bakeland devised a resin that hardened into a tough, dense [...]
More Magnatone Part II-1
August 3, 2016 • John Teagle • Instruments and Luthiers
While the focus of this series (see Jan., Feb., and March '98 VG) has been MOTS amplifiers [...]
Bill Hardin - Part 2
August 18, 2016 • Andy Volk • Instruments and Luthiers
Hardin's days of hitting the swap meets and the flea markets in search of 25 or 50-dollar Hawaiian- [...]
1955 Fender Champion
September 12, 2016 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers
Long before Leo Fender built the Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars, he built Hawaiian lap [...]
More Magnatone Parts II-2 & III
October 1 2016 • John Teagle • Instruments and Luthiers
An early wood-bodied single-neck is pictured in Hawaiian Steel Guitars and the Great Hawaiian [...]
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February 16, 2019 — Ka Makana Ali‘i Shopping Center, Kapolei
Kaua‘i Steel Guitar Festival
March 1-2, 2019 — Courtyard Kaua‘i at Coconut Beach, Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i
February 28-29, 2020 — Courtyard Kaua‘i at Coconut Beach, Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i
Maui Steel Guitar Camp
TBD — Maui site
Maui Steel Guitar Festival
April 12-13, 2019 — Outlets of Maui, Lahaina, Maui
April 14, 2019 — Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center, Kahului, Maui
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Mini-Expo at Windward Mall
June 1, 2019 — Windward Mall, Kaneohe
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Windward Mall
June 8, 2019 — Windward Mall, Kaneohe
Royal Hawaiian Center Presents Waikīkī Steel Guitar Week
July 15-20, 2019 — Royal Grove Stage, Royal Hawaiian Center, Waikīkī
Monday-Thursday — Nightly Evening Performances
Friday-Saturday — Festival Ho‘olaule‘a Performances
AISGC Winchester Convention
July 18-20, 2019 — Winchester Towne Centre, Winchester, IN
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival at Kahala Mall — Keiki Kine
August 17, 2019 — Kahala Mall, Honolulu
HSGA Ft. Collins Festival
September 17-19, 2019 — Hilton Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO
Hawai‘i Island Steel Guitar Festival
December 13-15, 2019 (tentative, rescheduled) — Mauna Lani, Auberge Resorts Collection, Kohala Coast, Hawai‘i Island.
Japan-Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festival
October 9-10, 2020 — Nightly Festival Ho‘olaule‘a — Royal Hawaiian Center, Waikīkī
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