Knutsen Hawaiian Guitar
Perhaps Knutsen's last 6-string steel guitar - with a label
previously unknown (same McDuff address and phone number).
Did he run out of spruce, necessitating that straight seam?
(images copyright Don Caviness)
.Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HW32 |
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Category |
Hollow Neck Hawaiian Guitars |
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Body Style |
"Weissenborn-shaped" |
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Current or last known owner |
Don Caviness |
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Year (approx) |
1927-1930 |
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Label |
LA12 | |
Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
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Frets |
inlaid wood |
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Scale length | unknown | |
Neck Joint | hollow, square, taper begins between the first and second frets | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce / mahogany? |
Back & Sides |
koa? |
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Neck |
fir |
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Fingerboard |
unknown |
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Bridge |
unknown |
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Headstock veneer |
none |
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Binding, trim |
Top |
none |
Back |
none | |
Fingerboard |
none | |
Headstock(s) |
none |
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Soundhole |
rope | |
Inlay |
celluloid dot fret markers | |
Pickguard |
none |
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Dimensions | Upper Bout | |
Lower Bout | ||
Body at endpin | ||
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