Knutsen "Spanish" Convertible Hawaiian Guitar
Well, you could have "knocked me down with a feather."
Discovered in 2007, this is the first "normal" (standard) 6-string Knutsen
guitar known.
The owner says that the frets are small and almost flush, but it does intonate
and play OK. Because of the frets, he wonders if it was played lap style -
even though it has a standard nut (original or not?....).
Date is unknown, as it only has remnants of Knutsen's crude typewriter-made
label.
Unfortunately, this instrument now makes suspect any "convertible" Spanish-shaped Knutsen guitars known only from a front view!
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(images copyright Aaron
Richards)
Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
S1 |
|
Category |
Spanish Guitars |
|
Body Style |
"Spanish" |
|
Current or last known owner |
Aaron Richards |
|
Year (approx) |
unknown | |
Label |
"typewriter" remnant |
|
Label Code | na | |
Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
|
Frets |
metal | |
Scale length | 25" | |
Neck Joint | heel | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce |
Back & Sides |
mahogany |
|
Neck |
mahogany |
|
Fingerboard |
unknown |
|
Bridge |
mahogany |
|
Headstock veneer | none | |
Binding, trim |
Top |
rope |
Back |
none |
|
Fingerboard |
2 inlaid wood stripes |
|
Headstock(s) |
none |
|
Soundhole | rope | |
Inlay |
dot fret markers |
|
Pickguard |
none |
|
Dimensions | Upper Bout | 9 1/2" |
Lower Bout | 14 7/8" | |
Body at endpin | ||
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