Knutsen Hawaiian Guitar
Here's a steel with gorgeous, rope-bound koa back and sides.
The headstock looks like it was broken off and a new one spliced
in by persons unknown. Someone also added a tailpiece and a new wood
saddle, filling the original bridge pin holes.
(images copyright Dan Yablonka)
.Knutsen Archives Inventory Number |
HW31 |
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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 |
Dan Yablonka > Intermountain Guitar & Banjo |
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Year (approx) |
? |
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Label |
none | |
Courses / Strings |
6 strings |
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Frets |
inlaid wood |
|
Scale length | 25-3/4" | |
Neck Joint | hollow, square, taper begins at about the third fret | |
Woods |
Top |
spruce |
Back & Sides |
koa |
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Neck |
unknown |
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Fingerboard |
unknown |
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Bridge |
mahogany |
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Headstock veneer |
na |
|
Binding, trim |
Top |
rope |
Back |
rope | |
Fingerboard |
2 inlaid wood strips | |
Headstock(s) |
na |
|
Soundhole |
rope | |
Inlay |
slightly fancy fret markers | |
Pickguard |
black? with ? inlays |
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Dimensions | Upper Bout | 10" |
Lower Bout | 15" | |
Body at endpin | 3-3/8" | |
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