Hawaiian Music
My wife and I visited the Hawaii in 1981, and were both struck by the beauty of the islands and the people. There was only one thing I found disappointing- I didn't hear one steel guitar player. Sure the slack-key guitar was riding a wave of newfound popularity, and the 'ukulele too was ubiquitous; but in our 2 week stay I never was able to find yo
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The History of Gretsch Guitars
The Gretsch Company actually started out making tambourines. The Brooklyn New York company was founded by Friedrich Gretsch in 1883. Friedrich died unexpectedly in 1895 and his son Fred Sr. headed the company. Fred retired in 1942 and the running of the company was left to his sons Fred Jr. and eventually Bill Gretsch. By the mid 1920's the company was producing ukuleles, banjos and drums. They introduced a line of tenor guitars in 1927.The company opened an office in Chicago in 1930 for sales and distribution. They did not manufacture instruments in Chicago. By the mid 1930's Gretsch was distributing various brands of band and string instruments including drums. In 1933 they introduced a line of Gretsch-American archtop guitars that they sold with other brands that included Kay-Kraft,...
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Puff the Magic Dragon with Resonator Guitar
www.facebook.com The Resonator is made by guitar builder Paul McGill, who the same model for Chet Atkins. Beautiful sounding and very nice looking!Want to learn this? I teach online live guitar lessons using skype. email guitarlancer@hotmail.com for details! $20 for 30 minute lesson. Requirements 1. Get a free skype account at skype.com 2. Have a web cam 3. schedule an appointment by emailing me at guitarlancer@hotmail.com That's simple. Any questions feel free to email me.
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