COOL 1969 F-30 Alert!

[SFIV1967]

Were you in Hawaii in 2011?

I had seen the larger Tenor version on Youtube in early 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHU3O1VHKc
http://kanileaukulele.com/50th State.php?osCsid=c2d4f47e99dff4a439c2674b59ec7560
So I contacted Ken Cameron, the owner of Hilo Guitars & Ukuleles in Hilo/Hawaii. I wanted a Concert size, not the larger Tenor, and Ken told me that Joe (the owner of Kanile'a) had planned 50 of the Tenor size but also just started two in Concert size! So Ken called Joe and in a short time number 2 of the Concert size was mine! (Number 1 stays at Kanile'a). It took a couple of month however until it was finished and shipped to me.
I actually was in Hawaii in May 2012, but on Maui, so I couldn't visit the Kanile'a factory, which is on Oahu (where also Honolulo is). But I met Kristen and Joe, the owners, at NAMM in Anaheim in January this year and they remembered my Uke very well.

I think I went to the store in that video, in 2011. Is it located around Sagarnaga street?

Yes, just in the main sidestreet, Calle Linares No.871 to be exact (that's what my invoice shows).

The Charango you got also looks very nice!

Ralf

 

[SouthernSounds]

So I contacted Ken Cameron, the owner of Hilo Guitars & Ukuleles in Hilo/Hawaii. I wanted a Concert size, not the larger Tenor, and Ken told me that Joe (the owner of Kanile'a) had planned 50 of the Tenor size but also just started two in Concert size! So Ken called Joe and in a short time number 2 of the Concert size was mine! (Number 1 stays at Kanile'a). It took a couple of month however until it was finished and shipped to me.

That's a cool story, Ralf. The construction details are another one. The people at Kanile'a did an awesome commemoration. Congrats on that beauty.

that's what my invoice shows

Thanks for the clarification: for one second I thought your memory capabilities were not human... :biggrin:

All the best,
B.

 

[6L6]

Went by REAL GUITARS again today and looked for the F-30. Chris Cobb (half owner of the store and best blues rock guitar player on the planet) told me it sold shortly after I played it on July 29. Sure hope someone in the Forum got it because it was SWEEEEET!

Bill