Members Roy Brooks Posted September 4, 2006 Members Posted September 4, 2006 The above picture is not of the guitar I just got but is exactly identical. It is an Oahu parlor guitar made in the late 1920s or maybe early 1930s. The serial number I believe is 9-2939. My guess is that it is a 1929. I don't believe those guitars were made as late as the late 1930s. But the guitar is in excellent condition, no issues at all. Even the old black tuning buttons are in good shape and do not appear to be on the verge of crumbling. The guitar even came with a period correct case. The guitar has a V neck. The Oahu label is still intact and readable. And the guitar plays pretty well. It is a rather small guitar, not too much bigger than a baritone ukelele. I plan on putting some folk strings on it and doing some fingerpicking. I paid $250, about the average going rate for one. I did my research.
Members Tony Burns Posted September 4, 2006 Members Posted September 4, 2006 Roy that is beautiful , whats she made out of ? looks like a nice player .
Members Roy Brooks Posted September 4, 2006 Author Members Posted September 4, 2006 Originally posted by Tony Burns Roy that is beautiful , whats she made out of ? looks like a nice player . Thanks. That's why I got it. And it will look nice next to my 1935 Stella. As far as I can tell I am pretty sure that guitar is made out of birch, at least the body seems to be. My Stella is definitely birch. And this Oahu looks to be made of very similar stuff. I saw the Oahu I bought when I went in this shop on the way to a gig to get some spare strings. It was the only thing in the store that looked interesting to me at all. The store owner did not know anything about it but thought that it might be "worth money". Over the weekend I read up on Oahu guitars. Today I made an offer. They tend to sell for about what I paid. I figured my offer was fair because the guitar is in very good shape. I have some Hawaiian music gigs coming up. Maybe I should try this guitar.
Members Blackwatch Posted September 4, 2006 Members Posted September 4, 2006 Beautiful old guitar Roy. As an old guitar 'collector' I'm always amazed when one plays at all.... Congrats...
Members AK47 Posted September 4, 2006 Members Posted September 4, 2006 Sweet guitar. I have an old birch parlor guitar from the same era. I use "Labella Folk Singer" nylon strings on it and it has a good unique sound. Enjoy !!! I love playing these old guitars you can just feel the history and mojo:thu:
Members babablowfish Posted September 4, 2006 Members Posted September 4, 2006 Nice looking guitar! I bet it produces a quality if tone that you can't get elsewhere. Enjoy.
Members recordingtrack1 Posted September 5, 2006 Members Posted September 5, 2006 Good job! It is quite a piece. I would imagine that it's value will increase tremendously over the years. It has a funny looking, Jimmy Neutron Hairdo thing going on with the headstock though. RT1:D
Members Roy Brooks Posted September 5, 2006 Author Members Posted September 5, 2006 Originally posted by recordingtrack1 Good job! It is quite a piece. I would imagine that it's value will increase tremendously over the years. It has a funny looking, Jimmy Neutron Hairdo thing going on with the headstock though.RT1:D I wonder if Supro borrowed their headstock from Oahu. Not all Supros have that headstock. But I have seen a few that do.
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