Guitar Luthier
Hummingbird Ukuleles
Dale Thomas P.O. Box 689 Kalaheo, Hawaii 96741 USA phone: 808-647-0645
Listing Info
from the Hummingbird Ukuleles web site
When I first came to Kauai many years ago I wanted to continue my Classical Guitar lessons and learn to play the beautiful Hawaiian Slack Key music. I had an old classical guitar that I had bought in Germany in 1964 that was made of East German Maple with a spruce top. It had a strong mid range for chamber music. It had traveled the world with me and been through at least four hurricanes so needless to say it was in need of serious repair.
<div class="boxphotos"> Because of the sentimental value attached to it I was very reluctant to let anyone attempt to fix it. So it sat for many years in need of serious fixing. While looking for a person to repair it I met a elderly retired luthier from Arkansas whose specialty was building Classical Guitars in the tradition of Herman Houser and Ramirez. He encouraged me to learn to fix it myself and became my mentor. Through the years he has literally guided me by the hand and basically encouraged me to just do it. I began by reading everything I could find on string instrument repair and putting what I learned to use by doing minor repairs to guitars. </div>
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