The ‘Oi Na Ka ‘Oi Hawaiian steels

[Kevin Gillies]

Announcing…

The ‘Oi Na Ka ‘Oi



6, 8 & 10 string Hawaiian steels in curly & spalted Maui Mango with maple core and double truss rod that will never warp – guaranteed for as long as you own it.

GeorgeL 10-1, SS, PF-1 or TW passive pickups for superb warmth, bass and clarity.

Two stage tone control.

Set up for any tuning or tension with D’Addario Nickel strings, Gotoh tuners, intonated brass saddle and nut with sustain forever. 23" or 24.25" scales.

Mother of Pearl markers. Limited edition of 30 in AA to AAAA cuts.

7# Lap with soft bag or legged with custom flight case and accessories.

Mahalo to Alan Akaka, Mike Auman, John Ely and John Goux for their invaluable input.

More information available soon. Available starting this fall.

[John Goux]

That is a seriously beautiful instrument.
John

[Kevin Gillies]

Thank you!


Spent a couple of hours with Alan Akaka today, who took this one away for himself as well as one for his most promising student.

I'm looking at going to the HSGA Festival in three weeks - maybe I'll see some of you there.

[Kevin Gillies]

This review of the 8 string short scale pictured above, and a demo that I gifted to his school, came in from Alan Akaka this morning:

"Aloha Kevin,

I had a fabulous time at the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club convention. Your lap steels sounded great. The feel and tone were very good. I enjoyed the fullness of tone playing off of both a Yamaha THR30 and Roland Micro Cube. I found the steel easy to play. The steel guitarists loved the tone and appearance; the president of the AISGC played on both and he was impressed; he remarked that he could get the same tone as mine when he played it.

aloha

Alan Akaka"

[Kevin Gillies]

Mark Prucha, President of the Aloha International Steel Guitar Club, happy as a pāpaʻi with his new 'Oi No Ka 'Oi H822!

[Kevin Gillies]

The quiver of 6, 8 & 10 courses are ready for demo'ing at the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Assocation Festival this Saturday. Alan Akaka will be playing his that afternoon and evening.

Details are now up at www.oiacoustics.com

And loaners are available for his Starter's Class at his Symposium on Sunday, with a Steel Guitar Workshop at noon before the Advanced Symposium at 12:30.

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