Photo - Jake Keliikoa and Jules Ah Se

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 5 Jul 2023 12:32 pm

Jake Keliikoa (Left) and Jules Ah Se (Right) with their Magnatones.

David Matzenik · Post by **David Matzenik** » 5 Jul 2023 1:18 pm

That's a fabulous photo, Andy, thanks. Here is an earlier one of Jake and Benny Kalama on bass.

Levi Gemmell · Post by **Levi Gemmell** » 5 Jul 2023 2:05 pm

Thanks Andy and David, never seen these excellent shots before.

Nic Neufeld · Post by **Nic Neufeld** » 5 Jul 2023 2:45 pm

Would love to know more about those Magnatone amps (the guitar, well, I've got one and love it).

The wooden handle is interesting and (I think) rare, seems maybe like a scaled up version of one of these:
https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... t.1135746/

David Matzenik · Post by **David Matzenik** » 5 Jul 2023 11:07 pm

No recordings of Jake Keliikoa have come to my attention. However, seeing Andy's photo, so obviously Hawaii Calls, we have to wonder if some Jake tracks survive. There is a reference somewhere that Jake influenced Jules. Here's Jake playing a Multichord? with Alfred Apaka. I don't know what book this is from, but someone might recognise it by the page number.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 6 Jul 2023 5:48 am

The links are now N/G but there is a cold trail here!

https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtop ... 7ded3d0045