OAHU MODEL 50K/53K/55K
- parlor student size guitars in various configurations, all mahogany body, round or square neck, open or regular style headstock, Natural or Sunburst finish, mfg. 1930s.
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The Oahu Publishing Company offered Hawaiian and Spanish-style acoustic guitars, lap steels, sheet music, and a wide range of accessories during the Hawaiian music craze of pre-war America. Catalogs stress the fact that the company is a major music distributor, but the instruments were really built by the Kay Musical Company. They produced a number of Hawaiian style guitars in the 1930s and 1940s, primarily. In the late 1930s, Oahu developed a line of lap steel guitars and amplifiers. Information courtesy: Michael Wright, Guitar Stories, Volume Two.
Instruments previously built by Kay from the 1930s-1960s, however the Oahu trademark has been used all the way into the 1980s. Previously distributed by the Oahu Publishing Company of Cleveland, OH.
OAHU Acoustic Guitars Models
OAHU MODEL 64K/65K
- full size Hawaiian guitar, all mahogany body, round soundhole, white binding, square neck (65K) or round neck (64K), available in Natural or Sunburst finish, mfg. 1930s.
OAHU MODEL 65M
- full size Hawaiian guitar, all mahogany body, round soundhole, checkered binding, available in Natural or Sunburst finish, mfg. 1930s.
OAHU MODEL 66K/67K
- concert size Hawaiian guitar, all mahogany body, round soundhole, white binding, square neck (66K) or round neck (67K), available in Natural or Sunburst finish, mfg. 1930s.
OAHU MODEL 68K/69K DELUXE JUMBO
- full size Hawaiian body, spruce top, Brazilian rosewood back and sides, round soundhole with abalone rosette, abalone body binding, square neck (68K) or round neck (69K), rosewood fingerboard with vine inlay, rosewood bridge, standard hea...
OAHU MODEL 71K/72K JUMBO
- full size Hawaiian body, spruce top, rosewood back and sides, round soundhole, white body binding, square neck (71K) or round neck (72K), rosewood fingerboard with dot inlay, rosewood bridge, 3-per-side tuners, available in Sunburst...