Workshop
The first part of the workshop was devoted to Daniel Tremblay who described the process he developed to convert inexpensive guitars ($50 from Amazon) into playable steel guitars. Daniel demonstrated his process by disassembling a guitar and described what steps he uses to make that guitar into a steel guitar. An slready-converted guitar was on display and on auction with proceeds going to HIMELE. Steel guitarist Kapono Lopese was so impressed with the converted guitar he asked if he could use it in his set.
The second part of the workshop was a "Talk Story" session with participant questions answered by Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka, and Greg Sardinha.
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Alan Akaka introduces Daniel Tremblay who developed a process to convert inexpensive guitars into steel guitars.
Workshop participants heard Daniel describe the process he uses to convert the guitars.
Daniel holds up an example guitar purchased for less than $50 from Amazon.
The guitar on the left has already undergone conversion and is up for auction during the festival, with proceeds going to HIMELE. That guitar will eventually be autographed by all participating musicians.
Daniel demonstrates his conversion process which involves removing the supplied strings and adding additional features to raise the strings above the fretboard.
Bobby Ingano and Alan Akaka observe the conversion process.
Bobby and Alan.
The "Talk Story" portion of the workshop followed Daniel's demonstration.
Bobby Ingano, Alan Akaka, and Greg Sardinha were the "Talk Story" panel.
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