Steel Guitar Exhibit

The steel guitar exhibit was located in the Keauhou Ballroom foyer and managed by Geri Valdriz and Chris Stewart. The exhibit included vintage RIckenbacher lap steel guitars as well as custom-crafted lap steel guitars made by Hawai‘i Island luthiers Chris Stewart, Konabob Stoffer, and Woodley White.

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• Chris Stewart and photographer Don Rostow at the exhibit table. Photo by Addison Ching.
• Geri Valdriz and Chris Stewart setting up the steel guitar exhibit table. Photo by Addison Ching.
• A custom lap steel guitar made by luthier Chris Stewart. Photo by Addison Ching.
• Picks, bars, slides, and accessories. Photo by Addison Ching.
• A Rickenbacher Silver Hawaiian, a custom lap steel modeled after a baritone ʻukulele body by luthier Konabob Stoffer, and an assortment of Rickenbacher A-22 frypan steel guitars. Photo by Addison Ching.
• A custom Koa wood lap steel made by luthier Woodley White from Naʻalehu, Hawaiʻi, a Bronson Singing Electric lap steel guitar, a Rickenbacher Silver Hawaiian, and a custom lap steel made by Konabob Stoffer. Photo by Addison Ching.
• Custom lap steel made by luthier Woodley White.
• Custom lap steel made by luthier Chris Stewart.
• A vintage 1938 Stella (by Harmony) lap steel guitar.
• A vintage 1937 Rickenbacher Silver Hawaiian lap steel guitar.
• A vintage Rickenbacher A-22 Frypan steel guitar.
• Another view of bars, picks, and accessories.
• Geri Valdriz and Chris Stewart.
• Geri and Chris at the exhibit table.
• Geri showing a festival guest a Rickenbacher Frypan steel guitar.
• The exhibit was popular with festival guests.
• Geri and Chris.
• The steel guitar exhibit.

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Photography by Don Rostow unless otherwise noted. All photos ©2024 by respective photographers and HIMELE.