Aloha - Cast Metal 6-String Lap Steel
- Cast metal body with red, white and blue lucite laminates.
- Love those matching tuner buttons. Sounds great, too.
- This is a real 4th of July special!
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This is a tough one, for there seems to have been two Aloha guitar makers. One was founded in 1935 and based in Chicago; the other based in Hawaii. The Aloha lap steel featured here is probably the latter.
Provenance notwithstanding, this lap steel is an excellent example of late 1940s design. Made of sandcast aluminum, it features striking appointments — colorful fretboard markers, transparent red tuner buttons and a sleek, streamlined Art Deco blue-white body shape. Simply one-of-a-kind.
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