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Slide Guitars of the Early 20th Century

The popularity of Hawaiian music and in particular the "slide" style of playing brought on a vast number of guitar manufacturers to make round, square and hollow neck instruments, the most popular being the Knutsen-inspired Hollow Neck by Herman Weissenborn. Other makers such as Regal made instruments for many other companies.

I have gathered up a few of the many slide guitars of this time period and included them on my website for interest's sake.

Hollowneck Guitars
weissenborn greenfield hilo
Weissenborn Style #1
1920s 		Greenfield Style #2
1931		 Teachers of Hollywood
1930s

Hilo Style #656
1920s
 
knutsen schireson bros lyon healy  
Knutsen
1920s		 Schireson Bros. Lyric
1925		 Lyon & Healy
Hawaiian Guitar
1927
 
Round Neck
round neck guitar round neck guitar knutsen convertible modified convetible
Kona Style #4
1912		 Regal Hawaii-O-Fone
1930s		 Knutsen Convertible
1909		 Knutsen Modified Square Neck Convertible
1909
 
Square Neck
dobro-regal cyclops harlin
Oahu Square Neck
1930s		 Bronson
Square Neck
1930s		 Dobro-Regal “Cyclops”
1933 		Harlin Brothers
1937
 
gibson master tone National Havana    
Gibson Master
Tone Special
1938		 National Havana
Square Neck
1938