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Rare 1920s L. Nunes Deluxe Guitar handcrafted in Los Angeles, California by Leonardo Nunes, the son of one of the original three makes of the ukulele. Leonardo, having learned the craft of making ukuleles and guitars from his father, left the family business in the early teens and sought new opportunities by moving to California and starting his own business in handcrafted Hawaiian ukuleles and guitars. Leonardo only made a low number of guitars and focused primarily on ukuleles to capitolize on the popularity of the instrument aftr the Pan-Pacific Exposition of 191

Rare Leonardo Nunes Deluxe Guitar from the 1920s. This wonderful Nunes guitar is a 3/4 sized guitar. It is highly sought after by Hawaiian guitar collectors worldwide and is amongst the Nunes family of finely handcrafted instruments. It is a ‘must have’ for the serious collector and a phenomenal vintage player piece as well. The face, back, and sides are handcrafted from gorgeous Hawaiian Koa wood. Koa wood fretboard and bridge with snowflake position markers in keeping with the theme of these early vintage pieces. Bridge pin set up for top-down force at

1930 C.F. Martin & Co 042 Guitar handcrafted for the visit of the first sitting U.S. President to visit Hawaii, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Price: NOT FOR SALE

A rare example of a custom K.C. Young parlor guitar in beautifully restored condition. K.C. Young handcrafted instruments in Hawaii around the 1960s with professional musicians in mind. He is known to have made ukuleles and guitars for some of Hawaii’s most famous and accomplished musicians of yesteryear. Musicians such as Izrael Kamakawiwo’ole, Mo Keale and Kahauanu Lake, the leader of the Kahauanu Lake Trio, which comprised of Kahauanu Lake, his brother Tommy Lake, and Al Machida, were amongst the legendary Hawaii musicians who enjoyed the wonderful cr