News And Events
Ken Goes to the Taylor Factory!
Ken visited California earlier this year to see how things are going with the good people over at the Taylor Guitar factory and worked with them to create his own custom Taylor.
Here are a few pictures of the trip to the Taylor factory. While he was there, he got an exclusive look at the new line of solid body Taylor Electric guitars.
Ken has them in the shop now, and they are awesome guitars!
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The wood selected for Ken's guitar
The new solid body electric Taylor
A new T5, fresh off the luthier's table
Ken couldn't stop himself any longer...
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Ozzie Kotani is tentitively scheduled for October 13th, 2007 to do an ukulele seminar. Check back for details!
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October 1, 2005-- We moved! We're now closer to the ocean on the same street we were on into a newly remodeled space!
We now have individual teaching and repair rooms, plus a second floor for our acoustic guitars.
We picked up a number of new lines of guitars, ukuleles and other items.
On the second floor on a clear day we have a beautiful view of Mauna Kea. Our new address is 56 Ponahawai street.
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July 25th 2005-Hilo Guitars will be hosting a ukulele workshop with James Hill at 6:30 in the evening.
All are welcome though space is limited, all interested parties must sign up prior to the event.
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August 25th 2005-We are proud to present the first Taylor guitar workshop at Hilo Guitars. Three representatives
of the company will be in house to talk and answer any questions. All are welcome to bring their Taylors and
have them brought up to factory specifications by these representatives.
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Some pictures from a Saturday Kress showcase:
"3 chicks and a Guy"
James looking to above for inspiration on his solo..... And Ben, our 12 year old blues prodigy
Ken singin' his heart out! 3 chicks and a Guy @ backstage rehearsal
Amy of 3 chicks and a Guy fame
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Well, as of March 23, 2004, the new web page is up! Check
back often for updates on current stock and store specials!
- John Zambricki _______________________________________________________________________________
I am glad to say that Hilo Guitars has turned out to be quite a successful venture.
I have been very fortunate in the fact that the local community has welcomed us with open arms.
We have quite a few regulars who show up now and again and we have had some wonderful little impromptu jam sessions.
There are a tremendous amount of talented players who live in the general vicinity,
it is just a pity that there is no real outlet in the area where one can go and listen to them on a regular basis.
Perhaps in the future I will try and get involved in trying to help or provide an outlet for this talent.
Joe and Janice have proved to be great assets as teachers at the store.
They have an abundance of very talented students and it gives me great pleasure to listen
in on them and see how they are progressing. Dennis Lake does great work on repairs
and the feedback from satisfied customers has been tremendous!
I would like to personally thank all of my customers for continuing to support Hilo Guitars and also for welcoming us to the wonderful community of Hilo. My wife Emily and I are very happy here and feel very fortunate to have chosen Hilo as the place to live and raise our children.
Thank You Hilo! Ken Cameron _______________________________________________________________________________
Hilo Guitars is now fully stocked with Taylor Guitars. We have a great selection of these fine acoustic instruments.
In addition to regular stock items we try and carry Limited edition models when they become available.
If you have not yet played a Taylor you owe it to yourself to come in and play one of these exceptional instruments.
We are fortunate to have added John to our work force. He has a lot of
enthusiasm and is very knowledgeable about acoustic instruments with specialized knowledge of fretless instruments.
We have also added the full line of Jay Turser guitars.
They have been extremely popular and are a great guitar for both beginner and professional alike.
We have added a link at the top of the page.
As well as Po Mahina, R L Saul, National Resophonic, Hilo Ukuleles and the illustrious Fluke,
I have added Ukuleles by Larivee, Oscar Schmidt, Mele, Bushman, Lanikai and the Uke Company. As time goes by
I will continue to add to my inventory of Ukuleles.
I have also added entry level Violins to our inventory along with bows, bridges,
shoulder rests and other violin accessories (cello parts as well).
To our Japanese visitors... we will gladly ship to Japan!
Cheers, Ken Cameron
