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salmonella
Lokahi
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 Posted - 09/06/2007 : 10:13:13 AM
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I hope this is correct forum for this. It is a little off topic.
I will be visiting Kailua-Kona for a couple of weeks later this month and would like to continue playing but I do not want to hassle with bringing my guitar with me nor risking it to the airlines.
Does anyone know of a guitar shop near Kailua-Kona that rents guitars for a short term basis?
mahalo
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nick_borho
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 09/23/2007 : 9:39:34 PM
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| Go to Music Exchange in the Kamehameha the III mall (says "Aloha" on the roof, by the corner of Palani and Kuakini) and BUY an acoustic guitar with electronics for $100 instead of renting one for $40 a week. When you go home, leave it with a friend, or donate it to a church or someone you meet who plays (or wants to learn). It's good karma. |
Nick Borho
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 09/24/2007 : 01:31:21 AM
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Nick - that is a brilliant idea! It not only keeps one from getting the guitar "joneses", but it spreads aloha.
Thank you for such a great idea! |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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salmonella
Lokahi
240 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2007 : 2:15:20 PM
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Originally posted by nick_borho
Go to Music Exchange in the Kamehameha the III mall (says "Aloha" on the roof, by the corner of Palani and Kuakini) and BUY an acoustic guitar with electronics for $100 instead of renting one for $40 a week. When you go home, leave it with a friend, or donate it to a church or someone you meet who plays (or wants to learn). It's good karma.
Nick
Great idea. I am sorry I did not see your post until too late. I will remember it for the next time I go somewhere without my guitar, though. |
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Roger
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 10/01/2007 : 06:56:02 AM
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Aloha folks,
There was a similar "rent/buy" thread posted a few years ago, and one taropatcher (sorry I don't recall who) suggested picking up a Costco guitar, and then leaving it with a Hawaiian family with a young one who might play. It was worded better than that, but that is what I ended up doing.
This was on Maui, guitar cost $100, and my last day at the beach, I asked the parents of a family that was sort of hanging nearby while I played, and gave it to them. They gave it to their kids right there. What a feeling. I think we are all in the same mode, and I wonder how many of us have now done this. Less than the cost of a luau. I will do it again.
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noeau
Ha`aha`a
USA
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Posted - 10/01/2007 : 08:19:29 AM
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Sounds like a plan. Elsewhere there was a thread about travel guitars that had folding necks. But the cost was very high for most people (in the multiple of thousands) but maybe worth it if one really wants a good sounding guitar on hand.
Passing on a guitar to some unsuspecting soul however sounds like so much fun and the spending of a lot of money and suffering anxiety is pleasantly avoided. |
No'eau, eia au he mea pa'ani wale nō. |
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salmonella
Lokahi
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Posted - 10/01/2007 : 10:36:54 AM
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Originally posted by Roger
Aloha folks,
There was a similar "rent/buy" thread posted a few years ago, and one taropatcher (sorry I don't recall who) suggested picking up a Costco guitar, and then leaving it with a Hawaiian family with a young one who might play. It was worded better than that, but that is what I ended up doing.
This was on Maui, guitar cost $100, and my last day at the beach, I asked the parents of a family that was sort of hanging nearby while I played, and gave it to them. They gave it to their kids right there. What a feeling. I think we are all in the same mode, and I wonder how many of us have now done this. Less than the cost of a luau. I will do it again.
Roger
Unfortunately, the costco (in Kona)did not have any guitars, and there were no used ones of a reasonable price in the stores I went into. Great idea for me for the future and others travelling there or other places where they do not want to take their "favorite" instruments and let the baggage handlers have at them.
One other thought that I have had recently is to buy a used guitar on ebay (not too good since I would not get to play it first) and have it shipped direct to some address at my destination where I could pick it up. Then just donate it as you suggested above. Ebay also lets you search for items within a short distance of a location so it might be possible to find one for sale near where you are headed. Seems like a long shot but might be worth checking on.
The really amazing thing to me is the cost of renting a guitar. $45 per week seems like a lot for a used Takamine Jasmine in good (not excellent) shape. |
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