These instruments were first created in the era of the Hawaiian and Jazz Bands, prior to electrical amplification. All sorts of musicians, Hawaiian, jazz and blues, wanted louder guitars: to be able to be heard alongside horns; to project out into music halls or smokey night clubs; or, to be the loudest guitar on the street corner. In response to this need, the mechanically amplified resonator guitar was created.
The Estralita Deluxe has walnut back and sides and a finely figured anagre laminate top, triple bound with ivoroid/black/ivoroid. The walnut neck features a bound rosewood fretboard with mother-of-pearl diamond fretboard inlays and a white pearloid heelcap.
Price: AU$2,695.00