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Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz

Geri's Vintage Steels
1950's Silvertone Model 1316
November 1, 2019 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

Silvertone was a store brand used by Sears, Roebuck &Company for its line of musical [...]

Geri's Vintage Steels
1935 Rickenbacher Model A-25 - Black Crinkle Finish
December 1, 2019 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

The Frying Pan lap steel guitar was manufactured by the Rickenbacher Electro Company from [...]

Geri's Vintage Steels
1955 Magnatone Troubadour G65
January 1, 2020 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

The wood body Model G65 Troubadour was the top of the line lap steel guitar produced by [...]

Hawaiian Steel
"Hawaiian Steel" with Geri Valdriz
January 25, 2020 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Entertainment

Calling all fans of Hawaiian steel guitar music! I am the musical host for a new radio show [...]

Geri's Vintage Steels
1938 Dickerson Tulip
February 5, 2020 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

Dickerson lap steels were made by Delbert Dickerson and are the precursors to Magnatone [...]

Geri's Vintage Steels
1946 Fender Princeton
March 1, 2020 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

In 1945 Leo Fender and Doc Kauffman founded the K&F Company producing lap steel guitars [...]

Geri's Vintage Steels
1920's Oscar Schmidt Acoustic Parlor Guitar with Hawaiian Nut Raiser
April 1, 2020 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

The First Hawaiian Conservatory of Music was a marketing tool of the Oscar Schmidt Company [...]

Geri's Vintage Steels
1953 Rickenbacher DC-12
May 1, 2020 • Geronimo "Geri" Valdriz • Instruments and Luthiers

Rickenbacker initially produced Double-neck 6 and Double-neck 8 lap steels made of a cast [...]

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February 15, 2025 – 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM HST
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Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa, Keauhou, Hawai‘i

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