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ARCHIVED TOPIC: Square Neck National Resonator question

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yetilumber - Posted - 06/17/2021: 10:34:40

This nice looking resonator is for sale in Carlton, Washington.
wenatchee.craigslist.org/msg/d...7518.html

6 years old, would it have been built in USA?

Thank you.

Russ Young - Posted - 06/17/2021: 21:44:36

National’s guitars are all built in San Luis Obispo, CA.

MarkinSonoma - Posted - 06/18/2021: 10:43:02

I need to ignore that right now if it's for real, because I can't be buying more guitars.

The price is almost too good to be true. The street price new from a National dealer I believe is north of $4K. Used in clean condition mid to high three thousands.

Edited by - MarkinSonoma on 06/18/2021 10:43:17

gzerninplatz - Posted - 06/18/2021: 14:30:17

It is an M1...I had one for a very short while...it sounded somehow dead..I don't think the plywood they used is very responsive....another player I know also played a different one and felt the same...YMMV, of course.

I'd been through some great metal old Nationals but wanted a little wood to warm up the tone...the M1 wasn't it.

So I then bought one of the 2 wood NatiHorn tricones that National made (they say they have material for another) and that was much better. So I saw an ad, got crazy, sold the Natihorn, and went for one of the 3 real Scheerhorn tricones that he made, that was available on consignment...but got too scared to take it to gigs (price was a bit north of $10K). Sold to a collector after a very short while...

Ended up with a very reasonably priced totally custom National-shape tricone made of myrtle and rosewood from Ben Bonham, best of all worlds, National vibe with sweet wood tone, and even a hollow neck...lots of nice overtones, very musical. Ben Bonham, Hood River, Oregon,bensound@gorge.net, (541) 490-5447, check out his amazing instruments at instagram.com/bonhamdesign/(most of his posts are albums, click on a pic to see the whole show)

Edited by - gzerninplatz on 06/18/2021 14:38:35