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Post by Alex hoechsmann on Jan 29, 2018 18:53:04 GMT
I recently purchased a 1956 New Yorker cutaway.
Has anyone else seen one of these? I am wondering how many were made. I have one now and love it. Any comments would be appreciated.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 29, 2018 19:23:30 GMT
Hello Hoechsmann
Welcome to our forum.
That's a good year for music, guitars and slide players. It's the year I was born!
Please can we see some photos, then we can all be sure of which guitar we are discussing?
Shine On
Michael
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Post by Alex hoechsmann on Jan 29, 2018 19:38:47 GMT
It does have the correct serial number for 1956 and national tuners. Just wondering how many cutaways were made. It is unique. Attachments:
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Post by resotonic on Jan 29, 2018 21:38:36 GMT
Looks like a National headstock...
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Post by Mark Makin on Jan 30, 2018 10:22:36 GMT
Hi Alex
That is a very interesting item. I certainly have never seen a cutaway version of the New Yorker. I know the picture is not very high res but nevertheless it does seem to be factory original. It all looks like a typical 1956 model and I'm assuming it has an "X" serial number somewhere in the 60000 range. These were never shown in catalogues so I assume it must be a custom order made direct to the factory. Whether they made any others at the same time is unclear but, like you say, at the moment we must surmise that it is a unique instrument.
The closest other relatable cutaway seems to be the Supro "Bel Air" which has a similar ES175 type sharp cutaway and also made in 1956 (these are numbered around X65000) so it does seem to be a concept on the mind of the engineers in the factory at that time. Nothing like this pre-dates 1956 but, after this, these cutaways are produced on instruments all the way through to 1960.
Thanks for sending it in. I would love to see a few closer details of the cutaway.
Hope this is of some use
Best
Mark
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Post by Alex hoechsmann on Jan 30, 2018 18:39:53 GMT
Here are some close ups of the guitar. Thank you for your comments.  |
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Post by Alex hoechsmann on Jan 30, 2018 18:48:51 GMT
Headstock and serial number
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Post by snakehips on Jan 30, 2018 22:18:34 GMT
Hi there !
You don’t think, by any chance, that thescratchplate has been cut at the neck end, to fit the cutaway shape ?
The engraved white line on thescratchplate seems to suddenly disappear at the cutaway.
Perhaps the original was lost and a vintage replacement been found (from a non-cutaway guitar) and cut to look “right”.
Yes / No ?
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Post by Alex hoechsmann on Jan 31, 2018 1:33:34 GMT
The scratch plate - if cut at all - is beveled perfectly and does appear to be original. Perhaps someone in the National factory cut it?
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