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Post by snakehips on Nov 18, 2010 20:58:52 GMT
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Post by Matt on Nov 18, 2010 22:40:28 GMT
I saw that, it's a shame there's not more pictures or information about it on the listing!
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Post by Mark Makin on Nov 19, 2010 9:08:49 GMT
Hi Richard Certainly is an odd one! It is not unusual, as you know, for a matching tenor model to be made available for most things that National did. In the case of National and Supro archtop electrics, the modification is easy - just move the bridge to change the scale.Obviously with resonators, the tenor was usually a specially designed body shape (Triolians, pear shape triplates, small silvo bodies etc...) but sometimes, particularly in the wood bodied guitar range, they did it with Trojans and Rositas as well (even apparently with Estralitas, though none have been seen). Here is a version of the Rosita as a tenor  It almost works - the resonator is pushed further up the body and tailpiece area lengthened. The obvious thing about these is that it is a 14fret body. The one you have found seems almost crazy to try this with a 12 Fret body!!! I suspect, Richard, that it may be a custom suggestion by someone who needed considerably more sound and bass response and National complied with them. It certainly seems to be unique for the moment!! Best Mark |
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Post by stevep21 on May 28, 2012 14:29:48 GMT
Another National Rosita resonator tenor guitar
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Post by stevep21 on May 28, 2012 15:09:29 GMT
Advertising material for the National Rosita resonator tenor guitar kindly provided by Colin McCubbin Attachments:
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