The '31 Duolian Project

[daddyslide]

Hey folks,
got an old and early National Duolian from '31 with some bad problems.

A friend of mine ( resonatorman from the forum here ) and I made a project. We made a neck reset, put a new bridge on it, restore the cone.

Another problem the guitar had: she had no laquore on it anymore - only blank steel.
So we decide to grind all the tarnished and rusty parts and paint it a new color - and the color, we decide, was RAl 1015 - the german Taxi color ;-)

Now, this duo could survive the next 81 years without any problem.

Here are some pics of the new restored one.







NOW, she really sounds and plays great.
A lot of work, but it works great!

I hope you had fun,

Jan

[eggy]

Well done,I like the white finish actually.Will be even more cool when you have some dings and bumps.
You are owning a great players National.Very cool.
Eggy.

[Michael Messer]

Hi Jan,

Your Duolian looks great. The new colour makes it look more like a Collegian than a Duolian. I like it.

Nice job! Thanks for posting the photos.

For the last few weeks I have been using the light-weight GS slide you sent me. I have used it on all my gigs, it sounds and feels really good!

Shine On
Michael.

[Ian McWee]

Fine work Jan ~ that looks a really beautiful instrument

Slide On!

Ian.