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Post by azbluesguy on Oct 27, 2014 20:17:20 GMT
Hi everyone. I'm new to this site and this is my first post. I've been looking for a nice resonator for a few years but I'm sure as you all know they're not as easy to find as a strat or Les Paul. A local shop has a used style N in stock and I just want some advice. I've looked at a number of Nationals and have not seen a style N with a neck finished in this color or a headstock logo like this. I know you have to be careful with counterfeits when buying some Les Pauls and others but wasn't sure if that was a problem with Nationals. I am a total newbie when it comes to reso guitars so if this is a common finish and headstock please forgive me. I just want to be fully informed before pulling the trigger. Thanks in advance.
 
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Post by washboardchris on Oct 27, 2014 21:16:55 GMT
Hi, If you send your pics to National Resophonic they will give you all the help you need.they are great people to work with & I have found that they go out of there way to help. Hope this helps
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Post by azbluesguy on Oct 27, 2014 21:25:40 GMT
Thanks I'll give that a try
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Post by pascal on Oct 27, 2014 21:40:03 GMT
Looks like a National Resophonic 90' made of brass to me, this longer head stock is typical of them. Not a bad guitar, just like a style "O" without the palm trees...
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Post by Michael Messer on Oct 27, 2014 21:44:28 GMT
Hi azbluesguy,
Welcome to our forum
From what I can see, which is only the back and the headstock, there is nothing counterfeit about that guitar. It is an early flat back National Reso-Phonic Style N and it looks like it has hardly been played.
Do you know its serial number?
I am not interested in buying it, is it in this country?
Shine On
Michael.
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Post by azbluesguy on Oct 27, 2014 22:04:05 GMT
Thanks for the response Michael. I was told the guitar was made in 1999. I don't know the serial number and the guitar is located in the US. The guitar is in almost unplayed condition. Can you give me any more info about it or maybe an approximate value. As I said this will be my first resonator so I'm pretty uneducated about them but hoping to change that. Thanks.
Pat
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Post by zak71 on Oct 27, 2014 23:30:36 GMT
If you're considering a modern National, I'd recommend looking for a newer one with the domed back, thinner gauge body, and lighter gauge cone.
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Post by azbluesguy on Oct 27, 2014 23:34:17 GMT
If you're considering a modern National, I'd recommend looking for a newer one with the domed back, thinner gauge body, and lighter gauge cone. As I said I'm pretty uninformed. What do those things do tone wise. |
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Post by zak71 on Oct 27, 2014 23:40:58 GMT
I would say that the improved cone (since 2008? not sure about the exact date...I am more informed about old Nationals, never owned a new one so I am basing this on the ones I have played in stores or the ones belonging to acquaintances) makes the biggest difference. I always thought modern nationals sounded very "pinched" and "nasal" until they introduced the improved cones which are distinguished by a shield logo stamped in two places on the outer edge.
I think that the lighter cone, combined with a lighter gauge body, makes for a guitar that more closely approaches the sound of the old Nationals.
As for the domed backs, not sure they actually do anything for sound, it's just the flat backs on the ones before looked as wrong as two left shoes.
The long headstocks still look really funky to me.
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Post by azbluesguy on Oct 27, 2014 23:46:33 GMT
Thanks for all the info. It is much appreciated.
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Post by zak71 on Oct 27, 2014 23:56:58 GMT
Don't get me wrong, they're still very well made guitars and probably worth getting UNLESS it is priced in the same range as a more recent one with the features I mentioned. If it's in the $1000-$1100 range, buy it and buy a new cone for $80.
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