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Post by fingerlickin on Jan 25, 2020 16:16:53 GMT
Thanks for your help. I did see what looked like pin holes on the back of the headstock where the serial number would have been. Would it devalue it to put a RePro National decal on the headstock?
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Post by fingerlickin on Jan 22, 2020 2:33:39 GMT
Hi again, I think I should have entered my beginning post on this thread being a new 1133 owner. Just getting used to how to post. Hi, new to the forum. Off and on beginner, but long time lover of all guitars and sounds they can make. Got inspired by the national resonator guitars when a delivery man came to my house on a hot summer day a couple of years ago. I immediately connected with this fellow and we got to talking. This led to him getting out his National Style O and sitting on a bucket in front of my Airstream Trailer. After a couple of blues songs I was hooked on the resonator sound and Billie Alford style of Texas Blues. A couple of videos on YouTube are available. Off and on after that I searched for an affordable Style O that was affordable and did not need a ton of work. Came close but no cigar. This Christmas I was looking for a present for myself and ran across the 60's National Reso-phonic 1133. I poured through the internet 'till I saw all I could find on the subject. Prices on ebay were kinda nuts, anywhere from $1199-$3K. Then I found one on Guitar Center back east(I am in California) and they shipped it to the local guitar center for me. $650 which is still a lot but within my range. Looks like it has a new biscuit but plays and sound good. More sound coming out the back of course, but that's OK because I am not that good. It's what they called a Surf Green, and seems original, but have not seen one the same anywhere. The headstock does not have the National Logo label, and the serial # plaque is missing. I knew that would devalue it going in, but it is what it is. Happy to have it. Does anyone have insight on whether or not I should try and find a better biscuit, whether this is a legit color, or what vintage this guitar might be? Read more: michaelmesser.proboards.com/user/3537/recent#ixzz6Bis4ASo6michaelmesser.proboards.com/thread/11731/national-1033-student-steel-reverb?page=2
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Post by fingerlickin on Jan 18, 2020 17:28:55 GMT
1033s and 1133s were labelled and sold as National Reso-Phonic "Student Models". Shine On Michael Hi, new to the forum. Off and on beginner, but long time lover of all guitars and sounds they can make. Got inspired by the national resonator guitars when a delivery man came to my house on a hot summer day a couple of years ago. I immediately connected with this fellow and we got to talking. This led to him getting out his National Style O and sitting on a bucket in front of my Airstream Trailer. After a couple of blues songs I was hooked on the resonator sound and Billie Alford style of Texas Blues. A couple of videos on YouTube are available. Off and on after that I searched for an affordable Style O that was affordable and did not need a ton of work. Came close but no cigar. This Christmas I was looking for a present for myself and ran across the 60's National Reso-phonic 1133. I poured through the internet 'till I saw all I could find on the subject. Prices on ebay were kinda nuts, anywhere from $1199-$3K. Then I found one on Guitar Center back east(I am in California) and they shipped it to the local guitar center for me. $650 which is still a lot but within my range. Looks like it has a new biscuit but plays and sound good. More sound coming out the back of course, but that's OK because I am not that good. It's what they called a Surf Green, and seems original, but have not seen one the same anywhere. The headstock does not have the National Logo label, and the serial # plaque is missing. I knew that would devalue it going in, but it is what it is. Happy to have it. Does anyone have insight on whether or not I should try and find a better biscuit, whether this is a legit color, or what vintage this guitar might be? Attachments:
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