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Post by davey on Jun 22, 2020 12:51:52 GMT
HI Folks, I saw this on Reverb and it caught my eye as my 1931 Triolian also has a shiny coverplate. It also has an unusual stencil on the back. Is it original ?   |
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Post by bonzo on Jun 22, 2020 13:13:08 GMT
Hi Davey, have to say, to my highly untrained eye (other than being there) I'd bet money on a trippy sixties artist!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by davey on Jun 22, 2020 13:40:19 GMT
It's just the fact that it's a stencil made me wonder. You'd normally only use a stencil if you wanted to do a batch of them.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jun 22, 2020 13:55:56 GMT
Reading the blurb in the ad. I think it says "the design on the back was made at a later time".
I wonder if the body had a full respray sometime a long time ago and the "decal" was done then?
I'm probably wrong, though.
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Post by davey on Jun 22, 2020 14:40:01 GMT
I should have read the advert ! I didn't notice the translation further down. I quite like the design anyway !
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Post by Michael Messer on Jun 22, 2020 15:29:36 GMT
100% not anything to do with the National factory at any time in its history.
Shine On
Michael
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Post by meanstepfather on Jun 22, 2020 15:36:23 GMT
Prior to enlarging the photo to have a good look,I thought somebody had vomited down the back of it.
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Post by bonzo on Jun 22, 2020 16:22:33 GMT
Hey Davey, I can do you a cool tee shirt man! Lol!
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Post by twang1 on Jun 22, 2020 20:40:45 GMT
Hi everybody,
that National used to belong to a guy I know who organised a concert for me in Italy. It has been advertised for a quite a long time and nowadays a shop in Perugia is asking 3499 Euros for it. Any help you need (translating, questions, contacting the old seller) just let me know and I will be glad to help.
Frank
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Post by davey on Jun 23, 2020 8:41:00 GMT
Cheers Frank, good to hear from you. It just caught my eye as it's similar to the last one I bought (which cost me around 1500 Euros) Hope things are getting easier for you in Italy. I was with Steve Evans of Beltona recently and he said he had done a neck reset on my guitar, so it really was a bargain. Cheers, David  |
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Post by twang1 on Jun 24, 2020 20:07:09 GMT
David, 1500 Euros looks like a real bargain! Everytime I see a photo of a vintage National...I would like to strum it even for a few seconds to hear how it sounds! Unfortunately, where I'm from the few of them around have reached steep prices!
(I'm fine and healthy, thank you. I just hope I will be able to support myself again in not too long a time. In the meanwhile, after months of of playing at home, my calluses are VERY thick! )
Frank
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