Is it too early to send a letter to Santa?

[catsmiler]

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[ricks]

Non-original cones though - essentially, you'd be paying an extra $20000-odd for bling..

[Michael Messer]

I cleaned up and played #141 of these instruments (the one in Brozman's book and on the Notecannons website) and it is a truly beautiful sounding guitar with a very rare engraving. The wood soundwell gives a sweetness that no metal soundwell can do. If that one is like #141 it'll be goodie. I also remember #133 with great fondness. This was a 1927 square neck style 2 with a wood soundwell. It also had the diamond holes around the body and was a beautiful instrument to play.

Shine On
Michael

[leeophonic]

I know of a few of these (style 5's).

Nice guitars, with all the vintage stuff there are lots of vintage Nationals to admire and choose from but the good ones stand out, as fundamentally it's about being the best instrument not the best looking as some of the case queens are exactly that.


One will no doubt feature on these pages when it reaches it's new owner, it's a squareneck before you all choke as the roundneck in the original post is a bit beyond most of our depth of pockets.

Regards

Lee

[leedscitystompers]

For me this round neck Acanthus Tricone that Lee brought up is about as desirable a guitar as any resonator!

Top shelf.

😍

[maui_chimes]

Definitely a special and rare guitar. I do notice a few items of concern in the photos that are not spelled out in the description:

-Cracked/repaired headstock wing (a fairly common repair)
-Neck has been refinished (look at the open pores and streaky color at the neck heel)
-Tuners are modern replacements