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1929 National Style 1 Tricone Squareneck Resonator Guitar – Used

  • Original price was: $2,500.00.Current price is: $2,125.00.
Pickup available 211 Lambert Ave, Palo Alto, CA

Fresh from a local estate, this is probably the cleanest and most original early National Tricone Gryphon has offered. All the parts are original (including the cones) the German silver (nickel silver) body and neck have no significant dents or seam separations, and even the original hardshell case has survived. There’s no sign anything on this early National was changed except the strings!

There are light scratches to the surface, this guitar did see some playing time back in the day, but apparently it’s just been waiting in its case for the last 70+ or so years waiting for its next assignment (the fingerpicks, thumbpick, and Oahu and Elton steels in the case pocket all date to the pre-WWII era). For anyone who appreciates time capsule vintage instruments, this National Style 1 Tricone is a rare opportunity.

  • UPC 141953
  • Year 1929
  • Top material German Silver
  • Back sides German Silver
  • Fingerboard Ebony
  • Neck material German Silver
  • Bracing A-frame "X"
  • Frets to body 11
  • Total frets 19
  • Scale length 25"
  • Finish original
  • Nut width 2"
  • Neck shape Square
  • Binding Ivoroid on neck
  • Tuners Original
  • Origin Purchased
  • Case type Original Hardshell
  • Serial number 1623
  • SKU NATSTY1TRIC-1623

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Tags: Level 1: Instruments Level 2: Acoustic Guitars Level 3: Resophonic Acoustic Used Vintage