Resophonic Wood Body Resonator Guitars

This is an interesting National model that is no longer offered.  It has a large 1940s style headstock with the National crest decal, the word “Reso-Phonic” in white silkscreen, and then six art deco angled straight lines with “Radio” vertically and “Tone” horizontally between them in a fat, “circus” type font.  The East Indian rosewood fingerboard is inlaid with 9 grained ivoroid dotmarkers in 7 positions; the face has 6 deco cut-outs (3 on each side of the fingerboard extension) and a 10” diameter cover plate with the traditional design of 9 groups of 41 holes comprising diamonds.

a wonderful sounding and attractive wood-body resophonic instrument built with a slotted headstock, having an engraved headstock logo, vintage style National tuners. It utilizes a bone nut, an ivoriod heel cap, an ebony fretboard and a biscuit bridge. The guitar’s fetching, enticing body is made laminate mahogany - but then so were its prewar antecedents. It comes in a fine hard shell case.

This model is made with select solid tone woods, utilizing innovative designs which produce an unusually resonant instrument with an aggressive response and stellar tone throughout the entire playing range. 

A mahogany body combines with a highly figured Eastern hard rock maple veneer top. It has an actual rosewood fretboard; its solid peghead has a pearloid overlay, its body is equipped with a P-90 pickup in the neck position and there’s also the Highlander IP-1X Piezo pickup in the saddle. Extreme versatility, and the sound from the hidden hollers of Hell, right at your fingertips to do with as you please.

Designed by legendary maker Paul Beard, this signature model guitar is hand made and provides unmatched tone in its price range. The Beard "open" soundwell body design utilizes genuine USA Beard cones & spiders. All Gold Tone Beard Signature Series feature USA assembly and setup by experienced luthiers using Beard cones & spiders. 

Beard Guitars makes one of the finest sounding and most beautiful resophonic guitars as we have ever had the happiness to hear! Did you know that Jerry Douglas has just recently become a user and endorser of Beard Resonator guitars?

The Beard Contemporary E Model redefines the resonator guitar for the needs of modern players. These magnificently responsive instruments made of striking select solid tone woods, utilizing innovative designs, produce an unusually resonant instrument with an aggressive response and stellar tone throughout the entire playing range.