Resophonic Metal Body Resonator Guitars

At the National ResoPhonic Guitar Company in San Luis Obispo, CA, each instrument is finished with a multi-staged hand-textured finish for an individual look and semi-smooth surface profile.   This means that no two are alike. The thin-gauge steel body has flat cut "f" holes, a formed back, and period-correct, traditional non-ribbed coverplate. Each mahogany neck clears 12 frets to the body and features an unbound ebony fretboard complete with mother-of-pearl position markers. It has a vintage-style plain tuners, ebony nut, and its "National" stamped headstock logo completes the look this classic.

The National List Price $2400

The NRP Tricone borrows many of its features from our single cone NRP guitar. The body is made from thin-gauge steel and has a formed back. Each is carefully hand painted at our factory in San Luis Obispo, Ca. A mahogany neck clears 12 frets to the body and features an unbound ebony fretboard complete with inlaid mother-of-pearl position markers. Tuners are vintage-style engraved, open gear.

Its tuners are National brand; the nut material is bone (much like ourselves); the fingerboard is rosewood bound with ivoroid and displaying mother of pearl markers.  The fret wire (I know you need to know this) is .106 in width and .039 in height.   This model utilizes a 9.5” hand-spun resonator with a maple biscuit; the neck is hard rock maple so you know what kind of music you can play on it.  This is $1747 Discount Price or $1695 at our Cash Discount Price - but it is right now "on hold" for a local buyer.