1931 National Style 0

$3,800.00

  • Year: 1931
  • Manufacturer: National
  • Model: Style 0
  • Case: Hard
  • Color: nickel plated
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: National Style 0 Model Resophonic Guitar (1931), made in Los Angeles, serial # S 2574, nickel plated finish, brass body, maple neck, hard shell case. An interesting and fairly early National Style 0 with the unusual "hooked" coverplate used only for a short time in 1931. This guitar has a 12-fret brass body with flat-cut F holes and the typical sandblasted Hawaiian scenes. The maple neck has a bound "ebonized' maple fingerboard. This is a good sounding single-cone National with an action suited for both finger or slide playing. The experimental coverplate as seen on this guitar was a labor-saving attempt by National�it mounts with small recessed hooks and a single locking screw instead of multiple screws around the edge. While it apparently was not considered a success and was not used for very long, this example fits perfectly with no extra rattles or buzzes, and certainly makes accessing the cone a much easier proposition!Overall length is 38 5/8 in. (98.1 cm.), 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). All original except more recent correct cone and biscuit assembly. Has had a neck set but original fingerboard, frets and tuners are intact - FB has one extra filled hole above the 12th fret. Plating is overall well preserved except for some scratching to the back, neck finish and decal have some chipping but are fully original. A nice gigging prewar National, including more recent hardshell case. Excellent Condition.