Description
This is a National made Triolian resonator guitar with a Walnut Sunburst finish and a hollow steel (metal) body that was built in Chicago, IL in 1936. The guitar has been fully restored to its original finish including a National-authorized headstock logo (we had to supply National with documentation in order to get the waterslide logo.) The restoration was done by our friends at Cindy Guitars which are associated with Carmine Street Guitars here in New York City. Cindy did a stellar job reproducing the original finish. The back of the neck has not been changed and shows its almost 90 years of playing wear. The original cone was replaced and is included in the sale. The serial number is B3xx which dates it to 1936.
GENERAL INFO/CONDITION:
The guitar has been restored to original condition and has a modern-day replacement cone (original included in sale) and is in beautiful condition. It has some very minor playing wear scuffs (we had to play it a bit.) It has a beautiful, Walnut Sunburst finish on the front, back, sides and headstock. The fretboard is ebonized maple with circular dot fret markers. It includes a gig bag.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
TUNERS/HEADSTOCK:
The tuners are 3×3 with faded white plastic knobs and work well. The headstock has a Walnut sunburst finish and a National-authorized Triolian logo.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
NECK:
The wood neck has an ebonized, maple fretboard with 19 frets. It has white, circular inlays for fret markers. The action is medium. The string height at the 12th fret is 0.1083 inches. The thick and deep neck is straight and is untouched. So it retains 90-ish years worth of wear. The back of the neck has brownburst finish going from dark brown/black to brown. The frets are in good shape with lots of life left.Description from VintageSilvertones.com
The Dimensions are:
Overall length: 38″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Body width: 14″
Body thickness: 3″ (w/neck 3.2″)Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Scale: 24.5″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Width of the nut: 1.79″
String height at 12th fret: 0.1083″Description from VintageSilvertones.com
Weight: 7.65 poundsDescription from VintageSilvertones.com
