KarloR27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah I think it's a stupid name calling it a national. I said that to a guy in a music shop one day and he didn't know what national was. He said it's just a resonator guitar. I thinks it's better called a resonator then being called a national I think it's more sense in understanding what it is. I saw your types of resonators for a sound difference. I loved it my favourites were the national dulion resonator and the amitar resonator the one that has the sort of sitar sound. Thanks all the best.

BottleneckJohn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Yeah, I agree..It's the "Mojo" they've got built in somehow..The "mileage" and whatever life they've had over the years reflects in the sound they produce!!This neck is slightly warped, but not too much, still playable and comfortable!!

BottleneckJohn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks, RedParrot!!!!

BottleneckJohn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I call them resonator guitars as well...And that is the proper way to go, see, National is a brand name for one of the resonator manufacturers, the original one!!"Dobro guitar" is also a often(and wrongly) used term to refer to any resonator guitar, Dobro was also a brand name..It's like calling all cars a Volvo, haha!!Resonator or resophonic guitars is the way to go, bro!!

FraJa1980 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Very very nice old guitar John! Old guitars have that special vibe thats more like a feeling than a tone, i have a few wood models (even a 12 string) dating back from the fifties trough the seventies and even though they's not as well built as new guitars and some a bit warped in the neck they sound great! Did you have to re-pitch this guitars neck? I saw it has no thruss rodd and imagine it would have warped a bit over the years.

Redparrot5 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I was feelin it - five stars

KarloR27 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Bottleneck John I'm just wondering. I got a Johnson resonator guitar recently and I just call it a resonator but some people call them national guitar. Why's that? is there a difference in the way there made or is it the type cone they have in the body?

leeroy75 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Check out charlie parr 1922 and all related, he plays that resonator like ole time. This is the guitar that knopfler uses in romeo and juliette aint it?? Unique sound.

BottleneckJohn (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks a lot, Slim!!Yeah, this is one fine guitar!!!A "Mojo-machine"...

longtoothslim (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Now you always play great stuff but this old beauty sounds sooooooooo sweet !