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Topic: National Triple Neck 8 string |
Al Miller
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Waxahachie Texas
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 8:32 am |
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Hey fella's
Im wondering if anyone has any info on a Triple 8 string National Steel? i aquired one over the weekend and cant find anything on the net. i did find a few things on brads page of steel but nothing to help determine the yr or what it may be worth ..
its an awsome looking steel its black and white
with plastic string head covers and also plastic pick up covers.
it also has the original tweed hard shell case
if anyone of you Non pedelers has any info on this thing or a web site that might explain some yrs they were made would be helpful
the Sr # is X47205
Thanks again
Boo Miller
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 8:46 am
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http://www.provide.net/~cfh/national.html#valco lists the serial numbers used by Valco for National, Supro, English, etc. steel guitars they made. The guitar in question would have been made in 1955 according to that chart.
Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars has some information, and Michael Lee Allen has posted a number of different National catalog pages on this forum.
Do you have any pictures to share?
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 8:50 am ol' 55
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Hey Boo, from the serial # it's a 1955 model.
http://www.provide.net/~cfh/national.html#valco
The Vintage Guitar price guide values them at $1,100, but that's relative - to availability, condition etc.
Those are great guitars - congratulations!
Can you post some pics??
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 8:51 am
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Brad, you beat me by 4 minutes!  |
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Al Miller
From:
Waxahachie Texas
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 8:55 am Hers some pics
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Hey Guys I Hope this works
Boo
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Al Miller
From:
Waxahachie Texas
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 9:00 am more pics
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Here are some pics
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Al Miller
From:
Waxahachie Texas
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 9:02 am
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heres my children
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HowardR
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N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 10:55 am
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| they look very well behaved..... |
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Rick Alexander
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Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 11:04 am
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| Those are some sweet children you got there! |
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Danny Bates
From:
Fresno, CA. USA
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 11:04 am
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Great looking guitar Al.
A true classic.  |
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Dave Harmonson
From:
Seattle, Wa
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 11:31 am
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| Yes those are nice looking kids there. Are they good at helping ou around the house? |
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Jerry Hayes
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 11:46 am
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Al, congrats on you National. That looks a lot like my old '52 Grand Console except your pickup and peghead covers are black and mine are cream colored! Nice guitar!....Here's a shot of mine...JH in Va.
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James Kerr
From:
Scotland, UK
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Posted 12 Jan 2009 12:05 pm
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I just have to get one of those, my Tiesco is a bit lonely on its own.
James.
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Mark Durante
From:
St. Pete Beach FL
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Posted 13 Jan 2009 4:38 pm
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Here's my '47
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Gary Stevenson
From:
Northern New York,USA
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Posted 13 Jan 2009 6:03 pm
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Those sure are VERY kool looking steels.May have to try and make a dual copy.Bet two of Mr. A's pups would sound great.  |
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Bill McRoberts
From:
Janesville, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2009 10:09 am
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Here is my '52 National. I did some modifications such as replacing tuner knobs that were disintegrated. I switched the selector knobs to accent the newer tuners.
I added a four leg kit and use this as a back up guitar. These nationals have great tone!
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 19 Jan 2009 1:11 pm
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| James Kerr wrote: |
I just have to get one of those, my Tiesco is a bit lonely on its own.
James.
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If you lived a little closer to me and if you wanted a serious restoration project, I know where there is a National Triple 8 in dreadful and unuseable shape.
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