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Topic: 1928 National Tricone squareneck SOLD pls close |
Ben Elder
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Posted 26 Aug 2009 11:08 pm |
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1928 National Tricone Style 2 squareneck, superb condition, rose engraving, extra roses on coverplate (s/n 5xx.) I am the second owner in 81 years (not including Byron Berline's Double Fiddle Shop, Guthrie OK.) OHSC + a sheaf of vintage instructional material. Special period features: three clusters of roses engraved on cover plate (not just a single one on the bridge cover); "stud" tailpiece for loop- or ball-end strings--these were found only on the first few hundred instruments made.
 
New cones from National in San Luis Obispo. No headstock decal; headstock may have been refinished many years ago. (On the other hand, Don Young of National Reso-Phonic says oversights like no decal were known to happen.) One replaced tuner button. Otherwise excellent condition.
 
For Forum members only: $4000. No trades. Will be higher should it ever need to go to other marketplaces. (I'm only selling because I now have the very rare and early s/n 209, seen in my avatar.) I'd prefer a local sale, but I won't absolutely rule out shipping--except outside the USA and Canada.
If interested, email (weissenben(AT)earthlink[dot]net) rather than post.
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Tom Wolverton
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Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 26 Aug 2009 11:42 pm nut
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Hi Ben - It looks like it has a nut extender on it. Would that have been original? Is the bone nut too short?
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 27 Aug 2009 2:07 am
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Bone nut's (original under there, I think) shorter than I like. (Also a trait of about every original Weissenborn nut I've ever encountered. I just want a tinch more height--not really volume or string tension.)
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2009 10:16 am
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Never mind this for a while--I'm in the hospital and won't be packing and shipping for at least a few days.
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Ben Elder
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Posted 29 Aug 2009 10:16 am
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Never mind this for a while--I'm in the hospital and won't be packing and shipping for at least a few days.
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steve takacs
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beijing, china via pittsburgh (deceased)
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 6:03 am
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| Ben, hope you are out the that hospital real quickly and playing various guitars and being with friends. steve t |
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Geoff Cline
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Southwest France
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Posted 30 Aug 2009 8:17 am
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 STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL guitar Ben!! Now where did I put that 4K...
But more important, feel better. Speedy recovery and get back to sliding on them strangs (as we say here in Drippin')
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Rich Mermer
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Posted 18 Nov 2009 12:36 pm
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Hi Ben:
Is this instrument still for sale?
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2009 12:45 pm
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Yes, although I played it the other day (A-B'd with the '27 s/n 209; this one wins by a nose.) I'm sure Dr. Freud would agree that that's why I haven't bumped it ttt ^^^ like I just did with my ZB D-11.
But yeah, still here, and the idea is to sell one, keep one.
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Ben Elder
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La Crescenta, California, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2009 5:10 pm
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Deal pending.
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