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Topic: Mandolin Brothers has a1947 national |
Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 6:56 am |
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Mandolin Brothers has a 1947 national console "on sale" at 1,000 bucks. I have no involvement in the instrument, just thought i would pass this info on to yousguys...here is the link
http://mandoweb.com/Instruments/National-Grand-Console-Model-1050-Double-Neck-Lap-Steel-1947/3861
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Last edited by Larry Lenhart on 15 Jun 2015 1:41 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 7:10 am
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I have that same guitar, AND it's matching amp, same year 1947
This one:
Great guitars, if I say so myself....
This was my very first steel guitar purchase, I bought the pair for the amp,..... I didn't play steel, I didn't even know what C6 meant....it was around 1987...I got them both for $320.00 |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 8:15 am
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Freddy Roulette sometimes plays one similar to that:
An impressive instrument. |
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 8:23 am
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I think Doug Beaumier has one too...maybe he will shed some light...I would be interested but I have a 1956 Fender T8 that I love, and dont really "need" another steel.
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Jay Fagerlie
From:
Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 8:29 am
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Never say that Larry!!!
Our wives might look at the forum!
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Steve Cunningham
From:
Atlanta, GA
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 9:37 am
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I've got one I forgot I had, until seeing this post. Not sure of the year...I bought it at a guitar show in ATL in the late '90s, for $300. I remember being underwhelmed by the clean tones, but loving the slightly overdriven tones. I used to LOVE playing it, though...A6 on the close neck, 6-string open E on the far one. The A6 neck was the one I used to try and steal all of Lee Jeffries's licks...just thinking of those days makes me smile 
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Jay Fagerlie
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Lotus, California, USA
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 10:22 am
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The pickups may be weak Steve.
Mine sounds awesome clean, and even better through vintage amps. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 6 Jun 2015 12:14 pm
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| The pickups on those old Nationals produce a very mellow tone (JMHO) compared to the sharper sounding Fender (Custom)... I have both and love each one for their distinctive sound. However, my favourite of all is the CANOPUS...a great sounding guitar. |
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Andy Henriksen
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2015 4:35 am
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That link appears to be for a place in New York. I work about 10 minutes from Elderly in Lansing, so this piqued my interest, at least enough to maybe stop by and give it a test drive just for fun.
This guitar doesn't show up on Elderly's used steel guitar page: http://elderly.com/vintage/cats/185U.htm
Are these two stores somehow related? What am I missing? |
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Jack Hanson
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San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2015 4:49 am
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| The link given for the National D-8 is Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island, New York, not Elderly Instruments in Lansing, Michigan. Both are highly reputable vintage dealers, but are entirely unrelated as far as I know. |
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Jim Wilmoth
From:
California, USA
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Posted 8 Jun 2015 10:28 pm
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| Doug Beaumier wrote: |
| I've owned a couple of these in the past and they sounded very clean, but the pickups didn't have much output compared to my Fenders. |
Agreed. I have to push the gain and treble a little more with mine but it's a good tone all the same. |
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 13 Jun 2015 8:06 pm
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My apologies for misleading you on rhe ad...i dont know why i thought it was elderly instruments...duhhhhh...it isclearly buffalo bros. in san diego..i mean mandolin bros. in ny
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