The National Jazz Blues model was built for a short time in the early days at National Resophonic. The design was very successful tonally and arguably the best sounding wood body available in the early 1990s.
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Here is a beautifully engraved nickle plated brass body tricone Style 3 from National. It features a Honduras mahogany neck and ebony fretboard, factory installed Highlander pickup, custom factory compensated saddle and 12th fret inlay. The engraving was done by Dave Giulietti who is considered the best engraver for National. This example is in mint condition and comes with a black arched top hardshell case.
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The Gold Tone Resophonic 5-String Dojo pictured above is one of the only Reso-phonic 5-string banjos I have ever had the opportunity to play. As you would expect, the craftsmanship is tidy and the design is intelligent and attractive. What is surprising to me about this instrument is the tone. I would have expected a resonator style banjo to be quite harsh and shrill sounding but this ‘Dojo’ is quite subtle and ‘chimey’ sounding!
MORE →This single cone guitar is patterned after the famous El Trovador that was made only in 1932 and 1933. The body is constructed entirely of mahogany – front, back and sides. The body is artistically bound with multiple layer binding and the mahogany neck features an ebony finerboard bound in ivoroid. The headstock has a rosewood overlay. the body is 4″ deep and the scale length of the neck is 25 21/32″.
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