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National Estralita Shaded Brown, 1936

On April 13, 2024 /

Here is a real rarity, a National Estralita single cone resonator guitar in Shaded Brown finish, likely built in Chicago during 1936. There are approximately seven known Estralitas, including this one numbered NO26. The National Estralita launched in 1934 and was built until 1942 as a 14-fret model, updating and replacing the 12-fret El Trovador.

Vintage

Price: $3,750.00 CAD

National Mike Dowling Signature El Trovador Natural, 2008

On September 12, 2023 /

Designed in collaboration with Mike Dowling, the National Mike Dowling Signature El Trovador is a single cone guitar patterned after the famous National El Trovador between 1932 and 1933. The National Mike Dowling El Trovador guitar features a large, 4 inch deep body built from mahogany laminate with a wooden soundwell for the resonator.

Used

Price: $4,000.00 CAD

National Estralita Deluxe Resonator

On August 31, 2021 /

The National Estralita Deluxe resonator guitar has been the most popular wood body National over the past decade, evolving from the Jazz-Blues model. It’s very full sounding with lots of volume, and playing it will really open it up. National biscuit cones have a ‘break in’ period of several hundred hours of playing; they start out sounding really good and quickly head towards sounding really great.

New

Price: $4,289.00 CAD

National Resophonic El Trovador Single Cone Guitar

On May 5, 2021 /

Tags: el trovador, guitar, national, Reso-Phonic, Resonator, resophonic, single cone, The Twelfth Fret, wood body

Designed in collaboration with Mike Dowling, the National Resophonic El Trovador is patterned after the famous National guitars produced from 1932-1933. Similar to its venerable predecessor, the new National ResoPhonic El Trovador guitar features a large, 14.5 inch wide, 4 inch deep body built of mahogany. The body is bound in multi-layer celluloid, with a matching purfling border around the coverplate.

New

Price: $4,849.00 CAD

❌SOLD❌ National El Trovador Long Scale with HotPlate Pickup Sunburst, 2007

On January 9, 2021 /

Here’s a National El Trovador Long Scale – 25.66 inch instead of 25 inches – resophonic guitar with a National Hot Plate pickup. Built on the single-cone resophonic body, the National El Trovador Long Scale uses Mahogany Laminates for the top, sides and back with solid Mahogany for the body blocks and neck. The 12-fret fingerboard is Ebony, and the slotted peghead has an Indian Rosewood head plate sporting the National shield logo decal.

Used

Price: $3,700.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

❌SOLD❌ Beltona T015 Tricone Round Neck Guitar Nickel, 1994

On July 21, 2020 /

The Beltona T105 Tricone was one of the early products of Beltona, founded in the UK by Steve Evans and Bill Johnson in 1990. Respectively a luthier and engineer, Evans and Johnson first sought to build instruments for themselves that were, at the time, not readily available in the UK. In 1998, Beltona moved to New Zealand,

Used

Price: $2,750.00 CAD

This instrument has sold

Round Neck

National Estralita Shaded Brown, 1936

National Mike Dowling Signature El Trovador Natural, 2008

National Estralita Deluxe Resonator

National Resophonic El Trovador Single Cone Guitar

❌SOLD❌ National El Trovador Long Scale with HotPlate Pickup Sunburst, 2007

❌SOLD❌ Beltona T015 Tricone Round Neck Guitar Nickel, 1994

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