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The Podium |
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425 SE 14th Ave |
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Minneapolis, MN 55414 US |
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Local: 612-331-8893 |
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Toll Free: 1-866-331-8893 |
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These instruments were first created in the era of the Hawaiian and Jazz Bands, prior to electrical amplification. All sorts of musicians, Hawaiian, jazz and blues, wanted louder guitars: to be able to be heard alongside horns; to project out into music halls or smokey night clubs; or, to be the loudest guitar on the street corner. In response to this need, the mechanically amplified resonator guitar was created.
John Dopyera started the National Stringed Instrument Co. in the mid-1920's in Los Angeles, California, which produced the first National resonator guitars. George Beauchamp, his partner, also is credited with resonator guitar innovation. National's mechanically amplified heyday came to an end in the mid-1930's when the guitar of choice for many of these musicians became electric. Not until the late 1980's was the National style resonator guitar made again by Don Young and McGregor Gaines who formed National Reso-Phonic Guitars, dedicated to re-creating the look, the sound and the feel of the old Nationals and, in addition, creating new looks and louder sounds than ever before. These instruments are used by slide players and finger-pickers in many musical genres: Hawaiian, blues, country, bluegrass, folk and world music.
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1933 National Triolian
This fine old instrument is a 1933 National Triolian. Everything is straight, the neck angle is perfect, the original tuners work smoothly and the original frets are near perfect with no divets...
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Our Price: $2,995.00 |
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National M2 Mahogany
The top and back of the M2 are made from a mahogany laminate with solid mahogany sides. The top is bound in ivoroid/black/white/black and the back is bound in ivoroid. The mahogany neck has a...
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Our Price: $2,040.00 |
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National Replicon Tricone
For all bluesmen that are alergic to cigarette smoke, don't like bars, and aren't into bar fights, you can still have your road worn blues ax with the Style 1 Replicon. The National Style 1...
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Our Price: $3,459.00 |
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National Style 1
The National Style 1 Tricone is the king of the brass body resophonics. As with all Nationals and other good resonatores, they are very, very loud. They are less edgy than the single cones and...
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Our Price: $3,160.00 |
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National Style 1 Cutaway - Waverly Upgrade
National's most popular nickel-plated brass triple resonater guitar with a cutaway! The Style 1 Tricone is patterned after the original instrument made in 1927 with its functional Art Deco...
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Our Price: $3,699.00 |
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Used National Style 2 - 1999
The National Style 2 Tricone is the engraved version of the National Style 2 Tricone, the king of the brass body resophonics. This instrument is a 1999 in nice condiiton with a smudge or two but...
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Our Price: $2,600.00 |
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