{"product_id":"national-style-1-tricone-roundneck-resophonic-guitar-1929-4805","title":"National Style 1 Tricone Roundneck Resophonic Guitar (1929)","description":"National Style 1 Tricone Roundneck Model Resophonic Guitar (1929), made in Los Angeles, nickel plated finish, German silver Body; mahogany neck with ebony fingerboard, original black hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most original and distinctive-guitar designs of all time, the National \"Silver Guitar\" or Tricone is currently enjoying renewed respect and popularity. Widely considered the finest acoustic instrument ever created for slide playing, the roundneck \"Spanish\" Tricone is also an excellent and totally unique-sounding guitar for many other styles of play. The round neck Tricone is considerably rarer then the square neck \"Hawaiian\" variant and has long been sought after as the ultimate acoustic blues\/slide guitar. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis particular Style 1 is from the end of 1929, built just at the onset of the Depression when the Tricones were being supplemented by the first of National's newer-and much cheaper- single cone resonator designs. The Style 1 originally retailed for $125.00, a tremendous sum even at the height of the roaring '20's...after this point these fancy german Silver guitars will be produced in ever-smaller numbers as the Doulians, Triolians and Style 0's become National's breadwinning products. This particular Style 1 bears the serial number 1000 in an unusual italic font; it is one of the last few using this original serialization scheme; after the nest few instruments nearly all roundneck Tricones would share the new \"S\" series with the earliest Style 0 guitars.This is an excellent playing guitar suitable for both open-tuned slide and regular Spanish play with the rich sound only a Tricone can produce. The Style 1 with the unengraved body is the 'purest' example of National's Art Deco aesthetic, and mysteriously often seems to be the best sounding as well, although there is no scientific reason why that should be!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 39 in. (99.1 cm.), 14 1\/8 in. (35.9 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 1\/4 in. (8.3 cm.) in depth at side, taken at the end block. Scale length is 25 in. (635 mm.). Width of nut is 1 13\/16 in. (46 mm.). General light wear overall but a very nice example; all original hardaare and finish. Small patched grain crack on back of neck splie. Recently expertly set up with new frets and a perfect set of original cones, plays extremely well and sounds great. Generally Excellent Condition.","brand":"National","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853001052300,"sku":"4805","price":7200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_804244e1-7150-43b7-b0c2-e2c70eceaaa5.jpg?v=1774330222","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/national-style-1-tricone-roundneck-resophonic-guitar-1929-4805","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}