{"product_id":"national-town-country-solid-body-electric-guitar-1958-2854","title":"National Town \u0026 Country Solid Body Electric Guitar (1958)","description":"National Town \u0026amp; Country Model Solid Body Electric Guitar (1958), made in Chicago, natural lacquer finish, original black hard shell case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deluxe 1950's solidbody guitar from Valco, the National Town \u0026amp; Country was the second from the top of the line just under the slightly fancier gold-plated Glenwood but with most of the same features. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis guitar has a very striking look with its combination of pinstriped black and white plastic pickguards and clear finish, and manages to seem sophisticated and downhome at the same time! The single-cutaway body is bound on the front with a solid cream plastic backplate, and the black-finished neck and headstock are single bound as well. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo powerful National single coil pickups (which look very much like humbuckers) are controlled by a 3-way switch and 6 knobs, which are three different tone and volume circuits for bass, PU, Treble PU, and both together. The tone is quite powerful with the typical National\/Supro raunch. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis guitar is considerably more upscale than the similar but far more common Supro Dual-Tone, and practically begs to be played while wearing a leopard-print jacket a la J.B. Lenoir. A very cool and rather uncommon 1950's guitar.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOverall length is 38 in. (96.5 cm.), 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3\/4 in. (4.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3\/4 in. (629 mm.). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent, all original, and very clean overall; some wear to finish on the back of the neck and a repaired crack to the pickguard near, but not through, the jack area are the only significant usage marks on this guitar. Some rubbing to the pickguard printing and a tiny scrape on the upper edge by the binding, otherwise excellent.","brand":"National","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46853173641356,"sku":"2854","price":1650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/8702\/3756\/files\/01_aa44a629-02ec-4edd-b75b-27a183686fbe.jpg?v=1774331590","url":"https:\/\/retrofret.com\/products\/national-town-country-solid-body-electric-guitar-1958-2854","provider":"RetroFret","version":"1.0","type":"link"}