Details
This NRP was built in 2016 in National Reso-Phonic's San Luis Obispo workshop. It has a distinctive Black Rust finish, a 12-fret mahogany neck with an adjustable truss rod and an ebony fretboard. It was inspired by the Duolians National made in the 1930s. Like those classic guitars, the NRP has a thin-gauge steel body flat-edge f-holes and a ribbed sieve-hole resonator coverplate. This guitar is in excellent structural and cosmetic condition with just a bit of fret wear.
Steel body Nationals like this have a slightly sweeter, mellower tone than their brass body siblings like the Style O. Metal body instruments. They are very popular with guitarists who play bottleneck-style slide but musicians who play 1920s jazz, old-time country and jug band music find the NRP’s powerful sound hard to resist.
Specs
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Back sides
Steel
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Fingerboard
Ebony
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Frets to body
12
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Neck material
Mahogany
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Nut width
1 3/4"
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Scale length
25"
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Top material
Steel
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Total frets
19
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Tuners
National Open Gear
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Year
2016
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Case type
Original Hardshell
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Serial number
20933
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SKU
NRPNRPBLACK-20933
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UPC
141910
