Mandolin Brothers Ltd. - Resonator Guitars

National (new) Triolian 14-Fret Resophonic Guitar

The Triolian 14-Fret captures the look and feel of the late 1930's W-Series Triolians. The thin-gauge steel body is highlighted by a formed back and traditional ribbed sieve-hole coverplate. Each body is hand painted in walnut-burst. The maple neck clears 14 frets to the body and features an ivoroid-bound rosewood fretboard complete with inlaid mother-of-pearl position markers. Tuners are vintage-style engraved, open gear. The National Retail Price is $2600

Gretsch ® (new) G9220 Bobtail Round-Neck A.E.

Tone amplified! With its deluxe appointments and Fishman® Nashville pickup, the Bobtail Round-Neck stands out in the mix in more ways than one. The vital feature of all Gretsch resonator guitars is the all-new Gretsch "Ampli-Sonic" diaphragm (resonator cone), which is hand-spun in Eastern Europe from nearly 99 percent pure aluminium and yields an impressive quality and volume of tone. The Gretsch Retail Price is $908 including the gig bag but our price is:

National (used, 1931) Tricone Squareneck

According to Bob Brozman, our go-to guy on National guitars, the Style 1 was one of the first models the new National Company of Los Angeles produced. According to his "time line" this model initiated in 1927, but he says "There were only slight changes made in this model from 1928 to 1941. Most Style 1 models were made before the mid-1930s. . . .

Smith and Young (new) Model 11 (2)

Smith and Young Brand is the new spin-off subsidiary of the National Resophonic Guitar Company of San Luis Obispo, CA. Craving to build some guitars with the traditional “spider bridge and internal truss support” but perhaps afraid of diluting the notional held by National devotionals, that they are made with biscuit bridges, the co-owners of the National Company, whose names just happen to be Mr. Young and Mr. Smith, who probably got into the age-old, inevitable, heated discussion of “which name should appear first” on the masthead, fought it out. You can see who won. These are remarkable sounding, powerful, stentorian loud instruments.

National (new) El Trovador Baritone

a wonderful sounding and attractive wood-body resophonic instrument built with a slotted headstock, having an engraved headstock logo, vintage style National tuners. It utilizes a bone nut, an ivoriod heel cap, an ebony fretboard and a biscuit bridge. The guitar’s fetching, enticing body is made laminate mahogany - but then so were its prewar antecedents. It comes in a fine hard shell case.

The National List Price is $3600

National (new) Style 1 Tricone

The National List Price is $3600

National (new) ResoLectric

A mahogany body combines with a highly figured Eastern hard rock maple veneer top. It has an actual rosewood fretboard; its solid peghead has a pearloid overlay, its body is equipped with a P-90 pickup in the neck position and there’s also the Highlander IP-1X Piezo pickup in the saddle. Extreme versatility, and the sound from the hidden hollers of Hell, right at your fingertips to do with as you please.

The National List Price is $2500

Gold Tone (new) PBSD Paul Beard Square Neck Deluxe

Designed by legendary maker Paul Beard, this signature model guitar is hand made and provides unmatched tone in its price range. The Beard "open" soundwell body design utilizes genuine USA Beard cones & spiders. All Gold Tone Beard Signature Series feature USA assembly and setup by experienced luthiers using Beard cones & spiders.

Beard Guitars (new) Style E

The Beard Contemporary E Model redefines the resonator guitar for the needs of modern players. These magnificently responsive instruments made of striking select solid tone woods, utilizing innovative designs, produce an unusually resonant instrument with an aggressive response and stellar tone throughout the entire playing range.