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1937 National "Duolian" Single-cone Resonator Steel Guitar
very loud affordable depression era blues, country
& hillbilly guitar
loudest resonator guitar National ever made
steel body with faux mahogany-grain painted
finish
14 frets to the body
spun aluminum resonator amplifier with wooden
"biscuit" bridge
rolled f-holes
maple neck
rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays
solid peghead with National Duolian decal
no pickguard
open strip tuners
introduced 1930; discontinued 1940 |