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1928 national 666 tri cone resonator skull mod

1928 national tri cone reso serial number 0 666 . YUP, 666 !!!!!!!!!

Ok .- heres the story , I got the empty national body on ebay a while ago ,
It’s a true 28 national , and is serial #0 666 I though “hummm” I gotta do something cool with this WITHOUT ALTERING THE ORIGINAL BODY .” so , I figured these plastic chrome skull Harley / rat rod tail light covers would look great in there and match the 666 theme . turns out they are a great fit and actually reso pretty good too.

I made the neck out of a 1x2 and a 2x2 , and it’s a thorough body . the thin fret board on-top is from a 1948 Gibson lap steel . scale is like 22 and a half .

EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE CAN BE UNDONE . and you will still have an original 1928 national tri-cone reso nickel plated silver . body .. un molested (except it looks like someone made a bit larger end pin hole (most likely for an end pin jack and pick up at one time . as many have done . ( it’s under belt tailpiece now ) . I didn’t even clean this body .

This is a cool one of a kind , 3 string , cigar box guitar type , LAP player as is . but you could also restore it to original .

THIS RECORDING IS ACCUSTIC .. JUST USING A COMPUTER MIC , NO EFFECTS NO AMP , NO ALTERATIONS OR EDITING .
Sorry folks these bodys aint cheap , so she’s goin on ebay .
Unless someone here makes an offer first . ;-) I won’t be listing it for a few days .
Hope ya like her ;-)

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Comment by the anonymous pick on January 1, 2015 at 12:48pm: taking offers or trades

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 31, 2014 at 6:31pm: goin on ebay soon

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 31, 2014 at 4:15am: yeah i was pleasantly surprised it sounded that good ,, even tho i was hoping it would .. lol.

Comment by Cause the Blue rat on December 30, 2014 at 10:51pm: When I read plastic I have to admit the fist thing I thought was 'it's not going to sound good". Nope, good to know I was wrong. The sound is as SWEET as the LOOK!

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 30, 2014 at 4:04am

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 29, 2014 at 6:00pm

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 29, 2014 at 3:30am: lol buggy -- hummm

Comment by the anonymous pick on December 29, 2014 at 3:29am: thanx guys . yup, can go back to original easy as pie .. with not a change . no extra screw holes or any glued in parts . all ya need is a screwdriver to remove everything . and free the unchanged body .

Comment by Uncle John on December 29, 2014 at 2:56am: Stand back!   Get away from Pick. Lighting is likely to strike him. He has desecrated a classic guitar! An heirloom!

Oh. Read the text.  He bought the body, only. 666.   He made that neck. The neck is my favorite part and it looks great and old enough to be original.   Man, it sounds good acoustic.   Wow. a National 3 string!   How cool is that?   And it could go back original if someone wanted to. Huh.

Okay, it's safe to hang close with Pick. I would love to take that thing for a test ride.

One of a kind and very cool. Great photos the guys have posted.

Good on yer, Pick.