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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 BUGGY (C) on December 28, 2014 at 8:33pm

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Comment by BUGGY (C) on December 28, 2014 at 8:03pm: "It is incorrect that playback speed of "Robert Johoson's CD" is. This song was recorded at speeds of 74~5 rpm, not 78rpm. So this song is Key of A, not Bb (B), and he had played this song by National Reso-Phonic guitar (tri-cone?), not Gibson."

Could it be one of the same????

Comment by BUGGY (C) on December 28, 2014 at 8:02pm: Aha read the text on this one... proof it may have been once owned by someone below?

now at correct speed....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snLe-f1g8IY