2014 National Reso-Phonic Polychrome Triolian Resonator Guitar

This recent, steel-bodied Triolian is here on consignment and it's in excellent shape, save just a little bit of really minor usewear here and there. It has the flat-cut f-holes and early-'30s styling, though in that modern NRP fashion of a thicker-gauge body. The finish is neat and while it's a good sunshine yellow overall, it does have some orange feathered-in details that give it some flair and, of course, a great sunset/palm trees stencil job on the back.

A local customer of mine bought-up several recent Nationals and realized, unfortunately, that he can't keep all of them. The slightly-narrower nut width of the others (14-fretters) suited his smaller hands better. This guy has the big, retro, 1 13/16" spacing -- so fingerpickers, rejoice!

I gave it a setup a couple years back and it's playing just like it was then -- bang-on and fast for fingerpicking or flatpicking -- not for slide. Someone with a light touch could get a bit of glass-slide going with it, but most traditional slide players would need me to swap the saddle out for something a hair taller.

Setup notes: the truss rod works, the neck is straight, the frets are essentially new (very, very minor wear), and string gauges are 54w-12 lights.

Scale length: 25"

Nut width: 1 13/16"

String spacing at nut: 1 5/8"

String spacing at bridge: 2 1/4"

Body length: 19 1/2"

Lower bout width: 14"

Side depth at endpin: 3" +arching

Body material: steel

Cone type: impressed "hot rod"

Fretboard: rosewood

Bridge: maple biscuit, maple saddle

Neck feel: medium-big C-shape, ~12" board radius

Neck wood: maple

Weight: 7 lb 13 oz

Condition notes: it's all-original, though I did compensate the saddle for better intonation during setup. There's only the most minor of wear here and there (a few small scratches on the knee-side edges and a tiny amount of playwear near the fretboard extension and at the coverplate), but they were pretty-much impossible to show in the photos.

It comes with: its original hard Nat'l case.