1930s National Rosita Resonator Tenor Guitar

I wish I had been able to snag a video because this National Rosita tenor sounds terrific. It was brought-in by a local customer and, as-is, it had a giant bolt through the heel (which had split the heel in half), a desperate need for a neck reset, the top ply of the body laminations had come up around every edge and needed regluing, the frets needed leveling and dressing, the blocking under the soundwell was completely loose, the cone needed better seating and the saddle needed replacing, and the coverplate needed a hair of modification as well. It was a giant mess!

Post-repairs it's humming beautifully, plays spot-on (and the owner requested standard CGDA tuning which was fun, too), and has "rugged but beautiful" instead of "trashcan and neglected" looks. It has an (apparently useless for dating) 2000s serial number but I expect this was made mid-'30s, no? The body is Harmony-made and the neck looks like a Harmony neck but it does in fact have a nice, tall, steel reinforcement rod in it.