1936 National Trojan - Guitar Story (#17) & Sounds - Vintage Resonator Guitar History

[@shelleyshaw-daly2233]

Thank you for this lovely tribute. The guitar turned out well after its rejuvenation. Sounds fabulous in your skilled hands. I hope it will be happy in its new home xx

[@TheWashboardResonators]

Thanks. It’s an incredible instrument. Dialled in by a world leader in these things. Couldn’t justify owning two of the same model otherwise it’d have stayed. Love it. Colin does too. He shared a pic of him in bed with it the night he got it!!

[@BadTemperJoe]

Great story! Amazing sound!

[@TheWashboardResonators]

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[@TomO.3678]

Hey Martyn. Thanks so much for the great demo. You have a very impressive collection of NATIONALs and are doing a tremendous job keeping THE BLUES alive! 😎✌️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻☘️🍀

[@TheWashboardResonators]

🎯🎼🎯

[@nationalduo4945]

Great Video Martyn 😎

[@TheWashboardResonators]

Thanks!! 🎯🎼🎯

[@anthonybrown2143]

Sounds brilliant will come and see you at a gig sometime thanks Tony

[@TheWashboardResonators]

🎼🎯🎼

[@petterpettersson4581]

👍👍👍👍👍thank you!

[@TheWashboardResonators]

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[@petterpettersson4581]

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[@andyt5559]

FAB STORY! Lovely guitar! OH, YOU STARTED PLAYING SLIDE,AS I WAS WRITING, IT SOUNDS AMAZING!!!

[@TheWashboardResonators]

🎯🎼🎯 Thanks!! 🎯🎼🎯

[@BillAltman]

Dude that is an amazing instrument!you always do them justice! (Lofi Appalachia here)

[@TheWashboardResonators]

🎼❤️🎼

[@stumblecol]

Another great video, he is a lucky man, the guy who is going to end up with that beauty

[@TheWashboardResonators]

Very! It’s a beaut.

[@richmiller_music]

Beautiful guitar

[@TheWashboardResonators]

Oh yeahhhh!!

[@MrDotneck]

Great guitar with a cool story behind it - thanks for sharing. Funny that you played a short segment of "Guitar Rag" at the end because Nov.2nd marked the 100th anniversary of Sylvester Weaver recording this tune, which is also the 100th anniversary of a black blues guitarist to be recorded for the first time and the first recording of bottleneck slide guitar as well. 🙂

[@TheWashboardResonators]

That’s true. Think it’s time to do a video on that centenary.

[@justinpaquette224]

I recently started using metal finger picks and I'm killing wound g strings super fast, like in a couple days if I play a bunch of hours finger style. Is there a way around this? Or is it just how it goes and I should just buy a ton of single g's? I'm currently using Martin 80/20 12-54 strings and brass national finger picks

[@TheWashboardResonators]

I use a plastic thumbpick and metal fingerpicks. Can get about 20-25 gigs out of a full set of strings on the guitar before the G gets ground flat or the frets ‘cut’ the string windings and kill the strings. Not sure beyond this what you’re doing to kill them so quick. I do turn my finger picks around a little so they make perpendicular contact with the string.

[@michaellorah9051]

I have a chance to buy a 1937 Trojan for $200. It looks really nice in the pictures, hopefully it's as nice in person.

[@TheWashboardResonators]

Absolute bargain. I’d give you 4x that regardless for condition!

[@mudball47]

You start talking in a good loud voice, but by the end of the sentence you can't be heard.

[@TheWashboardResonators]

Dayum.