metal resonator guitar

[Derrell Reagan]

does anyone know where i can get a metal resonator guitar.
I could buy a new one but I would rather find an old one if i can. my email is jumpstart9999@gmail.com. thanks

[Dave Mudgett]

That's a pretty wide request. National steel guitar vs. Dobro (they did make some) vs other old ones, square-neck vs. round-neck, single-cone, tri-cone, various models, what do you want to play on it, and on and on. If you have something specific in mind, might want to hone that down and put it in Wanted to Buy.

Right now, reverb has 529 distinct listings under National Resonator Guitar, not all of them resonator guitars. Ebay has a bunch. Lots of dealers get them in periodically - they're all over the place, but you gotta look, and pricing is generally pretty salty on the old ones in good condition.

I recently picked up a more recent National Resonator Co. round-neck National Style O on this forum. I've had a bunch of old Nationals over the last 40 years, and this blows them all away, to my tastes - great tone and much more playable. Just my opinion.

[Glenn Wilde]

Texas, contact Republic guitars. Very satisfying instruments, i own two, not real expensive.

[David Ball]

+1 on the Republics. I have a couple as well, and they're good instruments for the money. They're not on the same level as the old Nationals or the new National Resophonics (I've had many old Nationals and a couple of National Resophonics), but they're a great value I think.

Dave

[Erv Niehaus]

I have a Republic metal tri-cone that I like.
Erv

[Jim Bates]

Try Elderly Instruments and also Musician's Friend catalogs (both online).

Thanx,
Jim