Color of Felt on 1935 National Horseshoe Crab

Ivo Garza · Post by **Ivo Garza** » 9 Jul 2021 4:27 pm

Just got a 1935 National Electro Hawaiian. Cleaning it up a bit, removing a couple of broken wood screws and replacing with #3-48 screws and the correct tuners (thanks Jim Dulfer) Minimal felt is left and I will replace that. The felt is a camel brown. Does anyone know if that is the correct color, or was it another color that faded?

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 9 Jul 2021 5:57 pm

I've seen a number with brown felt that might have been original. So many of these have been re-felted that it's hard to tell anymore; often, you're just left with bits of yellowed glue. And, National being National, I wouldn't be surprised if they used whatever color was lying around.