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Topic: National (Valco) 8 string steel - what year? |
Eric OHara
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Port Kent, NY
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 10:12 am |
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Hi all, anyone have a guesstimate on the year of this guitar? Thanks. Eric
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Noah Miller
From:
Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 10:20 am
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| Console Eight, model 1008. Only documented in the 1959 catalog but was probably built a year or so either side of that. There should be a metal tag on the back with a datable serial number. |
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Eric OHara
From:
Port Kent, NY
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 11:38 am
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Many thanks Noah. After I read your reply it clicked right off - serial number! I checked the tables and they put this as a 1960. Guitar is in amazing shape and sounds like a guitar from that era should. Thanks again. Eric
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GFI S-10 Ultra (GFI II pickup)
Sho-Bud Super Pro (wood necks) w/BL Pickups
RQ Jones Retrofit
Beard Decophonic 57/ Fishman JD preamp
Goodrich 6122-R
Walrus Slotva Reverb, JHS Thunderbolt, ZVEX fuzz factory
Evans JE-200, RE-150
Peavey Nashville 112, 400
Keal Cases |
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Jeff Bell
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 11:39 am
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| My 1960 Supro has that case, if that's any indication. Minus the section for the legs... |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 12:07 pm
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| Beautiful steel! It looks a lot like my 1964 Supro Jet Airliner — same, shape,fretboard, legs and case. |
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Eric OHara
From:
Port Kent, NY
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 3:59 pm
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It sounds as good as it looks. Old guitar - good ole sound!
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GFI S-10 Ultra (GFI II pickup)
Sho-Bud Super Pro (wood necks) w/BL Pickups
RQ Jones Retrofit
Beard Decophonic 57/ Fishman JD preamp
Goodrich 6122-R
Walrus Slotva Reverb, JHS Thunderbolt, ZVEX fuzz factory
Evans JE-200, RE-150
Peavey Nashville 112, 400
Keal Cases |
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Glenn Wilde
From:
California, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2022 7:48 pm
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| I like that! |
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D Schubert
From:
Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 24 Aug 2022 5:00 am
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| I have a black Supro cousin from the Valco/Chicago factory with the same body shape, fingerboard design, legs, pickup -- previous owner told me it was from 1958. Your National appears to have keystone (Gibson-style) tuners rather than round-button tuners. |
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K Maul
From:
Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 24 Aug 2022 5:02 am
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Man, Eric! You could go full Freddie Roulette with that thing.
I had a double 8 many years ago but it was SO heavy. Always wanted a single like that. Always saw black&white ones, never albino like yours.
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Eric OHara
From:
Port Kent, NY
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Posted 28 Aug 2022 6:35 am
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Hi Kevin, the pickup in the guitar is in perfect shape and sounds great. Through a tube or solid state amp it sounds equally well. I did a quick search online and couldn’t find one. Hope all is well. EO
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GFI S-10 Ultra (GFI II pickup)
Sho-Bud Super Pro (wood necks) w/BL Pickups
RQ Jones Retrofit
Beard Decophonic 57/ Fishman JD preamp
Goodrich 6122-R
Walrus Slotva Reverb, JHS Thunderbolt, ZVEX fuzz factory
Evans JE-200, RE-150
Peavey Nashville 112, 400
Keal Cases |
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