National Reso Phonic

Tom Dougherty · Post by **Tom Dougherty** » 13 Jul 2023 8:46 am

I have a National Reso Phonic at my store, s/n T 1098 in good condition. No pick up. Any thoughts on a value??

Allan Revich · Post by **Allan Revich** » 13 Jul 2023 9:24 am

Tom Dougherty wrote:I have a National Reso Phonic at my store, s/n T 1098 in good condition. No pick up. Any thoughts on a value??

Without photos and more details it is very difficult to estimate a value..

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 13 Jul 2023 9:33 am

Perhaps you could post a photo of the guitar and/or a model #. There are many styles of National guitars. It would be hard to place any idea of value without further information.

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 13 Jul 2023 12:09 pm

Based on the post-War serial, we must be talking about these:

There might be some small difference in value depending on round vs square neck, though I assume we're talking about the 1033 Hawaiian on this forum. FYI, they never came with pickups.

Tom Dougherty · Post by **Tom Dougherty** » 13 Jul 2023 12:22 pm

Noah, that's it , exactly, the one on the left. Any thoughts on a value???

Bill Sinclair · Post by **Bill Sinclair** » 13 Jul 2023 12:58 pm

I sold a pretty nice one on Reverb.com 4 years ago for $900. I was happy to get that and the buyer was equally happy. More recent actual sales on Reverb range from $1100-$1600. The ones currently for sale on that sight are quite a bit overpriced, in my opinion, at $1800-$2000.

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 13 Jul 2023 1:16 pm

The one on the left is the Spanish version. It typically goes for a little more than the Hawaiian version just because there are more people that play Spanish guitar.

Reverb does not post what anything has sold for; the only prices that remain listed are asking prices (assuming there's the option to make an order).

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