1933 National Style O Square Neck Lap Steel Resonator Guitar

RARE National Style O Model Square Neck Resophonic Guitar (1933) with transitional features: a 12 fret neck, "Rolled" F tone holes, "Chicken Feet" cover plate, nickel plated finish, brass body, maple neck with ebonized maple fingerboard This is an interesting late 1933 National Style O single-cone square neck resonator guitar with distinctive features! The "rolled-in" f-holes in the top were used only for a short time during this period. The 12-fret, rolled f-hole guitars like this are considerably rarer than the earlier "flat cut" or later 14-fret body variations. Less than 1,000 Style 0s made to this pattern in 1933-4. Even fewer also features the Art Deco styled “Chicken-Feet” cover plate, which was initially used only on the very last 12 fret 0s. Many players, including the late National scholar Bob Brozman, consider them the best-sounding of all single-cone Nationals. It should be emphasized that many (if not most) of the wood square neck National guitars have had their necks “shaved down” to round necks so they could be used for standard guitar styles. This, along with the introduction of the electric steel guitar around the time, created a steep drop-off in the manufacture of acoustic square necks. This guitar&12-fret brass body is adorned with whimsical sandblasted Hawaiian scenes, in variation as per the Brozman book. The shaded mahogany (I believe) square neck has a bound "ebonized" maple fingerboard and pearl dot inlay. In 1933, this guitar sold for $62.50...