About This Used National Guitar

1989 National Jazz Blues JB-1 w/ Lace Pickup #19

The National Jazz Blues model was built for a short time in the early days at National Resophonic. The design was very successful tonally and arguably the best sounding wood body available in the early 1990s.

It quickly evolved into other models; and became the Estralita, then later the Estralita Deluxe which remains the most popular wood body National over the past decade.

At 20 years old, the tone and volume on this superb instrument clearly equals or exceeds any of the 50 or 60 new ResoPhonic guitars we have in stock. It has very much the timbre and voice we hear in the Estralita Deluxe but a little fuller and louder than any of the new ones we have. This is most likely due to 20 years of playing on the cone as National biscuit cones do have a “break in” period of several hundred hours of playing before they reach their maximum bass response potential.

This guitar is in very good condition. You will find handling wear throughout but no cracks or repairs. A Lace Ultra Slim Pickup is installed for electric play. It is setup for normal play and ready to be jammed on! The case has light wear with some black marker on the top.