National Reso-Phonic Delphi
Overview
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Product:
- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1990 to 2009
The National Reso-phonic DELPHI (available since the 1990s up until around 2009) was a traditionally shaped steelbody single-cone resonator guitar with a mahogany neck, ivoroid bound rosewood fretboard and slotted headstock with open gear 3-on-a-plate tuners. The body and coverplate had a baked "wrinkle" finish in Taupe, Volcanic Ash, Dark Blue, Copper, Black, and Dark Green. This model was available in a squareneck configuration. Also available were Vintage Steel Delphi - with satin nickel plating instead of the powder coated wrinkle finish and a Vintage Steel Delphi Deluxe - with fancier inlays and headstock overlay.
Specifications (16)
General
| Finish effects | powder coated finish |
| Configuration | Square neck configuration, round neck configuration, single resonator |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 12th fret |
| Headstock inlays or logos | pearl headstock inlay/logo |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 19 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | slotted (open) headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Body
| Body material | steel body |
| Hollow body | hollow body |
| Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Hardware
| Bridge | biscuit bridge |
| Hardware color | nickel hardware |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | diamond fingerboard position markers |
Prices (3)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | kr8000 | excellent | ||
| 2004 | $1700 | excellent | Barry | |
| 2006 | $2500 | good | It’s a keeper |