Used 2023 National M1 Tricone with figured maple construction in excellent+ condition and including its original hard-shell case. National went all-out with this one, with custom appointments including an extra-deep 4" body, a top-to-bottom sunburst finish (including coverplate), and full rope marquetry on the body and neck. This is an exceptional, dynamic resonator guitar with a velvety smooth low end and a rich, woody sustain to every note. The tricone design provides plenty of clean headroom and allows for seamless string balance at any volume. The comfortable one-piece flamed maple neck is a solid handful and sports a soft-V profile with medium shoulders and an ebony fretboard. This is a very lightly used instrument that has been well cared-for in the past few years, and shows very little playwear as a result. There is a tiny bit of wear on the bass side of the headstock, presumably a little nick from a pair of clippers during a string change, and little other wear to be found elsewhere in the finish. Frets are unworn at factory height.
- Year: 2023
- Top wood: Laminate flamed maple
- Back & Sides: Laminate maple back, solid flamed maple sides
- Neck/fingerboard: Flamed maple/ebony
- Binding: Rope marquetry — top, back, fretboard
- Inlays: Mother of pearl dot fingerboard position makers
- Nut width: 1.82"
- Scale length: 25-21/32"
- Tuning machines: National slothead tuning machines
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Tricone bridge w/brass tailpiece
