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This probably has no bearing on the current thread, but I have a very nice guitar that is branded "Great Divide" that was made by TOH and imported from the Far East somewhere.

Just to cap this off. I went with the standard, old style, sheet metal tailpiece as a temporary (maybe permanent) replacement. I had to do some minor "fitting" to shape it to the curve of the...

mrmando: Thanks for the response. The electronics are a mess, and need to be rebuild. I have all the pieces, but thought I would let the buyer decide if they want them installed, or not. That's...

I have a low end Eastman (305), and a 1919 Gibson A1. They sound and play very differently, but I love them both!

As some of you may be aware I recently worked on a 1935-1936 National tenor resonator guitar. It was in sad shape when I got it. I'll post some before and after pics.

Mainly, the work I did was...

Dave, There is great shopping here. Convince her to drive you down. Hope you end up making it here. If you do, reach out to me and we will try to get together and play some music. My wife and I...

Charles. Thanks! It worked out pretty well. The best part was all the things that I learned in the process. I am really enjoying working on instruments.

Thanks Charles. I'm not sure that I want to spend quite that much on a 305. I do understand that I can always move it to another mando when the time comes. I do like a couple of the Allens. I may...

Well, I fell victim to the common tailpiece failure, a hook broke off, on my Eastman 305 with the cast tailpiece. The Mandolin Store is getting me a replacement (thanks guys!), but it looks like it...

Well, Here it is, mostly finished. I painted it a hammer tone silver to help disguise the minor rust pitting. That seemed to work out okay, but not as good as I had hoped. The neck reset was not...

I have had really good luck getting string information by calling GHS.

Charles, Not sure what I'm going to do with the neck. I was thinking about doing a basic heat press with the fretboard still attached. Why do you think that extra strip would be a problem? I just...

Tucker, Thanks. It sounds pretty good, but I never got it up to pitch. When it is done, there is no reason that it shouldn't sound as good as new.

Journeybear, I could only find a 1936-7...

Well, the news isn't good. I put some old strings on it and tensioned them to maybe 80-90% (they were really old). The action at that tension is about 12/64ths which is "just a bit too high". HA...

I have started to work on it some. My wife cleaned to old brown paint that someone had applied to the resonator cover, as well as the body off of the resonator cover. It looks like it was...

Buy a deer antler saddle from Rosa String works. I don't think it would ever sag. Might even improve the tone, but YMMV.

ProfChris. Thanks for the link on the neck reset. The process is pretty much what I expected, but the article took all of the mystery out of it and made me pretty confident that I can reset the...

Charley, Thanks. I found a site at www.notecannons.com that had a National catalog from 1936-1937 that showed this exact guitar. That's close enough for me. This site was linked at...

Anyone have a guess as to what year this was made? The headstock design seems unique in that I can't find any pictures of either tenor or 6-strings with this headstock. I have taken a quick look...

I just looked at some pictures on line and it seems that the strip under the fretboard is original. Does anyone know why?

Charley, no, thank god they didn't cut a hole in the top for the pickup. It is held on with two small screws. I intend to remove it, the adjustment knobs, and the jack. My first thought is to weld...

Last night one of the members of a band that I manage gifted me a National Tenor Resonator guitar. It needs some work, but is basically all there. From what little research I have been able to do,...

That is a very nice mandolin. It would be a "keeper" if it was mine.

Richard

Try Richie Dotson at Acoustic Box (acousticbox.com). He is a well respected master luthier.

Reach out to OME and ask. I know the business is for sale, but they might still be around to answer your question.