Danged recent thread on the RM1 has me looking at 'em...and the cosmetics seem to vary. Did National issue different models or different levels of trim? Some are plain-jane (sorry, Jane!) all maple, some figured maple, some maple (plain and/or figured) with a walnut back. Some have a bound fretboard, some unbound. The headstock has the widest variables: some un-veneered with a tacked on metal emblem, some with a veneer (wood? plastic?) with an emblem, some (most recent catalog) with a veneer having some sort of "deco" decorative treatment, a white border around it's edge and a truss rod cover.
Is anyone here on top of these variables...whether they are options, or just catalog changes through the years, when these changes occurred? I reckon it could be said that I am a "fancy" kind of fella as concerns my tastes in an instrument's trim (plain maple, unbound fretboards and unadorned headstocks cause me to yawn) and thus curious, are the plain ones valued lower or just from certain catalog years? Thanks for indulging me...
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