EDIT: The guitar I wanted to buy and needed money for was sold to someone else, so for the moment, I am keeping this National New Yorker. I will sell it when eventually though as I have two, so send me an MP if you are interested! 
Not one I want to sell, but I need money. I have two of these and one has to go. I don't want to sell this special guitar on eBay, so I offer it here for a good price:
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National New Yorker lap steel.
- Made in Chicago, USA in 1937 (serial number C92x).
- The rarest and in my opinion best sounding model with 3 pickups - 2 hidden under the fretboard! An incredible design - especially for the mid 1930s! It has a very warm sound - very mellow and acoustic-like.
- It is in very good condition - it seems to have spent most of its 71 years unplayed. Only some minor dings that can be expected from an old instrument. It has been well taken care of. A previous owned has put a decal with his/her initials "N.G." on the side of the guitar. This could easily be removed, but I chose to leave it as I think it's part of the history and character of this "belle vielle Dame".
- Rick Aiello - US pickup and magnet genius - has recharged the magnets on this guitar and improved its performance and sound further (louder and clearer). So this is an old lap steel that has been looked through by one of the best! (To do this, Rick had to cut the fretboard at the 12th fret - this is the only way to access the hidden pickups. Like Rick said: "These were not made to be worked on." I don't think the National company thought that people would need to open these lap steels 70 years later!
). I have two of these, and the other has the same separation at the 12th fret, but it seems to be factory original.
- The chicken-head pickup selector know is a replacement identical to the original. When I bought this guitar, it came with a white non-original volume knob - I found an original New Yorker black knob and replaced the white one. Everything else seems to be original 1937 on this guitar. The tuners work great.
- There are a few hairline cracks in the top cover around the screws, and a separation on the sides around the bridge pickup cavity. This is hardly noticeable, and not a structural problem at all, but should be mentioned in an honest sale advert. The separation in the narrow section of the cover around the bridge pickup has been the case on every 3-pickup New Yorker I have seen.
Anyway, I'll let this lap steel speak - or sing - for herself, so below are some video clips of and some photos of the "Old Beauty" (both recorded
before the magnets had their re-boost).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbYVtmIJBVE
(It's the 1937 3-pickup one in this clip - not the 1947 one with the brass fretboard. In this clip the non-original white volume knob is still on the guitar).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teNXIyye4VU
Some nice close-ups of the beautiful fretboard!
More new photos added in new posts below!
Anyway, this beautiful art deco instrument that is a joy to play, from 1937 (with tweed hard case - quite worn but it holds together and all latches work and the handle is intact - and an "amphenol" cable (Elderly sell replacements if needed and there are also adapters for standard cables) is priced as follows:
EDIT: Not for sale anymore at the moment, but I will eventually have to sell it, so send me an MP if your interested. Hurry up before I change my mind!
(This was the top National electric lap steel model - it cost more than twice as much as a Duolian in 1936-37, and more than a Style O - only the Tricones were more expensive!)
Fred
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), et bien j'aurais dis à Fred qu'il pouvait retirer son annonce tout de suite...