Are National Resos ‘out of fashion’?

[RJVB]

Hearing a National with nylon strings would be interesting indeed.

No, the piece of leather is not crucial to the sound I want from mine. I've added it only a few months ago when I started noticing that I pulled the cone off-centre, so I know very well how the instrument sounded before and after. That's all there needs to be said about this.

EDIT: I'll take your word on the Del Vecchios because it fits in with what I think I know about their national music styles. But that also makes it strange that the company now only makes steel-string resonators. At some point I did look into getting an old one to use with nylon strings, but that's clearly not in my budget.

[rockabilly69]

Originally Posted by RJVB

Hearing a National with nylon strings would be interesting indeed.

No, the piece of leather is not crucial to the sound I want from mine. I've added it only a few months ago when I started noticing that I pulled the cone off-centre, so I know very well how the instrument sounded before and after. That's all there needs to be said about this.

EDIT: I'll take your word on the Del Vecchios because it fits in with what I think I know about their national music styles. But that also makes it strange that the company now only makes steel-string resonators. At some point I did look into getting an old one to use with nylon strings, but that's clearly not in my budget.

The nylon strings should be here shortly. I'll test for cone movement too.