It's all about the sound and the feel, right? So new or old shouldn't make no nevvermind, as long as you love how it sounds and feels when you play it. Now me? I'd love to have one of those old steel-bodied Nationals, just because I love the way they sound. (Of course, I'd have to learn to actually PLAY the guitar first ... not just plunk meaningfully.) The first time I heard one was about 15 years ago at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in Colorado and I heard one through a crowd and walked right to it as if it were calling out to me. What a yummy sound.

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