1957 National Glenwood Deluxe 1105 Vintage Guitar Valco, Town & Country w/ohsc

Brand: National
;String Configuration: 6 String
;MPN: Does Not Apply
;Body Type: Solid
;Model: Glenwood Deluxe 1105
;Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
;Dexterity: Right-Handed
;Exact Year: 1957
;UPC: Does not apply

1957 National Glenwood Deluxe 1105 Vintage Guitar Valco, Town & Country w/ohsc

Up for sale, a 1957 National Glenwood Deluxe model 1105 in exceptional, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. The top of the line model offered by the Chicago based Valco company under their flagship brand National, the Glenwood Deluxe was clearly chasing the emerging C-Les-paul solidbody market in its heyday! Similar to National's Town & Country model of the era but boasting gold hardware and National's pearloid block and intersecting abalone diamond inlays, the Glenwood Deluxe is truly an elegant instrument, and one of the rarest guitars National ever produced. This instrument balances well on a strap and weighs in at 7lbs 4oz.
Tonally, the Glenwood has plenty to offer, with two of Valco's humbucker sized single coils with large ceramic magnets for a tone that has plenty of power and punch. The top end is glassy and clear, with a crisp attack and a unique midrange character that few other pickups possess. Valco was somewhat obsessed with having preset Volume and Tone controls on their high end models for each pickup position, and this Glenwood is no exception in that not only do the bridge/neck pickups have their own sets of knobs, but when both pickups are selected together, there's a third Volume/Tone set to govern that setting. This allows for the crafting of three very unique and targeted tones, from snappy twang to thick, meaty textures with the neck pickup selected (perfect for thickening up even the most buzzsaw of fuzz pedals). Professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar and strung with fresh 10-46 strings, this National has comfortable, low action and an undeniably cool look.
The neck features a very round and chunky profile with the hint of a soft V at the nut, filling out to a chunky C in the higher registers of the fretboard. The profile has a couple extremely faint hairline splits in the wood which are more akin to finish checking than anything structural, and the neck is particularly straight and reliable. The bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard retains the original slender fretwire which plays very well up the neck and shows only very faint wear on frets 1-3, with virtually no wear further up the board. The pearloid and abalone inlays are particularly striking, with a geometric Art Deco appeal. The scale length measures 24 3/4" and the original bone nut is 1 11/16" in width.
The headstock sports a sleek "stinger" on the black nitro lacquer back, along with a set of Kluson gold waffleback tuners with National's signature oversized pearloid tulip buttons. These tuners alone are some of the nicest and rarest ever used on any National model with an extremely smooth and reliable gear ratio, and it's worth noting that the waffleback gear housings are identical to those used on a C-Les-paul Custom of the era. There is light finish touchup near a couple of the gears as well. The National name and shield are inlayed in pearl into the polished mahogany veneer on the face of the headstock.
All of the electronics work as they should, with original paper in oil tone caps and untouched solder joints. The stock hardware includes the two tier black pickguard, floating Brazilian rosewood bridge with lightning bolt compensated saddle, black paddle rotary pickup selector switch, six original Dakaware Volume/Tone knobs, cream pickup surrounds and the original gold trapeze tailpiece. The bolt-on neck is ideally angled as well for ideal pickup height, as the tall cream pickup rings keep the height of the single coils otherwise fixed.
Cosmetically, this guitar is remarkably clean, with a natural finish that shows only light ambering of the clear coat and moderate finish checking, particularly across the lower bout. Much of the thin gold paint has worn off of the knobs, and the neck pickup ring has some light paint touchup on the plastic and a repair on both edges of the ring where the pickup mounts. Since the back of the guitar is a thin solid sheet of cream plastic, there are only a few minor scuffs on the durable back of the guitar, with a few scattered tiny nicks on the sides and face of the instrument as well. This remarkably clean and 100% original Glenwood has clearly been sparingly played and very well cared for over the decades!
The original Stone Case Co. hardshell case is included. This case is very similar to the Lifton cases that Cibson was offering with their C-Les-pauls, and the Stone case features a faux wood covering on the exterior (not too dissimilar from Liftons brown textured look), with a plush purple interior, working gold latches, and the stock handle.
Please check out our shop "Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar" on the web, and feel free to call us directly with any questions at 206.399.8518.

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1957 National Glenwood Deluxe 1105 Vintage Guitar Valco, Town & Country w/ohsc

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