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Apart from the Tricone models, vintage Nationals with square necks are relatively scarce guitars. Most single-cone instruments that National made in the 1930s were equipped with round necks and a Spanish-style set up. In 25 years we’ve had a square-neck Duolian, and now this square-neck Style O come through the store, but no other square neck Nationals that weren’t tricones.

This 1936 National Style O Square Neck features the same 14 fret brass body and chicken-foot coverplate as the round-neck version that so famously emblazoned the cover of Brothers in Arms by the Dire Straits. The only difference between Knopfler’s Style O and this one is the shape of the neck.

In excellent condition, this 90 year old National has survived beautifully with only a replaced biscuit to show for it. The original biscuit was removed as the saddle was too low for sufficient break angle; it’s in the case pocket now. The original cone remains in very good condition and it sounds great.

Square mahogany neck with bound ebony fretboard, paddle-style headstock with engraved National logo, original National/Waverly strip tuners. Set up with a nut riser and open G tuning.

With non-original hardshell case.

1936 National Style O Square Neck vintage nickel resonator guitar

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The National Reso-Phonic Triolian Steel is a recreation of the company’s first Polychrome Yellow steel-bodied Triolian model built in the early 1930s. Like those originals, the new Triolian features a Hawaiian sunset theme on the instrument’s back, baked yellow finish, a 12 fret body with f-holes, and an Ivoroid-bound fretboard. We’ve ordered ours with a 30’s style National Shield logo, which really completes the vintage-look well.

The classic Blues guitar, the National Triolian Steel 12-fret models are plenty loud, and can be as brash or as pretty as you’d like, depending entirely on the players right hand attack. Set up for hybrid slide/fingerstyle playing this model comes from the factory with slightly higher action at the nut, but can easily be adjusted for standard (no slide) playing.

V-carved neck with 1-3/4” nut width, 25” scale, 2-5/16” string spread at the bridge. The 1st fret neck depth is .943”.

With National hardshell case.

National Triolian Steel Polychrome resonator guitar

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This 14 fret Brazilian rosewood Size 0 flat top built by Pre-War Guitars was imported into Canada – with full CITES permits – by us a few years ago. The guitar remains in perfect condition and shows very little playwear. It was built with level 1 aging, and presents as new-old-stock, with gently crazed finish and only the slightest mechanical wear. Set up with 12s and low fingerstyle action, the Pre-War 0 Brazilian is the perfect recreation of the 1930s Martin that never was: a 14 fret 0-28.

CITES Brazilian rosewood back and sides, Adirondack red spruce top with scalloped bracing, 30’s neck design, with soft V carve, 1-3/4” nut width, 2-5/16” string spread at the bridge, and 24.9” scale. Bone nut and saddle, Waverly tuning machines, mid-sheen lacquer finish. The neck depth at the 1st fret measures .878”

Like all Pre-War guitars, this rosewood 0-sized beauty has a dark, smoky, old voice and sounds much older than it is. It’s responsive, and offers a string balance that favours its upper mids and trebles, and fills the low register with an articulate and clean bass that is disproportionate to the size of the guitar.

With original hardshell case and CITES import documentation.

Backstrip of 2020 PreWar Single-0 acoustic guitar with Brazilian rosewood

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The RainSong Black Ice BI-WS1000NZ is a 15-3/4” wide full-depth cutaway acoustic that’s entirely constructed of graphite and thereby immune to the destructive forces expansion and contraction bring to wooden guitars. Perfect for travel to humid, arid, hot, or cold places, the RainSong’s set-up and playability are unaffected by the weather and humidity extremes that would ruin a conventional guitar.

This example is in excellent condition and shows only slight playwear to the back’s finish and a nick to the back of the headstock. The frets are largely unworn and the setup is excellent.

The neck has a comfortably rounded D carve, 1-11/16” nut, first fret depth of .852”, and a 25.4” scale. String spread at the saddle is 2-5/16”.

The Black Ice has a unique tone that is impossible to speak of in wooden guitar terms. The top is layered graphite and made without bracing, so resonance is created in a very different way. The guitar has a dark voice with mid-range response that peaks at certain frequencies more than others. There is plenty of harmonic development as well. String balance is quite even, and the guitar responds best to a light to medium attack.

With original case.

2020 RainSong BI-WS1000N2 carbon fibre acoustic guitar

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An exquisitely customized Santa Cruz D12 twelve fret Dreadnought featuring a master-grade bearclaw-figured Italian spruce top with Adirondack spruce bracing and hide-glue assembly, highly figured flamed maple back, sides and neck; Herringbone and ivoroid accents and a full-sunburst, full-gloss lacquer finish. It’s a glorious guitar, with tone and feel to match its great looks.

Santa Cruz builds their 12 fret dreadnoughts with an ear towards string balance, fundamental presence and clarity, and a bass-end response that doesn’t absorb all of the guitar’s energy at the cost of mid-range and treble power. Anyone who appreciates a big-bodied guitar that offers balance, power, and huge headroom along with the warmth and bass response of a typical D would be remiss not to try this guitar out. It’s a remarkable sounding machine that offers flatpickers everything they want, but also offers the warmth and overtone richness demanded by fingerstyle players.

Beyond the red spruce scalloped bracing and hide-glue construction, this Santa Cruz D-12 is built with a slightly thinner body with a depth of 4-3/8” at the endpin and a 1” taper, and a soundhole diameter that’s increased to 4-1/4”. These are two of the less obvious secrets to this guitar’s incredible tone.

The two-piece bookmatched maple neck has a wonderfully comfortable rounded C-carve of medium depth and a nutwidth of 1-3/4”. First fret neck thickness measures .854”, and thickness at the 9th fret is .955”. The scale is 25.4” and the string spread at the bridge is 2-3/16. All those numbers add up to a neck that feels nothing like most 12-fretters out there. It’s much more of a Gibson-like rounded carve with a nicely rolled fretboard edge. The closest-feeling neck to this one would be a ’29 to ’32 L-00 / L2 / Nick Lucas variant with a full-thickness fretboard. The ivoroid-bound ebony fingerboard is dressed up with slotted diamond inlays, and the ivoroid-bound ebony headstock overlay features a pearl SCGC logo. Schaller open-geared tuners and a properly-adjusted bone nut offer smooth and predicable tuning. The guitar is set up with 12’s and standard 5-6 64ths action. It remains in excellent condition with very little playwear.

With original Ameritage hardshell case

2022 Santa Cruz D12 Custom acoustic guitar

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The ever-popular Taylor 150ce is a great option for those looking for an affordable and player-friendly 12 string. ES2 pickup system with under-saddle piezo ribbon, ES preamp, and on-board volume, bass, and treble controls.

Solid Sitka spruce top with scalloped bracing ensures the Taylor 150ce guitar has “That Taylor Sound,” while simple appointments, laminate back and sides, and a padded gig-bag keep the price down.

Sustainable ebony fretboard, bridge and headstock overlay; layered sapele back and sides. Tusq nut, micarta saddle, thin-profile neck, and 1-7/8” nut. Black binding and pickguard, acrylic dot inlays, thin matte finish.

With high-quality structured gigbag

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New Taylor 150ce 12 string guitar

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The Taylor 212ce is a home run of a guitar, with its torrefied Sitka spruce top, X bracing, layered mahogany back and sides, classic timeless appointments, ES2 electronics, 24-7/8” scale, and a fabulously comfortable neck carve. It sounds great, plays easily, looks just right and doesn’t cost a whole lot. Can’t ask for much more. We’re particularly excited to be able to offer a Grand Concert-sized 200-series Taylor.

The Taylor 212ce comes with a gigbag.

Taylor 212ce acoustic guitar

Folkway Music is a different kind of guitar store. Owing largely to the fact that its owner, Mark Stutman, has a relentless obsession for quality in every aspect of the store.  Consequently, Folkway Music is wholeheartedly committed to offering our clients the absolute best. Our instrument quality and genuine care for our customer’s experience are unrivalled.  Have a look at our client testimonials, they say it better than we can, without a doubt!

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