Guitars, stringed instruments, amplifiers and more. Buy, Sell, Auction, Value & Consign rare and collectible musical instruments; including guitars from Fender and Gibson, stringed instruments, wind instruments and more. 1st Year Production 1959! You are looking at a really cool guitar. This is a 1959 Airline Town & Country. The serial number plate as used on all Valco-made National guitars from 1940 to 1964. This 'X' serial number designates this as 1956. Serial Number Plates 1940-1964. Beginning in 1940, National/Valco serial numbers were on a small oblong metal plate (brass or aluminum). This plate was tacked to the back of the neck with two small brass nails.
Gruhn's guide to vintage guitars: an identification guide for American fretted instruments User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. The market for vintage American guitars, basses, amplifiers, banjos, ukuleles, and other fretted instruments has exploded in the last decade.
Airline Guitars Serial Numbers 126049
This guitar is just so beautiful! Tell you what I think: I think that I am just sold to my beloved Eastwood Classic 4 red pet (yes: it is red to my eyes, not orange as ordered, but I love it even more!). Now, if you would just replicate the Coronado bass in both versions: 1 pickup and 2 pickup (deluxe model) it would be bass heaven! In addition, a humble suggestion for something that none yet builds and none ever thought of: a cross between a guitar and a real bass (not the usual 6 strings baritone guitar): a 5 string bass (335 style or 175 style), 28″ scale, 15 mm spacing, tuned EADGC. It would be a blast!!!
Serial Numbers Hack
Keep up the good work 🙂 (Ciao from Italy!).