National
Glenwood 99®
Valco Manufacturing Company was
a later version of the Dobro company formed by
the Dopyera Brothers. The company produced some
of the most intriguing and innovative guitars
ever made, as well as producing Dobro's earlier
models (take a look at the National
Resonator and the Dobro
Resophonic).
In
the 1950s Valco introduced a new innovation: a
group of electric guitar models with fibreglass
bodies.
These guitars were
produced in cool colours of seafoam green, fire-engine
red, and a variety of whites and blues.
The National Glenwood
99 was Valcro's top "Res-O-Glas"
guitars, as they were popularly known. Ths guitar's
body closely resembled the map of the United States
of America turned on it's side. Among others,
the guitar featured a floating pick guard, seven
control knobs, a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, with
fancy inlays of plstic and pearl. Besides this,
the National Glenwood 99 also had a miniature
"Silver Sound" pickup inside the
bridge.
