phonic guitars type private industry musical instruments predecessor national founded 1989 ; 27 years ago 1989 founder don young mcgregor gaines headquarters usa area served worldwide products resonator guitars owner eric smith website nationalguitars.com national reso phonic guitars is a manufacturer of resonator guitars and other resonator instruments including mandolins ukuleles and 12 string guitars . the company was formed in 1989 by don young and mcgregor gaines in a californian garage . they measured old resonator instruments of all makes and designs and produced reproductions under the national brand name and trade mark as originally used by the national string instrument corporation for the very first resonator instruments . since 1990 the factory has been located in san luis obispo california . their current production is over 1000 instruments per annum representing more than 50 different models . in addition to manufacturing new instruments they offer a repair service capable of restoring almost any vintage national guitar to original condition . in 2008 don young and eric smith an employee of the company since 1991 purchased mcgregor gaines interest in the company . in 2012 eric smith became a 50 % owner of national reso phonic guitars inc. then again in 2014 eric smith became sole owner after purchasing don s remaining interest in the company . sadly on wednesday june 15 2016 don young passed away in san luis obispo ca products edit national reso phonic guitars model range includes not only the tricone and biscuit mechanisms used on the original national instruments but also the inverted cone design used on the dobro . external links edit official website national resonator guitars an american tradition at the bob brozman official website this article about a musical instrument company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national reso phonic guitars & oldid 742084610 categories guitar manufacturing companiesmanufacturing companies based in californiacompanies established in 1989musical instrument company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 16 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view