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| Specifications: |
| Non-cutaway. |
| Body width: 440 mm. |
| Body length: 530 mm. |
| Body depth: 85 mm. |
| Hand carved top & back. |
| Romanian spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Flame maple back & sides. |
| 6-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. |
| 4-ply bound back. |
| 5-ply bound pickguard. |
| Flame maple neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Triple-bound headstock with mother-of-pearl inlay. |
| Triple-bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay. |
| Fingerboard ends with a tip. |
| Grover Sta-Tite tuners. |
| Gold plated hardware. |
| Sunburst finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1937 |
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| Earliest known example: 113565 (1938) |
| xxxxxx (1937-1939) - (owned by Fred Guy - played by Django) |
| Latest known first version example: 116547 (1939) |
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| Redesigned Circa 1940: |
| Body width: 475 mm. |
| Body length: 555 mm. |
| 4-ply bound f-holes. |
| Engraved inlay in headstock and fingerboard. |
| Fingerboard ends straight. |
| Slightly changed tailpiece design. |
| Grover Sta-Tite or Grover Imperial tuners. |
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| Earliest known second version example: 127160 (1941) |
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| Circa 1942: |
| Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. |
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| xxxxxx (Circa 1942) |
| xxxxxx (Circa 1942) |
| 129613 (1942) |
| 129849 (1942) |
| Latest known maple neck example: 133203 or 133703 (1942) |
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| Circa 1942: |
| Walnut or flame maple back & sides. |
| Mahogany neck. |
| Oval tuner buttons. |
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| xxxxxx (Early 1940s) - (refinished, repro pickguard) |
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| Circa 1943: |
| Perloid inlay in headstock and fingerboard. |
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| xxxxxx (Early 1940s) - (refinished, replated gold, repro pickguard, later bridge) |
| 157244 (1945) |
| 158270 (1945) - (refinished) |
| 160940 (1945) - (converted to cutaway) |
| 160963 (1945) - (repro pickguard) |
| 161548 (1945) - (missing pickguard) |
| 173615 (1946) - (replaced pickguard, added pickup) |
| 180964 (1946) |
| 188253 (1947) - (repro pickguard, changed tuner bushings) |
| Latest known example: 189206 or 189208 (1947) |
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| Circa November 1947: |
| Replaced by Model 1 De Luxe. |
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