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| Specifications: |
| Cutaway. |
| Body width: 475 mm. |
| Body length: 555 mm. |
| Body depth: 85 mm. |
| Hand carved top & back. |
| Romanian spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Mahogany, walnut or flame maple back & sides. |
| 6-ply bound top with 4-ply bound f-holes. |
| 4-ply bound back. |
| 5-ply bound pickguard. |
| Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Triple-bound headstock with engraved perloid inlay. |
| Triple-bound ebony fingerboard with engraved perloid block inlay. |
| Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. |
| Gold plated hardware. |
| Sunburst (1) or natural (1N) finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
| Also available with a |
| Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog). |
| Electro Wingtone pickup |
| (shown here with a Model 2 Solist pickguard). |
|
| Introduced: Circa November 1947 |
| as a replacement for De Luxe. |
|
| Earliest known example: 193702 (1947) |
| 194399 (1947) - (repaired pickguard) |
| 194463 (1947) - (added pickup, later bridge) |
| 204096 (1948) - (added pickup) |
| 204097 (1948) |
| 204862 (1948) - (added pickup, changed bridge wheels) |
| 211016 (1949) - (added pickup, repaired pickguard) |
| 211368 (1949) |
| 2200xx (1949) |
| 220498 (1949) |
| 227889 (1950) - (repro pickguard) |
| 231953 (1950) - (later bridge) |
| 282907 (1952) - (added electronics) |
|
| Circa 1950: |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
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| 255011 (1951) |
| 258594 (1951) - (added pickups & switch, repro pickguard) |
| 258412 (1951) - (added pickup) |
| 258678 (1951) |
| 266289 (1951) |
| 266527 (1951) - (missing pickguard) |
| 266744 (1951) |
| 271225 (1951) |
| 273602 (1952) |
| 281432 (1952) |
| 291178 (1952) - (added pickup) |
| 313586 (1954) - (added pickups) |
| 318248 (1954) - (added pickup) |
| 324060 (1955) - (refinished, repro pickguard) |
| xxxxxx (Circa 1955) - (probably restored at the Levin factory in the 1960s) |
|
| Circa 1957: |
| Adjustable truss rod. |
|
| Latest known example: 367868 (1958) |
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