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| Specifications: |
| Cutaway. |
| Body width: 445 mm. |
| Body length: 530 mm. |
| Hand carved top & back. |
| Romanian spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Mahogany or walnut back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with double-bound f-holes. |
| 4-ply bound back. |
| Triple-bound pickguard. |
| Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Triple-bound headstock with perloid inlay. |
| Single-bound ebony fingerboard with perloid slashed block inlay. |
| Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. |
| Gold plated hardware. |
| Sunburst (2) or natural (2N) finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
| Also available with a |
| Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog). |
| Electro Wingtone pickup. |
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| Introduced: Circa November 1947 |
| as a replacement for Solist. |
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| Earliest known example: 193295 (1947) |
| 193296 (1947) |
| 200671 (1948) - (added pickup) |
| 207265 (1948) |
| 217056 (1949) |
| 273604 (1952) - (missing pickguard) |
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| Circa 1950: |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
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| 236354 (1950) |
| 239312 (1950) |
| 254805 (1951) - (refinished, repaired pickguard, later tuners) |
| 263380 (1951) |
| 275466 (1952) |
| 280031 (1952) - (added pickup, changed bridge) |
| 280107 (1952) |
| 2803xx (1952) - (added pickup, repro pickguard) |
| 295488 (1953) - (missing pickguard) |
| 296728 (1953) - (repro pickguard) |
| 300382 (1953) - (added pickup) |
| 314948 (1954) - (added pickup) |
| 318252 (1954) - (added pickup & pots, changed pickguard) |
| 332949 (1955) - (added pickup, changed bridge) |
| 343831 (1956) - (missing pickguard) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Adjustable truss rod. |
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| Latest known example: 353994 (1957) |
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