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| Specifications: |
| Non-cutaway. |
| Body width: 445 mm. |
| Body length: 530 mm. |
| Hand carved spruce top. |
| Walnut back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Triple-bound pickguard. |
| Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Single-bound headstock with pearloid inlay. |
| Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid block inlay. |
| Nickel plated hardware. |
| Sunburst (4) or natural (4N) finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
| Also available with a |
| Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog). |
| Electro Wingtone pickup |
| (shown here with a Model 2 Solist pickguard). |
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| Introduced: Circa 1947 |
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| Earliest known example: 192699 (1947) |
| 200307 (1948) |
| 204104 (1948) - (converted to cutaway, added pickups and controls, changed nut & tuners, later bridge) |
| 229761 (1950) |
| 242149 (1950) - (missing pickguard, De Luxe tailpiece, 4-ply back binding) |
| 235098 (1950) |
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| Circa 1950: |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
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| 258720 (1951) |
| 262050 (1951) |
| 281250 (1952) |
| 3004xx (1953) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Cutaway. |
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| Earliest known cutaway example: 323588 (1955) |
| Latest known non-cutaway example: 344811 (1956) |
| 347042 (1956) |
| 353676 (1957) |
| 353686 (1957) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Modified inlay on headstock. |
| Adjustable truss rod. |
| Tuners with metal buttons. |
| Changed tailpiece design. |
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| 360217 (1957) |
| 361150 (1957) |
| Latest known example: 366757 (1958) |
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