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| Specifications: |
| Non-cutaway. |
| Body width: 420 mm. |
| Body length: 510 mm. |
| Hand carved spruce top. |
| Walnut or mahogany back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with unbound f-holes. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Single-bound pickguard. |
| Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Single-bound headstock with pearloid inlay. |
| Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid small block inlay. |
| Nickel plated hardware. |
| Sunburst (5) or natural (5N) 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: 190617 (1947) |
| 196684 (1948) |
| 228290 (1950) - (added electronics, changed pickguard & bridge) |
| 241941 (1950) |
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| Circa 1950: |
| Tuners with white plastic buttons. |
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| Circa 1950: |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
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| 2448xx (1951) |
| 267332 (1951) |
| 278638 (1952) |
| 3129xx (1954) |
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| Circa 1954: |
| Cutaway. |
| Walnut back & sides. |
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| Earliest known cutaway example: |
| 318540 (1954) |
| 339144 (1956) |
| Latest known non-cutaway example: 348075 (1956) - (Model 4 Orchestra headstock inlay) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Adjustable truss rod. |
| Single-bound f-holes. |
| Tuners with metal buttons. |
| Changed tailpiece design. |
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| Latest known example: 357589 (1957) |
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