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| Specifications: |
| Non-cutaway. |
| Body width: 440 mm. |
| Body length: 530 mm. |
| Hand carved top & back. |
| Romanian spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Flame maple back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with unbound f-holes. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Triple-bound pickguard. |
| Flame maple neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Single-bound headstock with mother-of-pearl music sharp sign inlay. |
| Single-bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay. |
| Fingerboard ends with a tip. |
| Grover Sta-Tite tuners. |
| Chrome plated hardware. |
| Sunburst finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1937 |
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| Circa 1938: |
| Single-bound f-holes. |
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| Earliest known example: 108451 (1938) |
| 113566 (1938) - (missing pickguard, cut off fingerboard tip, later bridge) |
| 116233 (1939) - (changed pickguard, changed bridge top) |
| 118451 (1939) - (changed tuners) |
| Latest known first version example: 121050 (1940) |
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| Redesigned Circa 1940: |
| Body width: 445 mm. |
| Single-bound f-holes. |
| 4-ply bound back. |
| Triple-bound non-scroll headstock with a changed inlay design. |
| Slashed block inlays in fingerboard. |
| Fingerboard ends straight. |
| Gold plated hardware. |
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| Earliest known second version example: 126030 (1941) |
| xxxxxx (early 1940s) - (added pickup) |
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| Circa 1942: |
| Walnut or flame maple back & sides. |
| Mahogany neck. |
| Rosewood fingerboard. |
| Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. |
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| 139156 (1943) - (repro pickguard and bracket) |
| 143660 (1944) - (missing pickguard) |
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| Circa 1944: |
| Perloid inlay in headstock and fingerboard. |
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| 153711 (1944) - (changed tailpiece, missing pickguard) |
| 1550xx (1945) - (changed pickguard) |
| 183192 (1946) |
| Latest known example: 190456 (1947) |
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| Circa November 1947: |
| Replaced by Model 2 Solist. |
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