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1937 catalog 1940 catalog

Specifications: Non-cutaway. Body width: 440 mm. Body length: 530 mm. Body depth: 85 mm. Hand carved top & back. Romanian spruce top. Flame maple back & sides. 6-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. 4-ply bound back. 5-ply bound pickguard. Flame maple neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Triple-bound headstock with mother-of-pearl inlay. Triple-bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay. Fingerboard ends with a tip. Grover Sta-Tite tuners. Gold plated hardware. Sunburst finish. Ten year warranty. Introduced: ca 1937 Earliest known example: 113565 (1938) xxxxxx (1937-1939) - (owned by Fred Guy - played by Django) Latest known first version example: 113565 (1938) Redesigned ca 1940: Body width: 475 mm. Body length: 555 mm. 4-ply bound f-holes. Engraved inlay in headstock and fingerboard. Fingerboard ends straight. Slightly changed tailpiece design. Grover Sta-Tite or Grover Imperial tuners. Earliest known second version example: 127160 (1941) 129613 (1942) 129849 (1942) Latest known maple neck example: 1329xx (1942) ca 1942: Walnut or flame maple back & sides. Walnut neck. Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. xxxxxx (Early 1940s) - (refinished, repro pickguard) ca 1943: Perloid inlay in headstock and fingerboard. xxxxxx (Early 1940s) - (refinished, replated gold, repro pickguard, later bridge) 158270 (1945) - (refinished) 160963 (1945) - (repro pickguard) 161548 (1945) - (missing pickguard) 174974 (1946) - (refinished, repro pickguard, later bridge) 175204 (1946) - (oversprayed, repro pickguard) 186294 (1947) - (probably refinished natural, added pickup) 187627 (1947) - (added pickup, later bridge) Latest known example: 188253 (1947) - (repro pickguard, changed tuner bushings) ca November 1947: Replaced by Model 1 De Luxe.