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Levin Model 18 Ideal
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1948 catalog

Specifications:

Non-cutaway.
Body width: 315 mm.
Body length: 460 mm.
Scale length: 630 mm.
Spruce top.
Flame birch back & sides.
Double-bound top.
Single-bound back.
Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound walnut fingerboard with pearl dot inlay.
Nickel plated tuners.
Natural finish.
One year warranty.

Introduced: ca 1947

Earliest known example: 195222 (1948)
203116 (1948)
222515 (1949) - (changed tuners)
Latest known example: 266550 (1951)