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1948 catalog

Specifications: Cutaway. Body width: 445 mm. Body length: 530 mm. Hand carved top & back. Romanian spruce top. Mahogany or walnut back & sides. 4-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. 4-ply bound back. Triple-bound pickguard. Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Triple-bound headstock with perloid inlay. Single-bound ebony fingerboard with perloid slashed block inlay. Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. Gold plated hardware. Sunburst (2) or natural (2N) finish. Ten year warranty. Also available with a Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog). Electro Wingtone pickup. Introduced: ca November 1947 as a replacement for Solist. Earliest known example: 193296 (1947) 200671 (1948) - (added pickup) 207265 (1948) ca 1950: Large bridge thumbwheels. 254805 (1951) - (refinished, repaired pickguard, later tuners) 263380 (1951) - (repro pickguard) 275466 (1952) 280031 (1952) - (added pickup, changed bridge) 2803xx (1952) - (added pickup, repro pickguard) 314948 (1954) - (added pickup) 318252 (1954) - (added pickup & pots, changed pickguard) 332949 (1955) - (added pickup, changed bridge) 343831 (1956) - (missing pickguard) ca 1957: Adjustable truss rod. Latest known example: 353994 (1957)