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1948 catalog 1957 catalog

Specifications: Non-cutaway. Body width: 445 mm. Body length: 530 mm. Hand carved spruce top. Walnut back & sides. 4-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. Single-bound back. Triple-bound pickguard. Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Single-bound headstock with pearloid inlay. Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid block inlay. Nickel plated hardware. Sunburst (4) or natural (4N) finish. Ten year warranty. Also available with a Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog). Electro Wingtone pickup (shown here with a Model 2 Solist pickguard). Introduced: ca 1947 Earliest known example: 195273 (1948) 204104 (1948) - (converted to cutaway, added pickups and controls, changed nut & tuners, later bridge) 229761 (1950) 242149 (1950) - (missing pickguard, De Luxe tailpiece, 4-ply back binding) ca 1950: Tuners with white plastic buttons. 235098 (1950) ca 1950: Large bridge thumbwheels. 3004xx (1953) Latest known non-cutaway example: 344811 (1956) ca 1956: Cutaway. Earliest known cutaway example: 353686 (1957) ca 1957: Modified inlay on headstock. Adjustable truss rod. Tuners with metal buttons. Changed tailpiece design. 360217 (1957) 361150 (1957) Latest known example: 366757 (1958)