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| Levin Model 5 Star |
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Specifications: Non-cutaway. Body width: 420 mm. Body length: 510 mm. Hand carved spruce top. Walnut or mahogany back & sides. Triple-bound top with unbound f-holes. Single-bound back. Single-bound pickguard. Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Single-bound headstock with pearloid inlay. Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid small block inlay. Nickel plated hardware. Sunburst (5) or natural (5N) 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: 194727 (1947) 196684 (1948) 228290 (1950) - (added electronics, changed pickguard & bridge) ca 1950: Tuners with white plastic buttons. ca 1950: Large bridge thumbwheels. 2448xx (1951) 267332 (1951) 3129xx (1954) Latest known non-cutaway example: 348075 (1956) ca 1956: Cutaway. Walnut back & sides. ca 1957: Adjustable truss rod. Tuners with metal buttons. Changed tailpiece design. Earliest known cutaway example: 357589 (1957) Latest known example: 357589 (1957) |