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1948 catalog 1957 catalog

Specifications: Non-cutaway. Body width: 420 mm. Body length: 510 mm. Hand carved spruce top. Walnut or mahogany back & sides. Single-bound top with unbound f-holes. Single-bound back. Unbound pickguard. Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Unbound headstock with pearloid inlay. Unbound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. Nickel plated hardware. Sunburst 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: 190511 (1947) ca 1950: Large bridge thumbwheels. 250174 (1951) - (added pickup) 277352 (1952) 2814xx (1952) - (missing pickguard, changed tailpiece) 304014 (1954) - (missing pickguard) Latest known non-cutaway example: 330094 (1955) 341938 (1956) ca 1956: Cutaway. Walnut back & sides. Earliest known cutaway example: 344821 (1956) - (repro pickguard) 352132 (1957) - (repro pickguard) ca 1957: Adjustable truss rod. Changed tailpiece design. Latest known example: 361190 (1957)