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1940 catalog

Specifications: Non-cutaway. Body width: 420 mm. Body length: 510 mm. Hand carved top & back. Romanian spruce top. Flame maple back & sides. 4-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. Single-bound back. Triple-bound pickguard. Flame maple neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Triple-bound headstock with mother-of-pearl music sharp sign inlay. Single-bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay. Grover Sta-Tite tuners. Gold plated hardware. Sunburst finish. Ten year warranty. Introduced: ca 1940 Earliest known example: 122297 (1940) - (refinished natural, changed tuners, repro pickguard) 127283 (1941) - (added pickup & controls) 132068 (1942) - (changed tuners, missing pickguard, added strap button) Latest known maple neck example: 134277 (1942) ca 1942: Mahogany or flame maple back & sides. Walnut neck. Rosewood fingerboard. Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. ca 1943: Perloid inlay in headstock and fingerboard. Earliest known walnut neck example: 137260 (1943) 153643 (1944) 155156 (1945) - (restored by Kuno Holmberg) 167879 (1946) - (repro pickguard) 168396 (1946) - (missing pickguard) 171196 (1946) - (added pickup, repro pickguard) Latest known example: 172109 (1946) ca November 1947: Replaced by Model 3 Royal.