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| Levin Solist |
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Specifications: Non-cutaway. Body width: 440 mm. Body length: 530 mm. Hand carved top & back. Romanian spruce top. Flame maple back & sides. 4-ply bound top with unbound f-holes. Single-bound back. Triple-bound pickguard. Flame maple neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Single-bound headstock with mother-of-pearl music sharp sign inlay. Single-bound ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay. Fingerboard ends with a tip. Grover Sta-Tite tuners. Chrome plated hardware. Sunburst finish. Ten year warranty. Introduced: ca 1937 ca 1938: Single-bound f-holes. Earliest known example: 108451 (1938) 113566 (1938) - (missing pickguard, cut off fingerboard tip, later bridge) 116233 (1939) - (changed pickguard, changed bridge top) 118451 (1939) - (changed tuners) 119865 (1940) Latest known first version example: 121050 (1940) Redesigned ca 1940: Body width: 445 mm. Single-bound f-holes. 4-ply bound back. Triple-bound non-scroll headstock with a changed inlay design. Slashed block inlays in fingerboard. Fingerboard ends straight. Gold plated hardware. Earliest known second version example: 126030 (1941) xxxxxx (early 1940s) - (added pickup) ca 1942: Walnut or flame maple back & sides. Walnut neck. Rosewood fingerboard. Grover Sta-Tite style tuners. 139156 (1943) - (repro pickguard and bracket) 143660 (1944) - (missing pickguard) ca 1944: Perloid inlay in headstock and fingerboard. 153711 (1944) - (changed tailpiece, missing pickguard) 1550xx (1945) - (changed pickguard) Latest known example: 190456 (1947) ca November 1947: Replaced by Model 2 Solist. |