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Levin Model 121 / Model 27 / Model 295
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1900 catalog


Specifications:
10-string Consert size version of Model 102 / Model 20.

10-string Bass Guitar.
Non-cutaway.
Body width: 340 mm.
Body length: 493 mm.
Body depth: 105 mm.
Spruce top with undetermined bracing.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay.
Natural finish.

Introduced: Circa 1900

Circa 1907:
Maple back & sides.
Triple wood bound top with white celluloid outer edge.
Mosaic rosette.
Unbound back.
Unbound headstock.
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with varied mother-of-pearl inlay.
Silver plated frets.
Bone nuts.
Rosewood bridge.
Mahogany finished back & sides.
Natural finished top.
Renamed Model 27.

Earliest known example: 46870 (1920)

Circa 1923:
Birch back & sides.
4-ply bound top.

52715 (1924)

Circa 1928:
Bone bridge saddle & bridge pins.
Nickel plated tuners.
One year warranty.

Circa 1930:
Renamed Model 295.
Body width: 335 mm.

Latest known example: 101323 (1936)