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Specifications: |
Non-cutaway. |
Body width: 445 mm. |
Body length: 530 mm. |
Hand carved spruce top. |
Walnut back & sides. |
4-ply bound top with single-bound f-holes. |
Single-bound back. |
Triple-bound pickguard. |
Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
Single-bound headstock with pearloid inlay. |
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid block inlay. |
Nickel plated hardware. |
Sunburst (4) or natural (4N) finish. |
Ten year warranty. |
Also available with a |
Wingtone pickup (1950 Levin catalog). |
Electro Wingtone pickup |
(shown here with a Model 2 Solist pickguard). |
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Introduced: Circa 1947 |
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Earliest known example: 192699 (1947) |
200307 (1948) |
204104 (1948) - (converted to cutaway, added pickups and controls, changed nut & tuners, later bridge) |
229761 (1950) |
242149 (1950) - (missing pickguard, De Luxe tailpiece, 4-ply back binding) |
235098 (1950) |
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Circa 1950: |
Large bridge thumbwheels. |
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258720 (1951) |
262050 (1951) |
281250 (1952) |
3004xx (1953) |
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Circa 1955: |
Cutaway. |
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Earliest known cutaway example: Latest known non-cutaway example: |
353676 (1957) |
353686 (1957) |
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Circa 1957: |
Modified inlay on headstock. |
Adjustable truss rod. |
Tuners with metal buttons. |
Changed tailpiece design. |
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360217 (1957) |
361150 (1957) |
Latest known example: 366757 (1958) |
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