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Specifications: |
Non-cutaway. |
Body width: 360 mm. |
Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
Birch back & sides. |
Single-bound top. |
Unbound back. |
Unbound headstock. |
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. |
Rosewood bridge. |
Nickel plated tuners. |
Sunburst finish. |
One year warranty. |
Also available as 4-string Tenor Guitar (Model 55 TG) |
and Hawaiian Guitar (Model 55 HG). |
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Introduced: Circa 1937 |
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Earliest known example: 108816 (1938) |
111333 (1938) |
120176 (1940) |
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Circa 1942: |
Walnut fingerboard. |
Pearloid fingerboard inlay. |
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137764 (1943) |
140511 (1943) |
150053 (1944) |
169781 (1946) - (floating bridge) |
Latest known example: 187101 (1947) |
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