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Specifications: |
Non-cutaway. |
Body width: 420 mm. |
Body length: 510 mm. |
Hand carved spruce top. |
Walnut or mahogany back & sides. |
Single-bound top with unbound f-holes. |
Single-bound back. |
Unbound pickguard. |
Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
Unbound headstock with pearloid inlay. |
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. |
Nickel plated hardware. |
Sunburst 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: 190511 (1947) |
194280 (1947) |
196718 (1948) |
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Circa 1950: |
Large bridge thumbwheels. |
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250174 (1951) - (added pickup) |
251305 (1951) |
277352 (1952) |
2814xx (1952) - (missing pickguard, changed tailpiece) |
304014 (1954) - (missing pickguard) |
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Circa 1954: |
Cutaway. |
Walnut back & sides. |
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Earliest known cutaway example: 312938 (1954) |
330094 (1955) |
335467 (1955) |
336314 (1955) |
Latest known non-cutaway example: 341938 (1956) |
344821 (1956) - (repro pickguard) |
352132 (1957) - (repro pickguard) |
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Circa 1957: |
Adjustable truss rod. |
Changed tailpiece design. |
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Latest known example: 361190 (1957) |
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