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Levin Solid Body
Photo
1957 catalog

Photo
1959 catalog


Specifications:
Cutaway.
Body width: ? mm.
Body length: ? mm.
Scale length: ? mm.
Mahogany top.
Mahogany body.
4-ply bound top.
Single-bound back.
Single-bound pickguard.
Mahogany neck with adjustable truss rod.
Metal truss rod cover with a star and "1900".
Single-bound headstock.
No headstock logo.
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl block inlay.
Open back tuners.
2 Sela low-impedance pickups.
3 knobs (2 volume & 1 three-way rotary switch) on lower treble bout.
Nickel plated hardware.
Natural finish.

Introduced: Circa 1957 (reportedly, 139 were made)

Sela pickups (1950s)
Earliest known example: no number (1950s)
356747 (1957) - (missing pickguard)
356748 (1957) - (missing pickguard)
365869 (1957)
366149 (1957) - (changed pickguard & knobs)
366199 (1957)
366217 (1957)

Circa 1958:
No star or "1900" on truss rod cover (star and "1900" used until Circa 1962).

374050 (1958) - (changed pickguard & knobs, added vibrato tailpiece & switch)
400644 (1959)
Latest known example: 403013 (1959)