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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. |
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Introduced: Circa 1957 (reportedly, 139 were made) |
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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) |
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Circa 1958: |
No star or "1900" on truss rod cover (star and "1900" used until Circa 1962). |
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374050 (1958) - (changed pickguard & knobs, added vibrato tailpiece & switch) |
400644 (1959) |
Latest known example: 403013 (1959) |
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