First Version The first version from 1939 is seen in a popular photograph with
Charlie Christian. It had a sunburst finish and a 19 fret fingerboard and stair-stepped headstock and featured "open book" fret markers. It was released for sale that year.
Second Version The second version can also be seen in photographs of Charlie Christian. It had a natural finish and a twenty fret fingerboard and slight variations on the
Charlie Christian pickup, as it has come to be known. It became available by 1940.
Third Variant What is called the 3rd variant resembled a
Gibson L7 with a
Charlie Christian pickup. It had flower pot fret markers and an ornate headstock. Other variants with differing models of the tailpiece appeared in the short period this guitar was manufactured. ==Gallery==