Topic: Vintage 1931 acoustic bass - parlor size!

[BottleneckJohn]

Finally I have an old vintage LEVIN acoustic bass!! Have had this idea since the late 90's and now it's done. It's originally a 1931 Levin guitar model 202. Small and loud.. 

This was something the Levin instrument company never made themselves and since I collect, restore and play vintage Levins, this model was missing.. There's gonna be a film premiere and and tiny exhibition at a Swedish guitar show soon, it was time to build this one now so I can have some bass accompaniment on stage, folks!!!




Beautiful brownish finish with lots of wear from all the years..









I wanted to keep the worn looks.





Modified stringholder, with the LEVIN logo embossed at the lower end.


And hey, I'm not a bass player but I wanted to make the demo anyhow, haha!

[sustaireblues]

Great job on that one John, and I love that flamed birch back!

[BottleneckJohn]

Thanks Joe, it's great fun to have one finally!
Talk about vintage bass, haha! 

Birch is a really cool material to use, Levin often featured flamed birch in their "finer" models.

And it's a good size for a bass too, easy to travel and weighs little..

[BottleneckJohn]

Just made another clip featuring an old Levin guitar.. 
I collect and restore these oldies, my fav's are those made between 1900 - 1950...

[sustaireblues]

Beautiful guitar John! What is the lower bout size on that?

[BottleneckJohn]

The lower bout is 16" across..

[BottleneckJohn]

Hey!
I just got a water slide decal made for this one, looks really good from a little distance!

[sabocat]

I love this stuff - kinda the big brother to a Uke U Bass.

Someday I will get around to posting a pic of the 9 string square neck  lap guitar I have that started out life as a round neck Regal parlor.

[BottleneckJohn]

Yeah, sabocat, show us that squareneck!

Here's the new old bass on stage for the first time, it worked very well!!