Model: L-48 Acoustic Archtop
Available: 1946 to 1971.
Collectibility Rating: D- (a very basic non-cutaway model).
1946 L-48 introduction specs:
16" wide, mahogany top (some early models with spruce top), single bound top and back, dot fingerboard inlays (a few early models with trapezoid), silkscreen peghead logo, sunburst finish.
1952 L-48 specs:
Spruce top, maple back, mahogany sides.
1954 L-48 specs:
Some with a spruce top and some with a laminated mahogany top.
1957 L-48 specs:
Laminiated mahogany top and sides, laminated maple back specified in catalog but in reality most had a mahogany back.
L-48 discontinued in 1971.
I do have L50s and other L48s.