BALLADEER INTRODUCED. All with natural top, Grover Rotomatic tuners, dot fret markers, white-black-white binding, small or thin rosette with figure-8 chain link motif and grape bunch at 4 o'clock position. Less than 100 made before February 1967 move to New Hartford factory. Variations: very early with no rosette; some with extra diamond fret markers at 12th fret.
DELUXE BALLADEER INTRODUCED. Essentially a Balladeer with diamonds at th e12th fret, Grover Rotomatics (Balladeer now has Kluson tuners), five-ply top binding.
CLASSICS INTRODUCED. No fret markers, 12 frets clear of body, flat fingerboard. Josh White model introduced. Twelve frets clear of body, wider neck, steel strings, dot markers with diamonds at 12th fret.

Model numbers introduced:
Model #1 Balladeer
Model #2 Deluxe Balladeer
Model #3 Classic
Model #4 Josh White

SHADED BROWN SUNBURST TOP INTRODUCED. Larger floral leaf rosette appears

Model #5 12-String model introduced
SEMI-HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC STORM SERIES INTRODUCED (see separate listing) Model #6 Contemporary Folk Classic appears in the catalog, but is only produced as a prototype (probably during development of Glen Campbell model), with red, green, or blue bowl color option.
GLEN CAMPBELL MODELS and shallow "Artist" bowl introduced:
Model #7 Glen Campbell Artist Balladeer
Model #8 Glen Campbell 12-String

Four-digit model numbers with K prefix introduced:
K-1111 Balladeer
K-1112 Custom Balladeer
K-1113 Classic
K-1114 Josh White
K-1115 12-String
K-1116 Contemporary Folk Classic (prototypes only)
K-1117 Deluxe Balladeer
K-1118 Glen Campbell 12-String
K-1121 Artist Balladeer
K-1123 Artist Classic
K-1127 Glen Campbell Artist Balladeer
Josh White model deleted after his death.
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