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Wolfe wrote:I'll see if I can dig one out of a box somewhere, an early batwing electric without a V.E.

Maybe someone else here has noticed the same ?

Did you find any that lacked the V.E.? I'd be curious to see one of those.

There are some early Columbia electrics without the W, my copy of 326-D being one of them.

^ No, I haven't gone looking.

When I do pull out early electric BW's, I'll check and report back if I see one. I could well be mistaken in the end.