Cutaways
All Premier Cutaways (their name for their 17 1/4" guitars) seem to be very rare, and I only have images for six. The serial numbers I do have follow the same pickup evolution as the Bantams, and they seem to have disappeared around the move offshore (1963), probably because they were never big sellers.
Cutaway Deluxe
The below has serial number 1725 so is probably from around 1957/58. The only real difference from the 1956 catalog is the compass on the torch and the bound f-holes (which the sunburst deluxe in the catalog has). It also has the Dearmond 210s rather than 2000s.
Cutaway Special
I don't have a serial number for this one, but as it has dearmond 2000s it is presumably below 1500. The pickguard is much more silver than the slightly later example above:
The later guitars also moved to Fransch pickups ( serial #3723):
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