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Specifications: |
8-string Mandolin. |
Flat back. |
Body width: 255 mm. |
Spruce top with ladder bracing. |
Maple back & sides. |
Single-bound top. |
Single-bound back. |
Unbound pickguard. |
Unbound headstock. |
Mahogany neck. |
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. |
Nickel plated tuners. |
Sunburst finish. |
Ten year warranty. |
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Introduced: Circa 1933 |
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Earliest known example: 862xx (1933) |
87354 (1934) |
136564 (1943) |
201435 (1948) |
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Circa 1937: |
Renamed Model 335. |
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1165xx (1939) |
124449 (1941 - 335) |
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Circa 1942: |
Walnut back & sides. |
Perloid fingerboard inlay. |
Changed tailpiece design. |
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Circa 1943: |
Walnut fingerboard. |
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152148 (1944) - (missing pickguard) |
153715 (1944) - (missing pickguard) |
1586xx (1945) - (missing pickguard) |
1xxxxx (1946) |
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Circa 1946: |
Changed rosette design. |
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175992 (1946) |
178501 (1946) |
180940 (1946) - (non-original pickguard, missing bridge & tailpiece cover) |
1878xx (1947) - (repro pickguard) |
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Circa 1947: |
Replaced by |
Model 43 Serenad. |
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201565 (1948) |
Latest known example: 221681 (1949) - (non-original pickguard) |
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