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Specifications: |
8-string Mandolin. |
Flat back. |
Body width: 255 mm. |
Body depth: 70 mm. |
Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
Birch back & sides. |
Single-bound top. |
Single-bound back. |
Black pickguard. |
Unbound headstock. |
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. |
Nickel plated tuners. |
Dark mahogany finish. |
One year warranty. |
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Introduced: Circa 1927 |
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Earliest known example: 66241 (1928) |
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Circa 1930: |
Changed pickguard shape. |
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73188 (1930) |
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Redesigned: Circa 1933 |
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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. |
Unbound back. |
Black pickguard. |
Unbound headstock. |
Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. |
Nickel plated tuners. |
Sunburst finish. |
One year warranty. |
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89138 (1934) |
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Circa 1937: |
Renamed Model 340. |
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Earliest known example: 1046xx (1937) |
1054xx (1937) |
111667 (1938) |
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Circa 1941: |
Flame birch back & sides. |
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Circa 1942: |
Perloid fingerboard inlay. |
Changed tailpiece design. |
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Circa 1943: |
Walnut fingerboard. |
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142475 (1943) |
145218 (1944) |
1675xx (1945) |
1xxxxx (1946) |
192130 (1947) |
Latest known example: 198007 (1948) |
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