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Specifications: |
8-string Mandolin. |
Flat back. |
Body width: 255 mm. |
Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
Birch back & sides. |
Single-bound top. |
Unbound back. |
Unbound headstock. |
Unbound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. |
Nickel plated tuners. |
Sunburst finish. |
One year warranty. |
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Introduced: Circa 1933 |
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Circa 1934: |
Changed rosette design. |
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Earliest known example: 90794 (1934) |
98682 (1936) |
100140 (1936) |
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Circa 1937: |
Renamed Model 345. |
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106126 (1937) |
1068xx (1937) |
115616 (1939) |
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Circa 1942: |
Perloid fingerboard inlay. |
Changed tailpiece design. |
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Circa 1943: |
Walnut fingerboard. |
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155757 (1945) |
1xxxxx (1945) (changed taipiece?) |
189861 (1947) |
Latest known example: 190322 (1947) |
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