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1964 catalog 1965 catalog

Specifications: 8-string Mandolin. Arched top & back. Body width: 260 mm. Hand carved top & back. Spruce top. Flame maple back & sides. 4-ply bound top with oval sound hole. Single-bound back. Triple-bound pickguard. Single-bound headstock. Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. Single-bound ebony fingerboard with pearloid block inlay. Nickel plated strip tuners with white oval plastic buttons. Adjustable ebony bridge. Nickel plated hardware. Natural finish. Introduced: ca 1963 Earliest known example: 172201 (1964) Latest known example: 447662 (1964) ca 1966: Renamed MA-9R.