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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Mandolin. |
| Arched top & back. |
| Body width: 260 mm. |
| Hand carved top & back. |
| Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Flame maple back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with oval soundhole. |
| 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. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1963 |
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| Earliest known example: 172201 (1964) |
| Latest known example: 447662 (1964) - (Levin serial number) |
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| Circa 1966: |
| Renamed MA-9R. |
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