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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Mandolin. |
| Arched top & back. |
| Body width: 260 mm. |
| Hand carved top & back. |
| Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Mahogany, walnut or flame maple back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with double-bound f-holes. |
| 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. |
| Adjustable ebony bridge. |
| Tuners with no wheel screw and round metal buttons. |
| Nickel plated hardware. |
| Sunburst (40) or natural (40N) finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1947 |
| as a replacement for Model 320. |
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| Earliest known example: 188894 (1947) |
| 198159 (1948) |
| 203374 (1948) |
| 203847 (1948) |
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| Circa 1949: |
| Walnut back & sides. |
| Tuners with wheel screw & oval metal buttons. |
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| 215173 (1949) |
| 221980 (1949) |
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| Circa 1949: |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
| Changed tuner design with white plastic buttons. |
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| 2xxxxx (1950) - (missing pickguard) |
| 257503 (1951) |
| 26xxxx (1951) |
| 269188 (1951) |
| 291901 (1953) |
| 3xxxxx (1954) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 40. |
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| 333109 (1955) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Changed tuner design with white straight-sided plastic buttons. |
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| 365780 (1957) |
| xxxxxx (1959) |
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| Circa 1960: |
| Tuners with white oval plastic buttons. |
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| Circa 1961: |
| Flame maple back & sides. |
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| 418872 (1961) |
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| Circa 1965: |
| Changed pickguard bracket design (old style still mainly used). |
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| Circa 1966: |
| Also available as Goya MA-9F. |
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| 488354 (1968) |
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| Circa 1969: |
| Body width: 255 mm. |
| Body depth: 45 mm. |
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| Latest known example: 493239 (1969) |
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