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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 or walnut 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 diamond inlay. |
| Adjustable ebony bridge. |
| Nickel plated tuners. |
| Sunburst (41) or natural (41N) finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1947 |
| as a replacement for Model 325. |
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| Earliest known example: 203472 (1948) |
| 240727 (1950) - (missing pickguard) |
| 260730 (1951) |
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| Circa 1949: |
| Walnut back & sides. |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
| Changed tuner design with white plastic buttons. |
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| 252117 (1951) |
| 2685xx (1951) |
| 276728 (1952) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 41. |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Changed tuner design with white straight-sided plastic buttons. |
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| 3xxxxx (1957) - (repro pickguard) |
| 360218 (1957) |
| 361164 (1957) |
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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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| Latest known example: 426970 (1962) |
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