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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Mandolin. |
| Arched top & back. |
| Body width: 260 mm. |
| Hand carved top. |
| Spruce top with undetermined bracing. |
| Mahogany back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top with unbound f-holes. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Single-bound pickguard. |
| Unbound headstock. |
| Mahogany neck with non-adjustable T-shaped duraluminum truss rod. |
| Single-bound ebony fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. |
| Adjustable ebony bridge. |
| Nickel plated tuners. |
| Sunburst (42) or natural (42N) finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1947 |
| as a replacement for Model 330. |
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| Earliest known example: 188419 (1947) |
| xxxxxx (1948) |
| xxxxxx (1948) |
| 205599 (1948) |
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| Circa 1949: |
| Walnut back & sides. |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
| Changed tuner design with white plastic buttons. |
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| 2123xx (1949) |
| 2xxxxx (1950) |
| 2295xx (1950) |
| 2437xx (1951) |
| 2xxxxx (1951) |
| 2784xx (1952) |
| 302593 (1953) |
| 3080xx (1954) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 42. |
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| 337489 (1956) |
| 355765 (1957) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Changed tuner design with white straight-sided plastic buttons. |
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| 371739 (1958) |
| 372203 (1958) |
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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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| 436140 (1963) |
| Latest known example: 459507 (1966) |
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