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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Mandolin. |
| Flat back. |
| Body width: 260 mm. |
| Spruce top with ladder bracing. |
| Mahogany back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Single-bound pickguard. |
| Unbound headstock. |
| Mahogany neck. |
| Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. |
| Nickel plated tuners. |
| Sunburst finish. |
| Ten year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1947 |
| as a replacement for Model 335. |
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| Earliest known example: 186393 (1947) |
| 198383 (1948) |
| 2016xx (1948) |
| 203035 (1948) |
| 216140 (1949) |
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| Circa 1949: |
| Walnut back & sides. |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
| Changed tuner design with white plastic buttons. |
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| 2407xx (1950) - (changed bridge, repro pickguard) |
| 2xxxxx (1950) |
| 248791 (1951) |
| 2575xx (1951) |
| 272395 (1952) |
| 2806xx (1952) |
| 286687 (1952) |
| 2931xx (1953) |
| 2988xx (1953) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 43. |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Tuners with white oval plastic buttons. |
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| 370422 (1958) |
| 435568 (1963) |
| Latest known example: 440222 (1964) |
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