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| Specifications: |
| 8-string Mandolin. |
| Flat back. |
| Body width: 260 mm. |
| Spruce top with ladder bracing. |
| Walnut or mahogany back & sides. |
| 4-ply bound top. |
| Single-bound back. |
| Unbound pickguard. |
| Unbound headstock. |
| Mahogany neck. |
| Unbound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlay. |
| Nickel plated tuners. |
| Natural finish. |
| One year warranty. |
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| Introduced: Circa 1947 |
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| Earliest known example: 195491 (1948) |
| 200442 (1948) |
| 202907 (1948) |
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| Circa 1949: |
| Mahogany back & sides. |
| Large bridge thumbwheels. |
| Changed tuner design with white plastic buttons. |
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| 2910xx (1949) |
| 262970 (1951) |
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| Circa 1955: |
| Renamed Model 44. |
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| 300353 (1953) |
| 338335 (1956) |
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| Circa 1957: |
| Changed tuner design with white straight-sided plastic buttons. |
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| Circa 1960: |
| Tuners with white oval plastic buttons. |
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| Latest known example: 427305 (1962) |
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