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1934 catalog 1937 catalog

Specifications: 8-string Mandolin. Flat back. Body width: 255 mm. Spruce top. Maple back & sides. Single-bound top. Single-bound back. Unbound pickguard. Unbound headstock. Mahogany neck. Single-bound rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl dot inlay. Nickel plated tuners. Sunburst finish. Ten year warranty. Introduced: ca 1933 Earliest known example: 862xx (1933) 87354 (1934) ca 1937: Renamed Model 335. ca 1942: Walnut back & sides. Perloid fingerboard inlay. Changed tailpiece design. ca 1943: Walnut fingerboard. 152148 (1944) - (missing pickguard) 153715 (1944) - (missing pickguard) 1586xx (1945) - (missing pickguard) 1xxxxx (1946) ca 1947: Changed rosette design. 1878xx (1947) - (repro pickguard) ca 1947: Replaced by Model 43 Serenad. Latest known example: 201565 (1948)