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Specifications: 8-string Mandolin. Arched top & back. Body width: 260 mm. Hand carved top. Spruce top. 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. Introduced: ca 1947 as a replacement for Model 330. Earliest known example: 188419 (1947) xxxxxx (1948) xxxxxx (1948) 205599 (1948) ca 1949: Walnut back & sides. Large bridge thumbwheels. Tuners with white plastic buttons. 2123xx (1949) 2xxxxx (1950) 2295xx (1950) 2437xx (1951) 2xxxxx (1951) 2784xx (1952) 302593 (1953) 3080xx (1954) ca 1955: Renamed Model 42. 355765 (1957) 372203 (1958) ca 1961: Flame maple back & sides. Tuners with white oval plastic buttons. Latest known example: 436140 (1963)