Mandolas
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Models
Windsor
- 1932-1949
- Symmetrical 2-point body
Body:
- Carved spruce top
- Curly maple back & sides
- Segmented f-holes
Neck:
- Set 5-piece maple/mahogany neck with volute
- Ebony fingerboard with diamond & dot inlays (1932-1933)
- Rosewood fingerboard with diagonal 4-point star inlays (1934-1949)
- Fingerboard with treble-side extension
- Diamond & dot fingerboard inlays
- Masterbilt headstock with banner logo
Binding:
- 3-ply top & back binding
- 3-ply headstock binding on top & back
Hardware:
- Gold hardware
- Raised celluloid pickguard with binding
Colors:
- Sunburst
Strand
- 1932-1949
- Symmetrical 2-point body
- 8 strings
Body:
- Carved spruce top
- American walnut back & sides
- Segmented f-holes (1932-1938)
- Standard f-holes with square corners (1939-1949)
Neck:
- Set mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard with pearl inlays
- Diagonal diamond inlays (1932-1938)
- Parallelogram inlays (1939-1949)
- Masterbilt headstock with banner logo (1932-1934)
- Tombstone headstock with block lettering & stickpin inlay (1935-1938)
- Open-book headstock with script logo & stickpin inlay (1939-1949)
Binding:
- 3-ply body binding
- 1-ply neck binding
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Raised celluloid pickguard
- Rosewood bridge with metal tailpiece
- Engraved tailpiece (1932-1938)
- Non-engraved tailpiece (1939-1949)
Colors:
- Sunburst
Rivoli
- 1932-1949
- Symmetrical A-style body
Body:
- Spruce top
- Laminated walnut back & sides
- Segmented f-holes (1932-1938)
- Standard f-holes (1939-1949)
Neck:
- Set neck with cantilever brace
- Mahogany (1932-1939)
- Cherry (1940-1949)
- Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
- Tombstone headstock with Masterbilt banner (1932-1938)
- Open-book headstock with stickpin inlay (1939-1949)
Binding:
- White pyralin binding
- 1-ply neck binding
- 3-ply top & back (1932-1933)
- 1-ply top & back (1934-1949)
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Adjustable rosewood bridge
- Metal tailpiece
- Open-back plate-mounted tuners
- White oval tuner buttons
- Raised tortoise pickguard
Colors
- Sunburst
Adelphi
- 1932-1949
- Symmetrical A-style body
Body:
- Spruce top
- Laminated maple back & sides
- Segmented f-holes (1932-1938)
- Standard f-holes (1939-1949)
Neck:
- Set neck with cantilever brace
- Mahogany (1932-1933)
- Maple (1934-1949)
- Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
- Tombstone headstock with Masterbilt banner (1932-1938)
- Open-book headstock with Epiphone script logo (1939-1949)
- 13" scale
Binding:
- White pyralin binding
- 1-ply top & back binding
- 1-ply neck binding
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Adjustable rosewood bridge
- Metal tailpiece
- Open-back plate-mounted tuners
- White oval tuner buttons
- Raised tortoise pickguard
Colors:
- Sunburst
Artist
- 1932-1949
- Asymmetrical f-style body
Body:
- Carved spruce top
- Curly maple back & sides
- Segmented f-holes (1936-1938)
- Standard f-holes with square edges at each corner (1939-1949)
Neck:
- Set mahogany neck with volute
- Fingerboard with treble-side extension
- Diamond & dot fingerboard inlays
- Masterbilt headstock with banner logo
- Ebony fingerboard with with ornate pearl inlays (1936-1938)
- Rosewood fingerboard with parallelogram inlays (1939-1949)
- Masterbilt banner logo (1936-1938)
- Pearl script logo with vine inlay (1939-1949)
Binding:
- 1-ply top & back binding
- 3-ply headstock binding on top & back
Hardware:
- Nickel hardware
- Raised celluloid pickguard with binding
- Adjustable rosewood bridge
- Metal tailpiece
- Raised tortoise pickguard
Colors:
- Sunburst
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