Windsor Mandolin
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Models
Windsor
- 1932-1935
- Symmetrical 2-point body
Body:
- Carved spruce top
- Curly maple back & sides
- Segmented f-holes
Neck:
- Set 5-piece maple/mahogany neck with volute
- Fingerboard with treble-side extension
- Ebony fingerboard with diamond & dot inlays (1932-1933)
- Rosewood fingerboard with diagonal 4-point star inlays (1934-1936)
- Diamond & dot fingerboard inlays
- Masterbilt headstock with banner logo
- 13.875" scale
Binding:
- 3-ply top & back binding
- 3-ply headstock binding on top & back
Hardware:
- Gold hardware
- Raised celluloid pickguard with binding
Colors:
- Sunburst
Windsor Special
- 1934-1948
- Windsor Special (1934-1936)
- Renamed to The Windsor (1937-1948)
- Asymmetrical f-style body
Body:
- Carved spruce top
- Maple back & sides
- Curly maple back & sides (1934-1935)
- Flame maple back & sides (1936-1948)
- Segmented f-holes (1932-1933)
- Standard f-holes with square edges at each corner (1934-1938)
'Neck:
- Set 5-piece maple/mahogany neck with volute
- Fingerboard with treble-side extension
- Ebony fingerboard with with diagonal 4-point star inlays (1934-1938)
- Rosewood fingerboard with slotted-block inlays (1939-1948)
- Diamond & dot fingerboard inlays
- Masterbilt tombstone headstock
- Masterbilt banner logo (1934-1938)
- Pearl script logo with vine inlay (1939-1948)
- 13.875" scale
Binding:
- 3-ply top & back binding
- 3-ply headstock binding on top & back
Hardware:
- Gold hardware
- Raised celluloid pickguard with binding
Colors:
- Sunburst
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