The M3 was the upscale version of the flattop mandolin line by Tacoma with a 2⅛” deep body of 10.85” width with maple back and sides, Sitka spruce top, and Ivoroid binding. Instead of the more familiar scroll seen on F-style mandolins, Tacoma applied their Wing (paisley) sound hole on this model too. The bolt-on flame maple neck has an Ivoroid bound, radiused ebony fingerboard, 1⅛” nut width, and inlaid ivoroid logo on the headstock. The loose ebony bridge needs careful placement to achieve proper intonation for a 13⅞” scale length. This particular mandolin has quilted maple back and sides, a gloss Sunburst finish, all gold hardware including the tuning machines with pearloid buttons, and a Bill Baldock high-output pickup with endpin output. The oldest webpage available is an archived snapshot from March 2005. After Tacoma was shut down, visiting www.tacomaguitars.com for the longest time would merely tell you they were “... seasoning the wood”. The archived Fender hosted Tacoma support page allows you to download the 2005 Catalog with the Wing mandolins on page 13. Note the specs mention a mahogany neck unlike the scan of page 5 in the 2001 Catalog which lists a figured maple neck. A scan of the 2001 prices is also shown below. Finally, I happen to know there were plans for a true carved archtop F-style mandolin much like the Archtop of the previous page. I even had one on order around 2003/2004 but it never materialized.