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Hi All! I'm Greg, and I'm a guitar builder and technician in Columbia, SC. A customer who recently brought in what we believe to be an old HG-00 is what brought me here, and I'm looking forward to the fun and learning to come!

Hi Guys! I have a customer who brought in one of these (we believe it's an HG-00 from between '38 and '40), and it has the back binding, the wide (1 15/16") nut and full, "soft-V" neck with truss rod. It was apparently neglected in a garage for a long time, and I've been bringing it back to health over the past few weeks. While there are no markings on the back of the headstock, inside the body on the heel block is a lightly stamped 831 F, and then underneath this there is a handwritten 3 8 in red (1938?). Could any of you offer any clues for narrowing down the year for sure with this one? We'd appreciate it! Greg