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Michel is a common man’s name in French. It means Michael. Maine borders New Brunswick, Canada’s only fully bilingual province. Many people from Maine share Acadian or French Canadian heritage.

Any update on this? I have a 1955 small pickguard, scallop braced, 19 fret Country Western which is essentially the same guitar. I paid $4500 US for it. It has more general wear and a few minor repairs. I think I probably paid close to full retail but I don’t think I would find a pre-55 spec burst J45 or SJ for under $5K. incidentally the back on mine looks like a similar piece of mahogany and I have a pet theory they saved these for the natural topped guitars.

HA! the salesman at the vintage shop has known me for 14 years and the conversation about that guitar started with "you like little guitars with huge necks, right?"

Thanks! I measured at the nut and it was just under 2". Elsewhere on this board I saw someone say their '37 was 1 15/16 at the nut and that seems just about right. About 2 1/4 at the twelfth fret.

How did this pan out? Did yoj get the guitar?

My name is Craig. I live in Halifax, NS Canada. I play mostly country, country gospel and bluegrassy-primitive. Hoping to start learning fingerpicking blues. I have two Gibson acoustics, a 1937 HG-00 and a 1937 Type-3 ukulele. I love the uke, which I got at a fraction of retail through a classified ad a few years back. Pulled the trigger without seeing it! It turned out to be one of the less-desirable spruce-topped ones, but it still sounds terrific. The HG-00 is the sort of guitar I have always wanted and I don't mind saying I paid more or less full retail for it just a couple weeks ago. It has been beautifully repaired and sounds fantastic. My uncle had an old Gibson he never let me play even once, so I have always coveted these guitars. I have enjoyed lurking on this forum and seeing other people's fascination with these instruments. Now that I have the HG, I figured it would be fun to join!