1940 Gibson Square neck

James Brown · Post by **James Brown** » 2 Jan 2018 4:11 pm

Is anybody familiar with a 1940 Gibson Square neck, 6 string?

Noah Miller · Post by **Noah Miller** » 2 Jan 2018 4:21 pm

Gibson had two acoustic Hawaiian models in 1940, the Roy Smeck model (dreadnought shape) and the smaller HG-00. The necks are not exactly square in profile, but in between a round and square shape.

Ben Elder · Post by **Ben Elder** » 5 Jan 2018 2:35 pm

Although not branded Gibson, there are the stenciled Kalamazoo-shaped Mastertone Specials (mostly Hawaiian but some Spanish were made too) 1939-42. One of my favorite non-Weissenborn acoustic steels, despite their inexpensive price. (There are also Mastertone Special electric steels.)