Originally Posted by Blitz
Just reading David’s book and I concur with Calhoun. The 36xxxx is to early for checkering. Maybe I misread it.

Was checkering an option for the EG prior to 1940?
Checkering WAS an option before 1939 (when EG's started being checkered), but you practically never see it. It's worth checking the numbers on the wood, but I'm not sure you would have gotten that EG style checkering - it didn't exist yet. I think for $5 checkering you'd have gotten the wraparound G style checkering. But.. check the numbers, look at the checkering. Never say never, might have left the factory late.

99G checkering from 1936:
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