Buckmacmoe Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Just got a new j45 wanted some opinions, I think it's real nice for the price just curious what anybody else would think? Here are a few pics http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/Buck_Moore/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsierlqyj5.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4 http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/Buck_Moore/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsxkqdq1ao.jpg.html?sort=3&o=5 http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/Buck_Moore/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpswpupekwi.jpg.html?sort=3&o=3 http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/Buck_Moore/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsygtzbewh.jpg.html?sort=3&o=2 http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/Buck_Moore/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpsxkqdq1ao.jpg.html?sort=3&o=5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Looks to be in very nice condition. Not the original pickguard, of course. A lot of people find the narrow nut in these years uncomfortable to play, but others adapt just fine. The bridge almost looks oversized, but it may just be the angle of the photo. I've seen 1968 J-45's with both the belly-up and belly-down versions of the adjustable bridge. Rare to find one quite as clean as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmacmoe Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Got cha!! It's the original pick gaurd it was custom ordered with dual pickgaurds the top was taken off in 69 you can tell because the line of the identical pickgaurd is still there but without the fade in the finish, it was custom order to look like the Everly Brothers j-200 (a family owned guitar) my uncle has the picks from when he got it for graduation ! Gibson authenticated ta-boot! But thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I think that J45Nick was 'spot-on' with his assessment......not knowing the family history. The bridge does look a little awkward and oversized to me as well. Clean guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmacmoe Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 After all the pics and info I sent Gibson, that would be the first I've head of it, they seemed to think it was spot on. But thanks for the complement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckmacmoe Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 How about a straight on view of that suspect! http://s1040.photobucket.com/user/Buck_Moore/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zps3vctflti.jpg.html?filters%5Buser%5D=143457229&filters%5Brecent%5D=1&sort=1&o=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Cool! The last year the world would see a round shoulder J-45 until the mid-1980s. With 1960s Gibsons it often comes down to can you make peace with the skinny neck and, on guitars made after early 1965, the narrow nut although they did go back to the 1 11/16" nut sometime toward the end of the decade. Not a good or a bad thing, just personal taste. But that J-200 pickguard does look out of place. Main thing with finding a good 1968 Gibson is this is the first year they started to be made with heavier top bracing. Not saying you can't find a good one, it is just not as easy as it was only one year earlier when they still had the same bracing Gibson started using in 1955. But it is still a less daunting task then it would be in 1969 when the top bracing got even heavier. So if you did find a good one, hold on to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningham26 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The bridge on my '68 is 6" long and belly up- the one on there looks like a replacement, just a little more matte in finish than Gibson seems to do. I dig the guard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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