davenumber2 Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Thought I’d share... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatgumbino Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Sounds pretty good. Interesting that it really only differs from the Vintage in that 1) it has the rectangle bridge, 2) standard case and 3) "thinner" finish, and yet it is selling for considerably less than a Vintage model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Love the small burst. Nice sound ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard McCoy Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Probably one of the best J-45 sample recordings I have heard to-date. Warm, mellow, yet balanced, not missing any highs, but also well-articulate in terms of string separation. It sure helps the guitar demoed here is an excellent, roasted Gibson J-45 Banner reissue as well. Without a doubt she's well worth the price of admission—in fact, at $3,299 I think it's a steal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibson Artist Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Im not sure if its the red spruce or what, but that is the best sounding j-45 i have ever heard and it looks utterly amazing, just like an old time Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Highly admirable both regarding look and sound. It comes close to the real thing, but is mellower and for natural reasons lacks the dry wooden edge of the oldies. Well, they were varied individually as well and JT is the Board-professor on these guitars. He should chime in for a short review. Meanwhile I set up Scott Nygaard's relative new purchase - a fine post-banner 45, which actually is on the softer side too. Don't forget some of the early ones were raw, , , like real farm-fence-raw. The probably D'Addario-stringed ex below isn't among them. Enjoy the switch game 1948 ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9FZznFHdCM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Yeah, real nice sounding guitar. Lots of guitars are legends, but the J45 is one of those that actually lives-up to the hype and stories. I really like the burst on yours. Looks a bit lighter than the one on my J45TV, which I thought was a bit cooler than the one on my Standard J45 (which was a typical J45: sweet-as-hell). Cool guitars. Standard or TV.....Congrats on a beauty. [thumbup] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Highly admirable both regarding look and sound. It comes close to the real thing, but is mellower and for natural reasons lacks the dry wooden edge of the oldies. Well, they were varied individually as well and JT is the Board-professor on these guitars. He should chime in for a short review. Meanwhile I set up Scott Nygaard's relative new purchase - a fine post-banner 45, which actually is on the softer side too. Don't forget some of the early ones were raw, , , like real farm-fence-raw. The probably D'Addario-stringed ex below isn't among them. Enjoy the switch game 1948 ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9FZznFHdCM I've watched/listened to Scott's video before, and am convinced that his J-45 is one of the finest examples of a late-40's J-45 I have ever heard: astonishingly articulate from top to bottom. with no apparent weaknesses across the spectrum. Of course, his playing is always superb, which helps a lot. The CME guitar is nice as well, but he's driving it pretty hard, so it isn't easy to get an idea of how it would sound either finger-picked or flat-picked in Nygaard's style. What both of these videos show is that it's really hard to beat a good J-45, whether vintage or new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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