jt Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Stuck inside this morning, as New England hunkers down during a nasty winter storm. It struck me as a good time to document the tone of my 1944-ish (pretty impossible to pinpoint the date of manufacture of a WWII-era Gibson unless you have original receipts or know from which shop it was purchase) Southerner Jumbo. This is the guitar that started me on my Kalamazoo Gals journey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpbrJZJLapw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Cool in every way Imagine how good it would be if you sanded that think lacquer off it !! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Really nice, John, and a great guitar in beautiful condition. Was that guitar polished out at some point? If so, do you know when, and how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Cool in every way Imagine how good it would be if you sanded that think lacquer off it !! 😂 Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Really nice, John, and a great guitar in beautiful condition. Was that guitar polished out at some point? If so, do you know when, and how? Thanks, Nick. Nope, not polished. Just in crazy good condition. George Gruhn has pronounced it the finest Banner SJ he’s ever seen. I got it from a private collector about a decade ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 John, that guitar sounds super, well played too. It's kind of hard to tell with recordings, but that guitar sounds very, very loud and articulate. How would you compare the tone of this one to your other, more worn, Banner SJ? Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle fester Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 'mediocre ditty' LOL... That was fantastic! and the guitar is one third of my 'Holy Trilogy'. What is the width at the nut? Rgds - billroy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 'mediocre ditty' LOL... That was fantastic! and the guitar is one third of my 'Holy Trilogy'. What is the width at the nut? Rgds - billroy Thanks! Standard Banner specs: 1 3/4 nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 John, that guitar sounds super, well played too. It's kind of hard to tell with recordings, but that guitar sounds very, very loud and articulate. How would you compare the tone of this one to your other, more worn, Banner SJ? Lars Thanks, Lars! The guitar is an outlier. As you put it, very loud, very articulate, but also were warm. Louder and more articulate than the went-to-war guitar, but maybe not as sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Thanks, Lars! The guitar is an outlier. As you put it, very loud, very articulate, but also were warm. Louder and more articulate than the went-to-war guitar, but maybe not as sweet. Have you ever tried nickel/bronze strings on either of the two? I put a set on my old J-45 and it's a very cool tone. Dry, dry, dry and more dry. I love it. Like walking on fallen branches, twigs and leaves in a forest that has not seen rain for fifty years. Great for recording. It made for the best acoustic recorded tone I have ever managed with my simple iPad approach and limited skill set. Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Have you ever tried nickel/bronze strings on either of the two? I put a set on my old J-45 and it's a very cool tone. Dry, dry, dry and more dry. I love it. Like walking on fallen branches, twigs and leaves in a forest that has not seen rain for fifty years. Great for recording. It made for the best acoustic recorded tone I have ever managed with my simple iPad approach and limited skill set. Lars Lars, No, I haven't tried nickel/bronze strings. Thanks for the recommendation! I'll try them my next string change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoSoxBiker Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 That was sweet! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Thanks JT... power man... so glad you play it and play it well instead of “collect it”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfish Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 That was cool, even the cat was in to it. Or maybe checking the birds out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Thanks, all. It's a privilege to be the guitar's current conservator. That was cool, even the cat was in to it. Or maybe checking the birds out I think that he was hoping I'd open the door so that he could escape from the noise I was making. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Love it! Is that the SJ with the cockemammy X brace? And yes, Banners are not as much owned as entrusted to us as their keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Love it! Thanks! Is that the SJ with the cockemammy X brace? No. That's my other Banner SJ, the one that a young US soldier took to to WWII. Here in the hands of a guitar player who showed up at one of my gigs and sat in teh front row: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Thanks! No. That's my other Banner SJ, the one that a young US soldier took to to WWII. Here in the hands of a guitar player who showed up at one of my gigs and sat in teh front row: You do move in rarified circles, JT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 You do move in rarified circles, JT! Still not a grey hair on his head Amazing isn’t it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Still not a grey hair on his head Amazing isn’t it ! Not on John's either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Not on John's either That’s just *****y 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 Not on John's either :) Lucky me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 You do move in rarified circles, JT! That crazy night when you walk into a club for a gig (in this case, at Ronnie Scott's in London), and the club manager says, "Jeff's coming to see you tonight." "Jeff Who"?" "Jeff Beck." Gulp. Full story here. Video . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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