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  1. I'm not sure, slimt -- my understanding from Gibson was that "there's not enough layers to effectively buff the finish without burning through it...". At least, that's what I was told. When I asked about getting a few done up with MORE coats of lacquer so that they COULD gloss buff it, I was quoted an extra $750 - $1000 out-the-door. Go figure.
  2. I agree with the criticism of the "VOS" finish, especially on the acoustic Gibsons. I cannot stand that orange-peely texture. The guitars sound good to great, but the finish texture is abysmal, IMO. My actual vintage Gibsons do not exhibit that at all; why the big G decided to go with that ugly finish is beyond me. Fred
  3. That's "Jason T Jones", ex-Custom Shop builder, still at Gibson. Does a lot of the fancy inlay design and artwork. Skilled artisan and nice guy! He hangs out on FB and you'll see him on the Gibson Acoustic Guitar group there. Fred
  4. I own a 2001 Sheryl Crow CW model. Had it from new. It is a wonderful sounding and playing guitar, certainly one of my favourites. I don't what's special about it that makes it sound so good -- the top is sitka, not red spruce, and not torrified. It might be kind of hard to see on the body but you can see on the headstock how the toner has a lot of "aging" in it: the top looks quite orangey-like, almost. These ones went on for a few years from their introduction in 2000. The newest SJ CW issued a few years ago is a bit more hot-rodded, I think, what with a torrified top and all. But this 2001 model is darned fine guitar. Fred
  5. And yet, here is a 1954 J-45 with the thru-saddle design that supposedly disappeared in 1953: I tend to be a little less dogmatic about these features, but I tend to think saddle-thru for most if not many 1953s, and -- as seen in the photo -- into 1954. For 1952 and earlier, I would be far more inclined to consider a drop-in saddle bridge as modified or replaced. Fred
  6. I have a 2011 J-50 and it is typical of the current production out of Bozeman, I think. Very nice guitar. I've swapped out the batwing for a teardrop pickguard, and I may change out those tuners too to get a more "early '50s" look. Fred
  7. Well, isn't that cute? I've not seen that one, yet! It looks like the J-165 shape, but hard to tell if that's exactly it or not. Have you tried it with tuners and strings yet? Fred
  8. The FON and the pickguard both confirm a 1952 date for this SJ. At the time, the '52 would originally have been spec'd with a long saddle bridge. The current, cracked bridge has the shorter, drop-in style saddle, and with the Maltese crosses, used only on the J-185 in this shape, might be a replacement bridge that was supplied for use on a J-185. The longer-saddle bridges were used on the J-45, J-50, SJ and J-185 thru till at least 1952 with 1953 being a transitional year. Fred
  9. Never said there was -- it's just an ongoing saga, and I wanna see how it ends, is all!
  10. Just let me go get a refill of my popcorn...... 😅 Fred
  11. Ren alerted me to how good some of those early Sycamore Bozeman built guitars were, including not only the J-100 but the J-200 and Dove, and maybe some of the early J-185s. I]So when I came across the J-100 on Elderly's site back in about '97 or so, I snapped it up. That said, I ended up selling it a few years later when I encountered a nice early '00s J-200 that sounded better. Best of luck in your chase -- the sycamore guitars from the early Bozeman years can be quite nice indeed. They tend to have rather mild figuring, but nice sound. Fred
  12. Here's an '89 maple (sycamore, actually) J-100 with one of our favourite luthiers holding it, with the small pickguard that I guess you mean. I can't recall just how long they used that pickguard on the J-100 until switching to the larger 'batwing' pickguard. Fred
  13. I have a Custom Shop quilted maple SJ from about 2007. Wonderful guitar! Fred
  14. Bet it was the Russians.....
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