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  1. Getting back to fingerpicking J45s from the first post....... You lot can believe your own whatevers, but it is not fair of the new guitarists who are looking for information to be fingerpickers........ a J45 is just too bassy and the wrong spacings for fingerpicking. A guitar designed for fingerpicking is better, balanced sound across the strings, more space to move around. My opinion: Of the readily available acoustics for sale off the shelf, the Martin 000-28 Eric Clapton is way more suited to fingerpicking than a J45. I like mid 30s Gibson L-00s and the copy Waterloo WL-14x plus the WL-14L ladder braced. Anyway, I googled ‘What is the best acoustic guitar for fingerpicking?’ And was taken to a Guitar World article that I shall copy parts of below: Looking to take up, or excel at, fingerstyle? Then we recommend you seriously consider purchasing a fingerstyle guitar that’s been designed and built for the job. While it’s possible to play fingerstyle on any guitar, the best fingerstyle guitars are much better suited to fast-flowing, full-finger action. Rather than relying on a pick, fingerstyle players use, you’ve guessed it, their fingers to pluck their guitar’s strings. This technique reveals huge opportunities including harmony in your repertoire, because instead of being limited to single melodic lines, plus perhaps a bass line, you can use all four fingers and your thumb to sound up to five notes at a time. Of course, using a pick provides more power than flesh and nail, and enables a stronger attack and potentially higher volume. Which is why dedicated fingerstyle guitars are constructed differently to the larger, heavily built dreadnoughts and jumbos you’ll find in the hands of many flatpickers. In contrast, fingerstyle guitars are built to emit the finest, sweetest and most balanced tone, even when played with a light touch. BluesKing777.
  2. It says: Achtung!!! Attention!!! Dangerous gas - do NOT open. (oops). BluesKing777.
  3. Gibson J45/J50 is designed for strumming with a pick. Of course, anything can be fingerpicked if it has six strings.....but things go better with 1 3/4" nut at least and 2 3/8" bridge space at least. Or better still, a vintage classical guitar...cannot imagine anyone not fingerpicking one of those! BluesKing777.
  4. On another track/tack? altogether....I have my 1968 Ramirez Estudio classical guitar and was looking at new models for interest and curiosity sake and came across their Ramirez Del Vino model classical! Aha! A guitar for the plonk lovers! Grape mosaics on the rosette and tuning machines, etc, etc. I wannna wanna wANNNA1 wah wah...want! 😬 Come on Gibson, give us the vino model L-00! https://goldtonemusicgroup.com/joseramirez/instruments/vino BluesKing777.
  5. Case stories! If I get a guitar and it looks like staying, it will get a Hiscox case....but the old cases are stored for a later guitar sale The Hiscox can be hard to get recently. And...not many places here sell cases and as one salesman told me - the cases usually come with a guitar in them. So I would usually recommend getting a nice Hiscox, but I don't know what size that Gibson 185 would be? But , err, sorry, ha, just in case...... Here is the Hiscox test video...fantastic! BluesKing777.
  6. I just LOVE a tragedy! A trip to my luthier and some love and attention and will bea beast! Sound will be sensational! Here is my tragedy from years ago - 1937 Gibson L-0 with love from my luthier - neck reset, new ebony fretboard, ebony bridge, bone nut, bone saddle, tuners ---etc, etc Sensational! Might paint it black yet, like originally, might not.... BluesKing777.
  7. Well, whoever had it to sell and damaged it should fix it, take it back....he bought it new. They are around $5K. If he took it to sell it somewhere - they would be poking at that missing finish - ‘What is this?’ - instant deduction. Finish issues can be really expensive to fix these days. BluesKing777.
  8. Nice for you, ZW but the original poster just paid about $5K for a brand new J45 Banner replica and Gibson don't seem to be catching the problems at QC....or they let a percentage through for financial reasons..... BluesKing777.
  9. My opinion.... I don’t like new guitars much, so retail new J45 Banner reissue Historic etc is $4999. A very quick look at J45s under $5K on Reverb.com shows two 1959 Gibson J45s! That would be my recommendation - the real thing....non scalloped late 50s tall bracing - loud and strong tone forever in old wood! No worries about new finish or build issues - the 59s look like ‘light aged’ ha ha.....maybe not so light....😑 BluesKing777.
  10. A real shame - someone has ruined all that work for the sitka tops...from the forest to the factory to the shop, let down by a..... Tracing the guitar to the tree book I read says there is NOT that much guitar quality sitka left....Vancouver Island. BluesKing777.
  11. Mind if I vent, Murph? I prefer vintage acoustics, but around the time I gave up smoking I broke ALL my own rules and bought NEW guitars with the saving. My guitars are looked after like pet dogs and the other brands I bought look great still..... But I bought a Martin D18E in 2014 approx, a Martin CEO7around 2015/6? And a Martin 000-17 Black Smoke around 2017. Last year, opened the case of the CEO7 and after playing it noticed, yep, the binding at the waist is starting to come off. WHAA, WHAA, Aaaaaaaaaaaah. Love my CEO7, off to the luthier, boom, fixed, very common problem I am told. He fixes it properly including a slight finish touch up, fairly invisible. Later, I was taking my D18E and 000-17 BS to a shop to sell consign and...oh oh..binding is coming off all waists. Pfff. Not covered by Warranty outside the US . Pfffffftttt!! So this time I ran screaming and hollering to my luthier.....who is now busting at the seams with work.....last August! Got them back Friday........cost a bomb because the 000-17 Black Smoke cheapie had weird matt finish he couldn’t match, so refinished the whole TOP, Back and Sides.....Aye Yae Aye Aye Yae! And now I have to notify a potential buyer that the binding and finish has been repaired.....doubt we will get our good price! 😘 BluesKing777.
  12. Well....if the strings are seated properly in the bridge plate area.....give the string a yank......still not tuning...... What Doc BK777 does.......be CAREFUL! I have a very, very thin nail file - I lift the string out of the nut slot, try and get a close look to see if there is a burr that catches the string. If there is, the string goes clinky clink as you tune and ‘rushes’ to the desired tuning on Snarky or Poly. So...very, very gently - imagine you were doing it to your teeth, oik, yep, gently with nail file up and back once on each side of the slot- DO not touch the bottom of the slot - that is the string height setting! So yeah, ah ah each side....blow it. FOOF. HB pencil - apply all over slot - lube! May as well do all the string slots while you have the equipment! 🤤 Put some HB pencil lube on the saddle under the strings as well..... BluesKing777.
  13. Some people don’t seem to be able to read, then go off on their own tangent. I am talking about an L-00 in cherry red burst with the same inlays as the Dove cherry burst I posted first post....not the same old brown guitars. I am saying Gibson Acoustic make all the Hummingbirds and Doves in cherry burst and inlays but not the L-00 model.....nice and bright to liven up a dull day like my Dove - without lugging a big dread around! BluesKing777.
  14. Grumpy Rodriguez is on the right track, but nobody showed her the Dove inlays on the neck body and headstock like I mean! Olivia will be cross at the custom shop when she sees my L-00 Dove Cherry Burst Custom Max! BluesKing777.
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