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gillman, Only if you ask them. What colour do you want? Burst? Black? Blue with sparkles? RBSinTo

badbluesplayer, We live in Toronto. Do they deliver? RBSinTo

pohatu771, Mine is the same. One oddity I did notice on mine is that the dot over the "i" touches the capital "G", which I find to look unsatisfying. Curious if your's also has this strange characteristic. RBSinTo

Chief, Uh oh. Now you've gone and done it. Even has lots of room for stickers. Looks like I'll be going shopping soon, and our grand-daughter will have more guitars than either you or me. RBSinTo

Chief, Doya think they'll release a blue one with sparkles, the " j-45 CSinTo Special" for my grand-daughter? We can only hope. RBSinTo

Zombywoof, I wasn't questioning what I had purchased, as it really doesn't matter. At the time, I was looking for a slope-shouldered spruce/mahogany dreadnought, and this j-45 became available at a very good price, so I bought it. I didn't know very much about Gibsons, so had no idea about all the variants, and even now aren't much of a musical maven that it matters which type I have. My question was merely based on idle curiosity, and I likely wouldn't even have asked it if I had known that this is still one of the world's great unresolved mysteries. RBSinTo

So........... from what I read here...........my guitar doesn't really exist(!!!!!!) Very confused, to say the least. RBSinTo

BluesKing777, It truly makes no difference to me which particular model or variant mine is. I only ask because I am aware that there are different versions, but was merely curious what the characteristics of those two particular versions are. In other words, what makes a j-45 different from a j-45 standard? And as an aside, none of the replies yet posted have actually addressed my question. RBSinTo

BluesKing777, My guitar is a 2001. I am not the original owner, but when I bought it, it had an in-put jack, but no other traces (that I could see) of ever having had a pick-up. RBSinTo

Just wondering what the difference is between these two guitar models? I have a plain old, garden variety j-45, and assumed that it was the "standard" model. However, I've seen threads wherein persons mention the the other model, and have seen photos of the label where the model is designated as "j-45 standard" Briefly, what's the difference? Please and thanks. RBSinTo

BluesKing, Thanks ever so much, but I'll pass. RBSinTo

To me, the most appealing headstock shape is the plain rectangle used on nearly all Martin guitars, as well as on some other brands. I imagine that it is not a shape that could be copywritten, so that any Luthier could use it. So when I see the ugly designs that appear on some guitar brands, I am always mystified. Yes, they are distinctively different, but in most cases unsightly and amatuerish enough to keep me from even considering their guitars. RBSinTo

BluesKing777, A piece of black adhesive vinyl to cover the Nephew Art logo is a quick fix. However, the shape of the headstock, which is truly ugly, is another matter. RBSinTo

Jaxon50, Guitarfetish? I was excited because I had misread the title. I thought it said Gefiltefish. Never mind. RBSinTo

Ohhhh. Threaded capo inserts. I thought they were the heads of the pop rivets that held the neck together. In the end just another quality guitar that I neither want nor need. RBSinTo

Chief, Did they smell nice? RBSinTo

Coming soon: Gibson will take cowturds, "torrify them, slap on pickups and necks, and call them the Cowfart Global Warming Commemorative Model. Of course the fans will want one in every distinct shape. Get your money ready boys. RBSinTo

fyp., We Martians don't select guitars based on smell like some Gibsonians apparently do. We select them based on how they sound. RBSinTo

Big Bill, Might be better as a cheese tray. And if strung with six treble e-strings, you'd even have a built-in slicer for cheese or perhaps hard-boiled eggs. Another example of the Gibson "cash for trash " programme. RBSinTo

Chief, No doubt he means the brand of guitar that smells the best. And we all know which brand that is. RBSinTo

"If we build it, they will buy." Too funny. RBSinTo

My number one guitar is my 1974 Martin D-28. Of my four acoustics, (the others being a 2001 Gibson j-45, a 2003 Guild GAD jf-30, and a 2006 Washburn parlour), it is, by far, the one with the fullest sound, and the one I like best. However, by way of full disclosure, because of hockey-caused right shoulder issues (nicely torn supraspinatus muscle in my rotator) when it flares up, the guitar that causes the least stress on the shoulder, because of its small bout, and is thus the easiest to play, is the Washburn. I'm not posting photos of either guitar, as they both look pretty much like everyone else's examples of these models. RBSinTo

merciful-evans, Unless you are playing songs that you have written, even if you alter someone else's work, are you not, to some extent, "copying" it? RBSinTo

A short length of pencil and an elastic band make a pretty good capo. And if you use a coloured pencil, you can even get it in a colour that compliments the finish on your guitar. RBSinTo

DanvillRob, I completely understand, and respect your musical philosophy. I, on the other hand, never try to improvise, or change the music to any song I play. I always play them as written, or more to the point as recorded. I'm even bothered when I hear live renderings of songs by the original artists that differ from their recorded versions. I don't ever remember hearing a different live version of a song that I preferred to the recorded version. That's just me. RBSinTo