Hi @ll,
I'm from Germany & just bought a used J-45 Std. from 2012 over here.
From my point of view there's nothing to complain on that guitar. This particular model has the older thin pickguard.
I wonder if anybody of u out there happen to know if Gibson made some significant changes (building-wise) on the J-45 over those years.
For instance on the beginning of following video.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5wnctndnV8
..it's said that the 2019 model got "broken doll fix it" (right?).. wonder about what that could mean or if it's just a way of expression
which i couldn't know as a german dude 😄 ..as a lover of acoustic guitars always a little curious on things like that.. of course i know that in the end every single guitar has to be seen as unique.
Greetings overall