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  1. The origins of the short scale AJ run from guitarsale.com/WWBW dates back to about 2004 when Dave Carpenter asked his employees first thing as they walked in the door "If you could have any acoustic guitar, what would it be". My response was "an advanced jumbo with a short scale". I had recently bought a standard AJ, loved the tone and volume, but missed the comfort of a J45. Apparently Dave liked the idea and requested a prototype from Gibson. The prototype showed up with rosewood back and sides, no inlays on the fretboard, and the banner logo on the headstock... kind of an oddity. To my absolute surprise, Dave gifted that guitar to me the following Christmas. It is absolutely my favorite guitar. I moved away for college in 2005 around the time WWBW took over guitarsale.com and was pleasantly surprised to see the run of short scale AJs pop up online. Very cool to see! Cramer
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