Hi forum guys, new to Gibson. I had a guitar tech tell me years ago never to buy one because they are poorly made and suck. I’m now in my 50’s and despite his advice I’ve recently purchased a really lush J45 adj in a beautiful honey burst.
the neck is slender the set up fab the guitar looks great and feels super comfortable and so light.
my problem is the bridge, I tend to rest my hand on it and the bolts holding the ceramic just irritate. The tone is a bit sharp and takes a bit of getting used to.
however, my feeling is that there is more that this guitar has to offer. I fingerpick and strum mainly and the metallic sound of the ceramic isn’t to my liking. It’s not bad but to my ears the sustain is hampered and volume.
I am thinking of switching the adj out I’ve done this kind of thing but will ask a luthier. My question is this I wasting money when I could just get a j45 for the same cash or save another 1k and get a hummingbird. Just think the tone of the j45 is a bit less trebly usually and would sit better with my singer songwriting sensibility.
I like tinkering to get things the way I like them but if the sound sucks ie) less volume and the sound is muddied it would be a waste of 2k.
any advice or help. Also in the UK we have a very limited amount of choice re Gibson???
I get the whole Norlin thing the quality but I feel that the newer made guitars are right up there.
