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If you go to the 1:53 mark of this video you will see my Nan that passed this j45 down to me. Here I am playing it in her house on Thanksgiving of 2018. I miss her everyday. A wonderful woman and someone who saved my life multiple times over. I could never repay her.

Ok ok last one! At my Nanny’s house on Thanksgiving a few years ago. If you go to the 1:53 mark you will see her in her chair.

One more with the banner!

Here is one I did with the banner.

It says 50s j45 original on the sticker on the inside. After looking it up, it seems to be similar to the standard in build and materials.

Here is one y’all might remember! Played on an epiphone dr 500mv something of another.

Yes but the banner has a unique sound. A certain earthy tone. The new one sounds just like that, new!

For our 10 year anniversary my wife surprised me with a brother for the banner. See any similarities? Man ,what a summer it has been!

Ah. I should have thought of this option before I bought my copy! The sticker will have to do!

Don’t worry! I have no inclination to adjust the truss rod. I have the same thoughts as you ,being that the instrument is 75 plus years old. The guitar plays fine, so no adjustments are needed. As for a luthier, I will have to find one in the area but am hesitant to leave the guitar overnight if work must be done to it!

What kind of wood do the back and sides look like? Mahogany or Maple? Also the neck?

Ok ,here are the pictures I took today. I hope the link works! Let me know if yall can see them! Here is the link. Thank you my Rolling Stones man for the info on the picture sharing. https://imgur.com/a/HHrfl4z

Cool! Thank you for the information. I just bought a copy of your book off Amazon. Can't wait to read it!

Ok. I took quite a bit of pictures of her and unfortunately this forum has reduced my size from 500kb to max size 66kb and it will not let me upload the pics. Is there a moderator that will allow me to upload these pics? Also I put a mirror in the soundhole looking for numbers. My findings were unsuccessful. I do not see any numbers on or inside this guitar. Thank you all for the help!

Was the mahogany top just for that year? What was the top for the other years? I will look for that number today.

So after reading the comments I can assume this is in fact a model J45 from the World War 2 Era? Is there a possibility that it can be anything else? What other model does this guitar look like? Thank you for all the help so far! FYI ... I would like to upload more pictures of the guitar but my max total size dropped from 500kb to 66kb. Does this forum only allow you to post so many pictures per day or something??

I have not checked inside with a light or mirror. The bracing is fine and im not sure what you mean by bridge plate dissolving or loose strings. I notice no loose strings or anything dissolving on the guitar.

I intend to play it until I die and then pass it down to my son. Here are some pictures of my Nanny with her mandolin when she was a teenager and then one of her a year before she passed on. Also a pic of her at my wedding. Best woman I ever knew.

My Nanny was a musician and mainly played the mandolin. She had an old Gibson Mandolin that my aunt acquired after she passed. This particular guitar from what my dad tells me is that it was bought by my Nannys dad(my great grandpa) who was an avid fiddler. He bought the guitar to have for a player in his western swing band. He did open for Bob Wills i was told and would win 1st place in the county fairs fiddling contests.My dad believes the time frame was in fact in the 40s.His friend played the heck out of it from the looks of it! My dad did tell me that my great grandpas friend did some live recordings with this guitar and he also played guitar for the song The Harper Valley Pta now with this guitar i do not know? Ultimately it was my great granpas and he never gave it to his friend. They lived on the Spade Ranch in Colorado City, Texas and musical get togethers were the norm and was pretty much all their entertainment way out there on the ranch.The guitar was bought in Sweetwater, Texas. A few miles down the road from Colorado City. My Nanny acquired the guitar after my great grandpa passed on and kept it in the her house until she passed. I havent done anything but put new strings on it. Plays great in my opinion and has very unique sound. Almost like a woody type bassy airness to it if that makes sense.

Oops I dont have a facebook!

I tried to upload some pictures from my phone but says max size 500kb and they wont upload.

I cant find one. Might need a flashlight to look up in the sound hole.

How can i tell what year this guitar was made? My electrics have serial numbers but there is not one stamp or number to be found.

Good morning. I figured I would try here since this is the Gibson site. My Nanny recently passed away and she left this guitar for me in her will. She stated that out of all the grandkids that I was the only one who played music and she wanted the guitar to be played. So she passed it down to me. My question is what kind of guitar is this? It is a very great sounding instrument. It says gibson on the headstock and under it it says only a gibson is good enough. I will include some videos of me playing it. Thank you.