cqlove87
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10 hours ago, DanvillRob said:
Good on you! Good song.... nice performance....now do it again with your banner!
The Epi is a pretty danged good guitar for the money!
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.
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10 hours ago, DanvillRob said:
Good on you! Good song.... nice performance....now do it again with your banner!
The Epi is a pretty danged good guitar for the money!
One more with the banner!
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10 hours ago, DanvillRob said:
Good on you! Good song.... nice performance....now do it again with your banner!
The Epi is a pretty danged good guitar for the money!
Here is one I did with the banner.
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1 hour ago, philfish said:
Now tell us about the new one, doesn't look like a standard 45
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.
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Here is one y’all might remember! Played on an epiphone dr 500mv something of another.
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8 hours ago, E-minor7 said:
Fantastic - do you HEAR any similarities ?
Yes but the banner has a unique sound. A certain earthy tone. The new one sounds just like that, new!
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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!
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32 minutes ago, DanvillRob said:
John, I want a book signed by you....not a signed sticker.
I'll pay whatever price you deem appropriate.
I'll send you a PM, and you can let me know when you have more.
I'd MUCH rather give you 100% of the money.
Thanks, Bob
Ah. I should have thought of this option before I bought my copy! The sticker will have to do!
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3 hours ago, fortyearspickn said:
CQL, Like people, guitars can get fragile and finicky as they age. I'd caution against trying to see if the Truss Rod turns at all. It is the nut that turns, of course, not the rod - and one full turn which is 360 degrees, would most likely damage the neck. I would guess that "5 minutes" would be infinitesimal - impossible to discern, you'd likely be unable to turn it at least 1/8th of a turn. If the nut/rod hasn't been touched in 75 years - chances are it's 'stuck' (possible rust and corrosion) and you'd want a luthier to tease it. It would serve no purpose for you to find out if it is stuck or not and the risk of causing costly, possibly irreversible harm outweighs your getting that info. Like the Hippocratic Oath says - "First, Do No Harm". And as Shakespeare said "Get thee to a Luthier." (OK, nunnery, but same thing.)
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!
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25 minutes ago, E-minor7 said:
Works fine here - the guitar looks great. Something tells me it's a spruce top, , , I may stand corrected before knowing it.
The screwed down shield on the head covers a metal rod meant to adjust the neck. The truss rod. Some of these oldies didn't have them, , , yours does, be glad. And try to open it, perhaps even check if the thing still turns. But go with care (no wrong tool) - and not more than '5 minutes' either right or left. Turning to the bass side means lower action, treble higher.
Good Luck
What kind of wood do the back and sides look like? Mahogany or Maple? Also the neck?
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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-
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11 minutes ago, jt said:
The numbers often fade, but sometimes the women who built these guitars simply forgot to stamp numbers on the neckblock. Using a light, including black light may help.
I love the mahogany topped Banners! Mine is currently on loan (to Jennifer Nettles of the band Sugarland) and I'm itching to get it back.
Cool! Thank you for the information. I just bought a copy of your book off Amazon. Can't wait to read it!
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1 hour ago, jt said:
More or less (everything with vintage Gibsons is "more or less" 🙂 ), for about a year, beginning mid-1944.
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!
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3 hours ago, jt said:
Somehow I missed this thread!
Congratulations on your Banner J-45! Fantastic guitar. Looks to have a mahogany top, which puts it in 1944. Is there a readable factory order number (FON) on the neckblock inside the guitar?
Again, congratulations.
(Oh, and Loar did not sign oval hole mandolins.)
Was the mahogany top just for that year? What was the top for the other years? I will look for that number today.
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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??
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15 minutes ago, E-minor7 said:
Very cosy pictures - the vintage lady looks as if she deserves the best : You keeping and playing it.
Have you checked the neck block and generally looked inside with a lite and a little mirror. As already said above there may be a number and a letter or a combo.
And if you get inside, use the opportunity to check the braces (rule-like structure under the top) and the fortifying so called bridge-plate where the strings go down. Are they loose - is the plate dissolving.ENJOY
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.
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19 minutes ago, DanvillRob said:
I totally understand..... but it's something he didn't own.... once he did own it, he had no idea it was valuable...... so I'd hope he'd explore other options.....but ....if things are dire....I understand.
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.
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5 minutes ago, DanvillRob said:
You should tell us about this guitar..... what do you know about it?
Was your Nanny a musician?
When she said she got it?
Where?
Where did she keep it?
Did you have to do anything to it once you got it?
It looks like it's been well played...so someone must have truly loved it.
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.
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1 minute ago, DanvillRob said:
Different people use different methods....I post photos to mt Facebook page, then just drag them into the forum.
Like this:
Oops I dont have a facebook!
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I tried to upload some pictures from my phone but says max size 500kb and they wont upload.
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1 minute ago, DanvillRob said:
Can you find a serial number? Probably inside the guitar up close to the neck.
I cant find one. Might need a flashlight to look up in the sound hole.
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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.
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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.
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Guitar my Nanny passed down to me
in Gibson Acoustic
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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.