SilverTurtleZ28

Well, I've got the first generation G45 Studio and mine is excellent. Zero problems. Put some Elixir 12 gage Nanowebs on it a few months back and it has been a great guitar the whole time I've owned it. I've only ever gotten to play one of the new G45s, and I was underwhelmed by the feeling and sound of it. I'm not exactly sure what the big difference is, other than the player port, but my first generation G45 just feels and plays more comfortably.

here's a picture of mine

Central Texas checking in. I've got a 1963 Dove, 1992 Custom Shop Dove 12 String, 2019 G45 and 2020 Hummingbird. I'll post some pics when I figure out how to make them 500KB or less from my phone.

Until today, I thought ours was the only 12 string Dove that was made by Gibson. Ours was made in 1992 by the Gibson Acoustic Custom Shop by Ren Ferguson and John Walker. Seems like the black one might have been made around the same time, if it came out of the Montana Division. I took ours to the Gibson Garage recently and got a setup done on it and we decided to go to 12 gage strings and tune it to D standard tuning. That has made a world on difference in the playability and sound of the guitar.