Vito89
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1 hour ago, slimt said:
You bought a 1950s J45. 1950s J45s had a slightly larger neck than the straight run of the mill J45 standard.
as for the strange resonance. Was it like a continuous tone? Or vibration ? or rattle?
J45s are pretty nice , versatile guitars.
I'd say vibration/rattle.
1 hour ago, fortyearspickn said:Sorry to hear you had to send it back. Sounds like it wasn't an 'in-store' purchases, and you didn't have the opportunity to inter-act with the seller's 'professional staff'. They should have checked it out before re-opening it and sending to you. They must get lots of returns if they just receive sealed boxes from instrument makers, leave them sealed, and send them on to purchasers to do the actual "Intake/Receiving Dock QA Inspection". Did you measure the gap from the top of the fret to the bottom of the string?
Exactly, it was an online purchase.
Yes, I measured the gap from the top of the fret to te bottom of the string at 12th fret.49 minutes ago, kidblast said:ME it's been that new Gibson acoustics need a setup which must include correctly filing the nut slots as well as working on the saddle.
Just addressing the saddle and neck relief is not really enough.
Gibson does not do much of anything in particular to the nut, and that makes an enormous difference.
My J200 was the same way. It was not easy to play until I got it setup properly. once that was done, it plays quite easily.
Strange Resonance sounds like something may have been vibrating. was there a pick system in the guitar, sometimes the control dials can rattle, or perhaps one of the machine heads could have needed some slight tightening. there's really dozens of things that could cause thisThanks for your point of view. Yes, maybe a setup would have solved everything but I didn't feel like risking it, but if they all come like this from the factory then maybe with the next one I'll be more confident and I'll go with a setup. The fact is, it's not easy to gauge whether you like an instrument if the setup is so disastrous. Overall the nut was adjusted very well!
45 minutes ago, Larsongs said:Right.. Almost every Guitar needs a Set up when new. Even if it’s been Set up. No 2 players like the same exact Set up. If you start high you can always adjust lower.. If a Guitar starts out low there’s nowhere to go.. Except to buying new Nut, Bridge or ?
Back in the old days it seems like Guitars were made for big Guys. Big Body, fat Necks, heavy Guage Strings, etc. I imagine that was what Gibson was going for in the 50’s J-45’s & their other 50’s Series Guitars..
Thank you for your reply. it is very useful to me.
37 minutes ago, jvi said:I think Gibson guitars come set up "high" cause thats where they sound best, humans like comfort so many of us want low easy action....and off we go....
Well yes. this is also why I decided not to lower the action. I was afraid that if I did it the guitar wouldn't play anymore. But more than 8/64 high and low really seems like a lot to me... or not? Furthermore, I have had a Chinese acoustic guitar set with (even too) low action for 15 years and it sounds a lot the same, so... I expect at least the same from a Gibson.
and then why in the specifications that come with the guitar do they write that they have set it with a super low action?
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Hello everyone,
I'm Vito from Italy! 🙂
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Hi everyone,
I purchased a new 1950's Gibson J-45. As soon as I opened it, it seemed perfect and wonderful in every way, apart from the excessively striped rosewood of the fretboard. Once I picked it up, however, I immediately noticed an action that was really too high (more than 8/64 at low E and more than 6/64 at high E) which made it really unplayable and therefore didn't even make me understand if I could I feel comfortable with its not-so-small neck. The sensation was to playing a very hard guitar; which is very strange for a J-45, which should be a very soft guitar (at least as far as I know).
Such a high action seemed very strange to me also because in the documents that arrived with the guitar, quality control wrote that the action on that guitar had been adjusted to 5/64 on the low E and 3/64 on the high E (maybe even too low). I thought the neck had moved during transport, but I checked that too and found it to be perfect.
In the end I had to send it back. Maybe it would have been enough to lower the bridge saddle, but I was afraid that doing so might cause other problems and at that point I wouldn't be able to return it.
Also, playing single notes on the low E string produced a strange resonance from the guitar body. Would lowering the action have increased it? would it disappear? I'll never know.
What I would like to ask you is if any of you have had similar experiences purchasing this new guitar. Also because I would really like a Gibson J-45 and in the future I will definitely try to buy it again (perhaps the standard version which has a slightly thinner neck), so I would like to understand if I find myself in the same situation and how I should behave.
Thank you so much everyone!
Action and other little issues on a new Gibson 50's J-45
in Gibson Acoustic
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Thank you for your contribution 🙂
yes, probably 😅
Well, it could be, but the truss rod seemed to be adjusted well.
Thank you for the advice. This inspires a lot of confidence in me. The perfect thing would be to find both the 50's and the Standard (with a right setup) in a shop and choose the one I like best. Unfortunately in Italy it is very difficult to find this situation 😅
I hadn't thought about this. But I can tell you that I waited 4-5 days before sending it back and the situation hasn't changed at all since it arrived.
And ****, unfortunately I didn't take any photos. I'm sorry 😭
Thank you so much for this suggestion. I confess that the entire playlist made by Jim is among my favorites and I watch them several times. I watched this video on this occasion too just to make sure that what I saw was wrong with the guitar I received wasn't just in my head. And basically in this video Jim confirmed it for me.
Thank you for your words. I thought I was the strange one who couldn't play such irrationally high actions 🤣