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  1. Fairly sure the Vintage series guitars have torrefied tops. I had a 2016 Hummingbird Vintage- Sitka spruce. Beautiful guitar, too nice for the likes of me. Congrats on the incoming HB-V . . . nice case, too.
  2. That is so Gibson. Quick- everybody: is your tang showing? I would leave it, C Sharpe. . . it's unique, and almost endearing.
  3. Nice pics, and they show some equally nice mods. Decent string break at the saddle, ✔️. Very good looking grain on that top, too. Of course, a sample clip would always be welcome. 😊.
  4. Very good info there, Dave. You had explained before that an M2M build could actually be less expensive, but I'd forgotten why.
  5. One thing to bear in mind- The Advanced Jumbo model is a different creature than the venerable J-45/ Southern Jumbo. The longer scale length and (usually) rosewood back and sides gets away from the quick decay that makes the J-45 and SoJo such a fine strummer and those two models are known to work well with vocals. The three AJs I've had (in different incarnations) have all had a "harder" sound. If you go forward with the repaired AJ, you might want to pop the truss rod cover off, make sure things look ok there, and maybe confirm that the truss rod functions as it should.
  6. Personally, the bigger tragedy to me is that nowadays someone could ask the equivalent of $8300 US for guitars in this condition. As is often said around here, at one time these were just old guitars and many people thought nothing of “modifying” guitars to their liking. Probably sounds pretty good.
  7. It’s also posted on Philly craigslist. Most CL sellers don’t ship, but rather prefer cash and carry. Prairie Dogs idea of ask for an unusual camera angle of something to verify the seller actually has the guitar. The strings are high off the fretboard and the saddle is low already. A neck reset could be up to $500. other than potential neck reset, guitar is in fine condition, but those aren’t the most desired years for Gibson acoustics. yes, proceed with caution… Odds are seller might not even get back with you after asking for additional pics.
  8. Greta might shriek "how dare you" to me, but even if they make me go electric, I'll still have G.A.S.
  9. I don't know. . . one of those had a small bit of finish missing from the heel. 😐. "Murphy" can go jump in a lake- 'took a look, and indeed, there were a couple late 50's in that price range that looked like they would be fine players. Don't know if the OP would be up for the ADJ guitars, but looks like there were some converted ones, too.
  10. But wouldn't the movement of heated dry air increase desiccation ?
  11. Pics would've helped on this. Were they the classic center seam separation cracks? Those are one of the first types of cracks to appear with dried out guitars, and quite often, one of the more repairable (esp. on newer guitars), which usually involves a couple of days in the guitar sauna where the humidity is kept in the low 60's r.h.
  12. And it is a huge manatee. Happens at other places, as well. PEETA should be called. People for the Ethical Treatment of Acoustics. But it is no joke- letting damage from dry conditions happen is bad, and disrespectful of the work put in to make these guitars.
  13. It's like shooting fish in a barrel to catch a forumite in that room. And it must've been a fun moment, after the two of you were talking, to realize that you were both Forum people. Thanks to you, and to JCV for sharing, too. ps- what's up with that koa J-45's top? Is that crazy bear claw?
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