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Mr E- min7- there does seem to be some sort of time limit on the ability to edit, or delete posts. Not sure of how long that is, though. Poor Nick- he didn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition.

Well, sometimes we who ask for a clip of an ngd post get one, but few would've expected a clip as nice as that. Thanks for posting. Don't know if you had to transpose keys for the vocals, but great job getting and holding on to those notes.

Congrats on an amazing looking guitar. To get these jaded eyes to give a closer look at a J-45 in a Guitar Center promo ad (which expired the day before it came in the mail), is not easily done, but the Walnut Custom was there on the page showing. . . abalone upgrade, bound neck, bound headstock* with flower pot (*see j45Nick's avatar), cut diamond inlay markers, etc? The honeyburst is the best of both worlds- a Gibson sunburst, but when playing with Martins with aging toner, the h-burst has more of the look of an aged top, imho. Hopefully, as a working guitarist, you might be able to share a clip. Enjoy.

How do you (or anyone who wants to weigh in, for that matter) feel about surgeons having music playing in the operating room? AC/DC, Flight of the Valkyries, classical, or ..? ?

The sensitivity required on the player’s part that you allude to, as opposed to the seller’s wife’s observation on the one in the previous post’s photo as being too loud, begs a paraphrasing of the Chet Atkins line, where someone once told him “that guitar sounds wonderful” - Chet just cocked his ear toward the soundhole, & said “I don’t hear anything”. There must’ve been a sloped shoulder Gibson acoustic built with a cedar top as a prototype laying around somewhere. A few years back this forum was abuzz when OlWileyFool started a thread taking suggestions about commissioning a run of guitars for those on the forum - I think the topic went a half dozen pages or more. A 12 fret J-45 was just a pipe dream. . . Since then, a handful of iconic Gibson flat tops have been offered in the 12 fret design. Edit: the AJ 500RC has been on the eBay watchlist. . . ‘ Don’t think one has come up for sale for over a year.

A J-45 Cedar would be an interesting idea for a Bozeman custom build through the Made 2 Measure program, if things have calmed down for Gibson. . . wasn't all of that supposed to go down this month? Leonard McCoy- how're things coming along on the Made 2 Measure build of the Everly? It would be totally possible for cedar to sound meh in one guitar design, and sound too much in another. . . The seller of this cedar topped Epiphone AJ-500RC 12 fret told me his wife said the guitar was "too loud". Don't know if it's the light satin poly-finished top, the AJ style bracing, the longer scale length, or the rosewood, but I whole-heartily agree. The thing is an absolute anomaly. If one ever pops up for sale, the reasonable price is worth it, if in entertainment value only:

It rarely happens that you're able to fill in the blanks on the history of a guitar like this. Many of us here have guitars that have been through many hands, never knowing anything about the people who played them in the past, or what songs they've done. We just have to acquiesce, and let the mystery be. But we'll always wonder. Is your guitar mostly doing classical? It would be great to hear it. . . especially crossing over from the classical realm (hint, hint) :)

Ironic. And hilarious. You offer a fine sales pitch for the whole retirement thing. Wish I'd heard of it earlier. Thanks for taking the time to pull back the curtain, and tell about your setup, and for putting the links to the equipment used.

Yes, the picture in a picture is cool, & brings a new level- is that something that you do with other software and bring into YouTube? If I’m not mistaken, haven’t you used that in some of your other videos, as well?

Good of you to remember your father in a song. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. Also- that's a lot of strings. . . and- check the title of your YouTube.

So, are they color filled at Bozeman, or . . . ?

Correction on my previous post- they did not ask for me to send back the packs that had duds in them. So it might be worth it to give the Sunbeams another shot.

The Sunbeams probably did have a dud or 2 in the set; I have purchased a couple of sets that had duds, & returned them. The small New Jersey company that makes them has great customer service… They want the customer to be happy/ they even sent me a couple of new sets of strings to try as well as a replacement set of Sunbeams . But if shipping and customer service contact support is long distance, it might not be worth it.

Another vote here for the Masterbuilts being on your new J-45. If they're the D'Addarios (& not re-branded to Masterbuilts), look inside for the colored ball ends. Use an image hosting site like imgur & share a snap with us. Congrats on the nice guitar. As far as rebranded D'Adds; quite sure Elixir does this as well, but the ball ends are unpainted for the E's.

"The Gibson Amplifier" newsletter? Love it. Very cool, Ned- thanks so much for coming aboard to share your info, and that charming newsletter, looking to be made with not much more than a Smith-Corona and a copy machine. The quality of light coming in through the window of that cover photo is quite familiar to those of us who've studied the Banner-era photos also taken at 225 Parsons. Emin7 raises the point: which came first- the guitar, or the name?

Ryan A's amazement about the change in "Stunt Buc's" sound after the neck reset, fret job, loose brace repair, and set up is a fine testament to how an old guitar that's been sitting for years, unused because it was difficult to play with it's high action and poor sound, can become someone's absolute favorite after quality work by a professional luthier. Still not sure of how that whole process of silk screening works, and how those stars and the lettering got put on to the new headstock overlays.

Mr Woodford probably knows what happened. Have you considered these lacquer pens? The above is only a screen capture. Scroll down on the link below; Stew Mac has brown and black as well. Maybe try a hobby shop first to get around Stew Mac's notoriou$ mark up. http://www.stewmac.com/Materials_and_Supplies/Finishing_Supplies/Colors_and_Tints_and_Stains/ColorTone_Touch-up_Marker.html The narrow width of the scratch gives you a good chance of making it much less noticeable. Lacquer's strong suit is it's workability. You could follow up the touch up with Virtuoso Cleaner, then V. Polish.

As self-appointed Assistant Mayor of Munchkin City, over at the G. Acoustic Forum, I have to say this is the funniest, and most appetizing ongoing thread on the Lounge, bar none.

Good of you to put up that how-to of the Jack White song. What's also interesting: that guitar. . . remembering when your 12-fret SJ-200 was the subject of some discussion down below on the Gibson Acoustic forum. The thought of what a 12 fret '200 would sound like in person was something that was on the mind since seeing the late Stan Jay of Mandolin Bros. doing a demo with it. Hope you, and the guitar, have been doing well.

At the temperature you've mentioned, all will be fine, but there will be a definite shift to playing less detailed songs- more towards chord jamming. I'd rather be playing a beater- a fallen good guitar that has had a rough and tumble past, rather than some engineered guitar-like object meant to play (almost) in the rain. If it's that bad, we wouldn't be out there, anyhow. The biggest threat would be the campfire jam- some volatile conditions that change over the course of inches. Feel the top, and back off if necessary. Not for the cream puff guitar. Another vote here for the having more than one guitar category.

No experience with the mahogany Guild; just pointing out an occasion, one of the things Sal was mentioning on the Thanksgiving thread: 'just appreciate being introduced to some good music by someone on the forum. Thanks Rough Diamond. You may now resume your mahogany GAS.

This is true. To exaggerate the point, putting a capo up the neck, out of cowboy chord territory does add a sense of intimacy to the sound. As far as maple goes, the question to be considered might be how it acts on a large, square-shouldered short scale guitar vs, say, a small Nick Lucas or 00-sized guitar. The SJ-200 is admittedly a bit of an anomaly, but to those who have both; is the maple louder than the rosewood version? It could also depend on your playing style- if you were more of a strummer, vs trying to make some big reaches for some cleanly-fretted fingerstyle or maybe some country blues pickin'. Yes, PeteJMurray from the Hummingbird Selection thread could always get a recent 'Bird in the iconic red 60's burst in mahogany to get the true bird flavor. . . and christen it with his belated father's name, etc. in his honor. Well, she was fairly preoccupied with styling pretty, so . . .

One Bird to rule them all. Rdnzl, that photo is growing on me.

Good one, Ponty. If you have a B-25, any chance of putting a high intensity light up against the back, comparing with a solid back?

Not to my (limited) knowledge. The only contemporary lam that comes to mind would be the reissue of the J-160; the ladder braced John Lennon J-160 with it's laminated top. Any others?