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  1. Thanks, yes, it is a similar spec to the Roy Smeck (I have played that model in my local guitar shop): Adirondack top, 12 fret neck, IR back and sides. Body depth-wise, it seems the same as my J-45.
  2. Well, it's just some arpeggiated chords in the intro and the rest is simple rhythm guitar.
  3. Thank you. It was great working with the other two musicians who just "got it" so quickly and can work in their interpretive playing in one or two takes. For my part I don't consider myself much of a player but love the songwriting process. I play and sing on my tracks because, well, someone has to show the other musicians how they are laid out(!) It is a particular pleasure to take songs out of my loungeroom and out in the wild as it were to meet what I would consider "real" musicians. Strangely, a lot of these same musicians don't necessarily write original material so it becomes a mutualy beneficial arrangement. That's more than fine by me.
  4. Thanks Lars, 🙂 From what I dimly recall, you are also based in Sweden, correct?
  5. Nice balance between guitar and vocals. Agree with others about the rich, warm tone. Not often on the forum and others may already be familiar with your guitar but it is new to me. A custom Southern Jumbo? AJ?
  6. I find myself in this situation sometimes too. Usually, it's with changing pickups on electric guitars but sure, been down the rabbit hole with different pins/saddle/tuner/string/pick combinations. Only occasionally is there a noticeable improvement - sometimes it's worse! Anyway, good call on the Monel Retro strings. LOVE them on my AJ - and they seem to last and last with consistent tone. Maybe the first day, like many new string sets, they can sound too metallic or "stringy" but after playing, putting it down, picking it up later and re-tuning, it great and stays that way for ages.
  7. It's low resolution to fit in with the rules here but this is it..
  8. Thanks Murph, An interesting piece of trivia was, that although most of the album was recorded in a friend's studio, the AJ was recorded in my office at home just using a medium distance positioned Shure Beta 57A cardioid mic. I have a condenser mic but didn't bother as this sounded fine. No special sound damping or room baffles needed. A little compression, EQ and reverb was added at the studio and that was it.
  9. It's been a while but I've been busy getting an album release happening amongst other things. This track from it is the most "unplugged" of the lot in that it just features my beloved AJ and a contrabass (double bass played with a bow) and some lovely violin work. I wrote it, sang the lead vocal (obviously not the female backing vocals though...) and played the AJ (well, that part is obvious as that's why we come to this forum...) and put in a few subtle synth parts at the end but it is mainly an all acoustic instrument song. It's good to have something to post here about.
  10. Old Neil

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    Congratulations. I agree with others here that a sunburst on a mahogany top looks beautiful - and 'serious' for some reason (or is that just 'seriously beautiful'`? But I digress...) I suspect that a hog top might take a bit more breaking in - or at least warming up each session - to really show its voice. We all look forward to your thoughts in comparison to the stock L-00 sound. My guess at this stage is that it may be similar to Koa guitars. More mellow and pretty with good sustain. In any case, enquiring minds wish to know...
  11. I had a Martin dread with Madagascar back and sides a while back. That long, vertical 'ripple' in the grain on the outer edges of the back of yours reminds me of how a lot of the Madagascar tops of that era at least shared that characteristic. So, it's possible...
  12. Yes it does. Serious necks on the Legend series too. I remember having the good fortune to play an L-00 Legend and a 30’s something L-00 side by side. Both had huge, V-neck profiles, especially considering they were attached to a small body guitar. Wonderful sounding. The actual vintage had that magical quality where you can hear new song ideas spring out of it while you play thing going on. Unfortunately it had a price tag to match that, by today’s standards, looks like a bargain but that’s life. Thanks for the “review”. It sounds like you have an enviable stable of Gibsons there. More power to you. 🙂
  13. As it turns out, my J-45 standard is a 2014 model. Just the year in itself doesn’t guarantee anything of course. In my case, I was fortunate to be able to compare and choose from six examples at the time. They were spread out over various guitar shops so I had to use my memory a little in the process but after several rounds of this, plus a few signature and TV models thrown in for comparison, I kept coming back to the one I eventually bought. in regards to your question, standards begin life as relatively brighter and more “string-ey” sounding than their darker, mellower “pre-vintaged” brethren but mellow and deepen themselves with time and playing.
  14. Thank you, Yes, I have a very good standard J-45 (and a 12 fret AJ) but have played a few True Vintage models and a Sheryl Crow Southern Jumbo (I think that's what it was at least). Some sound bites I recall on Youtube at the time seemed to show a very dark, dry version of the J-45 tone but you are obviously better placed to comment on that.
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