[Little Elvis, J45 50s Original. The Weary Kind cover song]

Great job!

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Thanks for the information

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Does anyone know what the original bridge pin material would’ve been on a 55 J45?

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10 hours ago, zombywoof said:

Cool and congrats! 

When I started playing Gibsons I could not afford a new one so bought what were then simply "used" guitars.  Started with those made in the late 1950s then just seemed to keep going earlier and earlier.  The only Gibson acoustic though that I am still kicking myself in the butt for letting go of was a 1956 Southerner Jumbo.  But back then I had to part with something to acquire something else.  There was definitely a magic though to those heavier built Gibsons of the 1950s.  

1955 though was, of course, a transitional year at Gibson.  While the guitars had lost the tapered headstock and wood/fabric side supports between 1951 and 1953 in '55 they started going with the large pointy pickguards and non-scalloped bracing.  But it is not like they changed the specs at the stroke of midnight on January 1 so during a year when changes were being made you can still find gets some co-mingling of old and new specs.  So, it is not impossible to find 1955 Gibsons which retained the earlier scalloped bracing. 

By the way, I lived in Spokane for a bit from 1978 until 1980.

I’ll have to check if it has some scalloped bracing.  I was here in Spokane when you lived here.  The place has improved since then.  😀

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10 hours ago, slimt said:

I forget the name of that restaurant.   I always wonder what happened to all those acoustics.    I know thinking back there were alot of rare pieces in there.  
 

Reds vintage was owned by Red Bowers. He was years ago a pawn shop owner out of Nevada. He aquired some cool pieces. The back of the shop was a quansit.  It was full of guitars.   Martin , Gibson would of been in awe over all he had. 
  
a big lawyer in Spokane bought alot prior to Reds Passing  

 

Was the restaurant maybe Thadeus T. Thudpucker’s?

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I remember the Cadillac sticking out of the roof but I don’t recall the vintage acoustics.  I never did know of Red’s vintage guitars in Post Falls.  It must’ve closed before I got heavily into guitar.  That would be amazing to have a cool shop like that in the Spokane area now.

 

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2 minutes ago, egoidealmusic said:

"one of the guitars" being the key phrase!  So is it everything  you'd hoped for?  Share a clip!!!

😀yeah, I traded three guitars for it.  I usually wouldn’t trade but the store has had this since at least April when I first saw it.  They were willing to deal.  I think it was a fair trade, especially when I work in the tax I was able to avoid.  It is everything I hoped it would be.  My reissue sounded very similar to be honest.  There is this dryness and volume increase on this one though.  I love the actually real aged binding and checking into the finish. The history part makes it worth it for me.  I drove from Spokane to Seattle and I’m in a hotel now.  I’ll try and get a clip up when I get home.  I tried four vintage j45’s and a vintage country and western today.  Three were great and two were pretty underwhelming, so what they say is true about making sure you play one first.

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1 minute ago, slimt said:

Really Nice.   I have a couple 56 J45s.  

Awesome!  I also tried a 1952 at a different store.  It was amazing as well but I couldn’t get into that one price wise .  I’m really happy with this’55 though 

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5 minutes ago, egoidealmusic said:

Oh, that is gorgeous!  I think those of us who've bought the 50's J-45 dream of exactly this!

One of the guitars I traded in was a reissue ‘50s J45.

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Thanks for getting my picture up.  😀

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I just bought this today!  I’ve dreamed of a vintage J45 for many years.  It sound great, dry and loud.  The serial number is W282520.  I see that the W was used in 1955.  How can I tell what day by the numbers?