duluthdan

Welcome aboard VG. I am a finger player too - and that J-45lends itself very nicely to that - its also a great song-writing companion.

badBlues : Gnarly sound you crank out of that J-45 - fun listen

Hey, welcome to a great little corner here - loved your Bojangles. You really have a great vocal range !

Wonderfull stuff - imagine actually sitting on that beach plucking away on a guitar and marveling at it all.

Hello David and Steve - Hope you find out some good stuff here and are able to share. California ! Just saying that word at this time of year makes me feel warm. David -all the best in your quest to stay a few steps ahead of that big black dog - a new J-45 Custom sounds like a great prescription for recovery !

You could try the Martin Lifespans - they are "treated" and come in that SP / PB configuration. Interestig that a simple bone saddle can result in such a step in tone on so many guitars.

Marty - that is one stunning Gibson. All dressed up for the party - nice bit of flash.

Magnificent musicianship on that 12 string. Nice melody, I wish I knew your language, this sounds quite expressive. [thumbup]

Ompdog - Now that you rate retired I hope you can find some more time to play. Such a fun hobby. Your sig line shows some serious wood.

Thx.

The more I listen yo this, the more I am captivated. Open tuning? How/what? I have to learn this. I just listened to Mumford's version - I like your performance a lot better.

SKIP -I like your hobby !

This is good to hear. Except the scraping off glue part. Funny, I have had the glue holding the velcro for the battery bag fail and cause a rather deep boom that made quite a few folks duck. Have also had glue failure on those little wire clips. Glad you had this success.

Outstanding ! How does it sound?

That was fun ! Great killer lead.

Nice "Bonecrusher".

Welcome aboard 7. You have your sites set on the iconic J-45. They are such a great and fun instrument. With a decent Les Paul,an original '58 Strat (!) and a j-45 I can't think of any bases not covered.

Both pretty cool. Are you in the hunt for a 12 fretter? Both of these sport rather trimmed down necks from the origonal, looks like. The few Smecks I've played, Ok, just one, had wider necks, though they had been narrowed a bit. I qould have expected the Fellowship clip to be a bit more robust. I'll listen again later thru headphones.

BBP: Great Sunday fun with a 45 ! That guitar has a great sound.

Gordan: On the J-200 I used to have it always did nicely with 12's. John Pearse, Curt Mangan or Martin SP 12's, always Phosphor Bronze. I tried 13's occasionally, but the string tension seemed way too stiff for me.

Hey Double - early Stones acoustic - love just thinking about that, cool. Tx - a d-28 Marquis - nice nice guitar, you'll love hunting down a J-45. Just wanted to say "Hi" and welcome to the Gibson forum, lots of knowledgable folks hang out here.

Welcom Adrian - there are a few of your fellow countrymen on here - its a fun and informative forum.

Canada, eh ? Grew up 140 miles from your border. We used to travel there to play hockey, and we counted it as a "win" if nobody on our team ended up in the hospital...Welcome to the Gibson forum, lots of knowledgeable a nice folks here.

From what we hear - lots of folks are in love with those J-35s ! Let us know if there is somewhere we can go to hear your work.