chipss36
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I have the j35 faded, the finish is umm different. The back and sides look cool, looks like no grain filler was used to me.
the headstock, the guitar top, and the back of neck to me looked just bad, and the neck felt bumpy , so I cut and polished in them places, from 1000 grit to 3k , the polish , med to fine , leaving still a rustic look, but no orange peel. The headstock I did not cut. Due to the logo. Just polish, it has some orange peel, not much I can do about that.
If you like the stock look, don’t polish it. It looks bad if you do. And ware over time will polish it.
changed the tuners, ripped out the pickup, filled the hole with a mammoth ivory end pin , the bridge pins , the saddle also mammoth.
This took a 4 pound guitar down to 3.9 pounds .
it’s lighter . Louder and prouder now.
I think this finish idea need some work.
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I would like to see a j35, done correctly for a change.
no banners, three on plate tuners with the correct white buttons.three tone bars. and do this without a custom shop price.
it that really asking to much?
the faded 30s got close, then the tuners went way off the beaten path.
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I clearly did read what was wrote....again pictures worth a thousand words, I slam Gibson when needed, like the tv j45 I had with laminated parts on it.....it was unacceptable and should have never left the factory.
And was personally attacked by Gibson fan boys for it.
or the next high end vintage j45 I owned with wolf tones on the g note, all of them, it was sent back, but should have been destroyed, not sold for around 5k...
I understand the OP not being around to comment, and attacking him, is lame. Shame on all you doing this....
furthermore the lame excuse of hide glue, makes me think someone’s grasping at straws to defend Gibson at all cost, even above that that I know to be true, as a person who has worked with hide glue, and not just gluing wood together with it, but large tolex sheets.
it is what it is, and I know personally that Gibson makes huge mistakes, and passes them right on off to customers, it happens. And if you owned enough Gibson's or even played many, you know this to be true. I play racks of them when looking. It’s the best way to find a stellar example.
I also know when a j45 is on, or a les Pual, or any Gibson nothing will touch it. Also fine examples are not every guitar that has a Gibson label in it, some are horrible, some are stellar.
this is reality people. No need in trying to tell me otherwise, it’s delusional, and that is MY end of that conversation!
but attacking the op is pure, fanboy.
and does nothing to hold Gibson , one accountable for mistakes like what is shown here, or others I have seen, or owned, or neck reset issues I have seen.... It happens......
It does show a very odd brand loyalty.
What motivates one to act that way?retorical !
exactly why I rarely visit this forum.
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I think the point of this is
this is unacceptable!!!
Not buying hide glue is hard to work with,
it a heck of a lot easier to clean up than anything else. Hide glue pulls wood together as it dries, unlike white glue.
my very first attempt at building a guitar cab with it. And tolexing the cab with it.
was my best work ever, because of how hide glue works. It’s nothing complex.
this a a custom shop?
it’s unacceptable is what it is,
at 5k , it should look, and sound stellar, or never leave the “custom shop “.
regardless if it’s gibson or any custom shop. And at that price, this is unacceptable.
if you support brand loyalty off the edge of a cliff.
I will never follow you...
few will...
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in currently available guitars.
Is the Gibson Historic 1936 J-35 the largest most baseball, neck of the historic’s?anyone have one?
I like 50s les Pual necks, and the srv fender necks...I can not lie, I like big necks.
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I so wish I had more time at home to play and record, may have to make some career changes..lol
One the the best reads I have found on recording acoustic .
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Protools ....
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I use pro tools 9, on an iMac, interface is an RME fire face uc, control surface is command 8, main moniters are dsm-3's
mics and mic press are next.....
Temperature variance in studio for SJ200 1957 Montana
in Gibson Acoustic
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And many old guitars have cracks in the tops, backs and sides, or have lifted bridges and loose braces….and on and on.
so clearly many guitars are NOT as tough as people seem to think. Many examples exist of exactly what I am saying…even newer ones.
so big changes in temperatures and humidity may be just fine in your lifetime, and it may not, Or could be next week…who knows.
the thing is, today we understand all this better, than ever before, and have low cost solutions, for keeping an expensive guitar, in a case, with two way humility control is a few bucks.
Takes seconds to take it out of its case, are people really that lazy now?
Keeping the guitar stable has advantages the necks shift less, the neck relief shifts less. Most of the time it’s still in tune from the last go. This is not the case with a guitar sitting on a stand or hung on a wall.
Ask any repair luthier. Look at any prewar guitar on reverb, and count the cracks. It’s a thing. A real thing.
op I would not risk it with a sj200!
but I don’t even with my lesser acoustic guitars. I used to have them hanging on a wall, I now know better.
if you need a wall hanger, get an overbuild poly beater. A light canon style build , like thin top , scallop bracing , and nitro do not fair as well.