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  1. Glad you enjoy yours, JC. Good to see that the model gets love from guitarists who understand Gibson.

    livemusic, if your guitar has a pickup, especially a k&k, and you play live with volume, the guitar can feedback. The soundhole cover cuts that down markedly. You would never use a sound plug outside of that.

  2. Ken, I have that soundport cover too. When it’s on , you lose some bang up top. And still hear a magnificent Gibson. I have to tell ya’, I like this creature more than many a Standard I’ve played.

    Cayine, excellent post. This guitar pops. It’s crisp, and the trebles do pop, like on a Taylor 314 or 214, however you still get more bass, and that Gibson raw growl.

    I was eyeing an Eastman or Epiphone IBG, and man there is just no comparison.  If I could only have one guitar, I’d still choose  my Martin OOO Cherry Hill, but I’d sneak this Sally Through the Alley and in the back door. I’d have to.

     

  3. Brother Ben. Quite a bit to take in here!

    1) the song is excellent: original, real, raw. Great voice. A fast ball down the middle. Bravo. I wish I could write slice of life as effortlessly as you guys seem to. They say you should draw on your own experiences. I just can’t seem to do them with mine. A tale for the shrink I guess.

    2) love the J15. Man what a bargain that guitar was when it came out.

    3) that Wall of Sound behind you. Christ! The neighbors must dig you…

     

    once more time for emphasis. Thanks for the tune. It was a treat.

  4. Thanks all!

     

    the sound port does make a difference. It is not earth shattering, but when you play you get especially some treble coming at ya. Not bad for old fogies who lose high frequency hearing.

    Buc, the factory includes a black plastic teardrop.  And the strap button is OEM. And it is comfortable. I love my OOO from Martin, but I also remember how I liked the J45 Studio Walnut as well… it is slim.

    its simply a nice guitar period, and it sounds so much more alive than the knockoff 45s made by a few different folks overseas.

  5. Well, that didn’t last. I got down to two guitars: my 15year old Martin D-15 and new Martin 000 Cherry Hill. My J-45 TV went to a forum member and good friend, and the Taylors went as trade-in towards the Martin. 
     

    I couldn’t take not having a Gibson, but at the same time I love the narrower (000) depth guitars. The Gibson Generation G-45 fit the bill! I played it in a shop, and they gave me a crazy good deal. It has a solid Sitka top, walnut back and sides, a mahogany neck,  and an ebony bridge and fretboard. It weighs next to nothing. I did put on my old truss rod cover, as well as  a J-50 style guard I got on eBay for $18.


    I got this for under $1,000 all in; the gig bag it came in is worth $200 on its own- a serious soft gig bag:

     

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    Yes there is a video of some “content creator click baiter” cutting one in half and not liking a spot of glue or whatever, but I’m telling you this thing is friggin awesome, especially for short coin. The guitar is loud, it growls, it’s comfortable, and that player port is just simply nice. I don’t care that it is there, and I wouldn’t care if it wasn’t.

     

     Edited PS: In this price range you can get an all wood polyurethane finished Epiphone or Eastman slope. The Eastmans look nice. I thought hard about an E6 or E10 SS. But they are wider, heavy, and they don’t sound like a Gibson.  You’re gonna want that Gibson.

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  6. I was looking for a 000-28 since the injury in July… and I couldn’t find the right one. Anyway long story short is I’ve kind of simplified a lot. Home . Junk. Guitars. I’m down to two guitars, including this Martin 000 with Cherry back and sides. It is short scale.

    possibly this summer I may add an LG-2 but I want to take my time and find the right one. Russo’s has one now, but it is sterile.

    anyways… the mic? It’s in the camera. I am using a Zoom Q2N. The sound is decent, not very processed, and the camera is as well. I have to learn how to lose the fish eye view, and use a power bank off Amazon to be able to record  longer than the AA batteries allow. It is a good tool, because it is simple, and easy.

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  7. My first car was a hand me down 1973 4door Dart, faded yellow, V6, with dents, a non working roll down window, gas gauge, and two non working door latches. Ripped vinyl back seat. Am radio.  In Brooklyn, in 1982 I could listen to 770 WABC top 40, 1050 WHN Country music, 1010 WINS news, or learn Spanish in static. The plate was 716-DTJ.

    I remember all that, and  all the phone numbers of my house and friends, but I can’t remember what I changed my password to 3days ago.

    enjoy the 45!

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  8. I had a bone saddle in my most recent purchase, a custom Cherry Martin 000. It had grooves in the G, B, and high E slots. And after the 1st string change, I am pretty sure I heard an u desirable ping sound from the B groove area.

     

    i bought 2 new Martin nuts. One high quality bone and one Tusq. I took my time sanding, and both saddles solved the problem. And…. I think I like the sound of the Tusq better… don’t shoot me!

  9. Look at the furthest left guitar in my rack. It’s my 15 year old Martin D15. These guitars are notorious for thin mahogany sides, with a propensity to crack easily. In Martin land they call it “the key crack”, because it comes from playing your guitar with keys in your pocket.

    My side cracked about 8 years back. I wicked some glue in the crack, and then said Ruckit, and threw that NB sticker on. The repair has held!

    The moral is don’t play guitar sitting down with keys in your pocket.

     

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