[Let's change The Bridge!]

Labor consuming work, those repair guys got to love there shops

I'm glad I know one

[Nice Old Epi...]

Sent me on a UTube  journey

Thanks Murph 

[why do epiphones sound so bad?]

I have a nice Epiphone AJ28 made 1998 Anniversary model  from the Korean factory 

A few mods and a set up , plays great, looks great

[Just for fun.........]

Truman, boom on baby 

[J45 Standard one fret end open]

The nibs on my 2011 J45tv are all exposed 

 

[1934 L-50]

In this Utube she plays a Gibson LG and some Waterloos

I believe she won a Grammy this year. The radio station I listen to plays her stuff WMOT roots radio

   

[Brothers From Different Mothers...]

Yea Man! Saw them on CBS now there stuff from the Lincolin Center is showing up on youtube. This will be a good music Sunday

 

[Motown!]

Nice song choice, those Motown memory's

  

[Okay, okay, okay.......]

That Collings looks so good, I got to play a CJ 35 a friend owns over thanks giving 

They make a nice guitar 

[Boveda two way humidity control yes, or totally damaging ?]

Marco your temperature and humidity levels are at good levels for your guitars, if they remain in this range I see no need for any humidification   

[Jimmy Buffet 76]

He's riding A-1-A all the way

Thanks Jimmy

[Curious why a new J 45 sounded dead?]

E=minor 

I listened to your version of Junk many times when you posted it in the Acoustical Performances 

Good to hear it again  Bravo!  

[Curious why a new J 45 sounded dead?]

I've been thumb whacking for years, learned it from an old friend years ago.

I do it on the bridge, a good guitar will sing to you. Also lets you know if there are lose braces 

 I have seen Bryan Sutton  do it

[A giant fell away today]

One of my fondest musical memories was the first time I heard The Weight 

Siting in my bed room ( 1968 ) in a suburb of Washington DC  listing to am radio from Boston WBZ  that I could pick up at night.

Bought the album  Music From Big Pink as soon as I could

[Holter Pickguards]

Thats a sharp looking guard by Holter

I was fortunate to get two guards from firestrippickguards when he was making them, great guy he was a form member

Here is one on my 45tv . Lars also has some very nice ones

[Didn't know Gibson made such a model]

Gibson  J- 25              

https:https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1621780738342544/

[Replacement pickguard for B 25N?]

There is another guy making pick guards  WJ Watson 

His guards look nice, he making tear shaped guards now 

 

wjwatsonhandmade.wixsite.com/wjwatsonpickguards-1

[Lucky Old Sun cover- LG2]

Love it, been looking for a  tune to play thanks.

A C7th cord gets me every time

[The good old days when everyone was upgrading to Grover Rotomatics…?]

I replaced the tuners on my Guild D40 with grovers, must have been early seventies.

There still going strong, a lot of the gold finish has worn off the knobs. These must be first generation grovers notice the pat pending

Fads they come and go

[J Owens]

My J45tv has similar etching on it's bridge plate, AJ some thing.

I believe they mark them because there precut to fit the bracing patterns of the model of the guitar

My 45 has  advance jumbo bracing   

[Sleeping Beauty]

6 hours ago, Walter_Freeman said:

Did you have such a tradition? Do you wake your guitar near the Appalachians every year?

Ever since I moved back to this area 20 years ago

Before that I would have said " On the barrier islands of Virginia's Eastern Shore"

5 hours ago, Little Feat said:

Why do you send your J-45 for a time out every year?  Play it, its what its made for.

Humidity concerns, I can control levels when the guitar is cased I like to leave a guitar on a stand in my home office and don't case it. 

In the winter I have the Epi on the stand, being a laminate back and sides I believe it can tolerate the lower humidity better 

The Epi was made to be played also, and the Guild ......... 

[Sleeping Beauty]

It's that time of the year in the foot hills of the appalachian mountains, to wake up the J45 after months in the case.

And take it's spot on the stand, where the Epiphone has been residing all winter.  Yippe!

i.imgur.com/kaxIiCZ.

[Hummingbird advice….]

I think the guitar you have now AJ200 older model is a fine guitar, I have a 98 AJ28 that I play all winter when humidity is low and I keep my solid wood guitars cased.

I like the looks of the Epi Humming Bird cherry burst also and have one on a stand in my kitchen. Seems like the bird your looking at is priced a bit high, do you need to plug in?

 Have your AJ set up by a competed person ( do your research get recommendations from other players ) Have some new strings put on it try some DR Sunbeams I realy like them on my Epiphone

Keep looking for the bird you will find one no rush, may be you will get the real deal Gibson Bird

 

[J-45? Need help identifying.]

Others will chime in, but the screw for a bridge pin is brilliant 

["Mighty Ohio" new tracked song, yes even an accordion...]

Yea man, this may get you on the List. The program on the americana stations.

Seeing the Charlie Daniels photo in the video, thats whos voice Murph sounds like