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  1. For indoor or outdoor smaller gigs or outdoor gigs that do not need super high powered volume, I use my Roland Street Cube with a plug/in for my guitar and a plug-in for a mic…runs on 6 AA batteries for 15 hours (or I can plug it in with its adapter.). I have it sit on a light weight plastic stand as I find it projects better sitting off of the ground. Works great! For larger high powered gigs, I use a my Yamaha full set up with multiple jacks, mixer and two speakers, but, the vast majority of the time my Street Cube can fill the bill just fine. With the larger Yamaha full sound system, the StreetCube becomes my monitor in the system. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  2. Gibsons from the 70s typically sell for much less than from other years. Typically, they are overbraced with what is referred to as double X bracing….a move the Gibson’s corporate owner at the time (the Norlin Company) did to try and cut down on warranty work. Norlin era Gibsons also have the unpopular volute on the back of their necks where the headstock meets the neck. Why it was/is unpopular isn’t really known, and in the 80s circa when Henry bought Gibson, or maybe just before, the volute was gone and never reappeared since. I believe the 70s Gibsons also had a different neck to body angle that other years, which makes the action over the sound hole and upper frets look higher than other years, although in the lower frets the action looks good. BTW, because of the overbuild and neck angle, some Norlin era Gibsons have cracks similar looking cracks front of the sound hole that are cosmetic and do not affect the guitar’s integrity structure, but are there none the less. Also, as a cost cutting move, Norlin utilized the same square shouldered body shape on many models, including ones that historically were round shouldered…so the differences between many 70s models are sometimes distinguished primarily by the model name, not much else. BTW…back to the volute. The volute was added by Norlin to supposedly cut down on headstock breakage. But, the story I’ve always heard was they put the volute or it’s thick part in the wrong location, actually making the volute potentially non-effective. Don’t get me wrong. There are many good Norlin era instruments, but many are quite bizarre…especially the ones from the later 70s. Prices remain lower from the Norlin era because of the Norlin era reputation even if it’s one of the good ones. Disclaimer: I own a Gibson 1972 SJD that I bought new in 1974. It is probably the best sounding guitar I own. However, it’s headstock broke due to my dropping it, but was fixed by an authorized Gibson repairman and has not given me any problems since. Gibson also at one point had to heat press the neck to get it back into the correct shape because it began to twist causing the action to go haywire. That heat press action reshaping is still holding after +20 years. I barely play my SJD any longer as I now have many more highly refined Gibsons, Epiphones, a Martin, etc that are much better playing guitars. Hopefully this provides some insight into why the instrument you are looking at is lower priced than the same model from other years. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  3. Beautiful guitar! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  4. Cool! Glad it went well! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  5. I have used wooden bridge pins on all of guitars since the 70s, on the premise that since the bridge and the top are made of wood, the material plugging the string holes on the bridge and top should also be made of wood. Since some guitars when purchased have had either plastic or tusq pins in them before I replaced them, I’ve noticed the wooden pins produce a slightly mellower sound than either. I’ve never put the original pins back in after replacing them with wooden pins…which says something in itself regarding my preference. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  6. Sounds good! Enjoy! QM aka "Jazzman" Jeff
  7. If it is Old Timey, it is indeed as Tom describes it. Fiddle and claw hammer banjo tunes. Not folk or c& w. I run/host a jam (that is presently on hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Old Timey is fiddle and claw hammer banjo purist. Nothing else. My jam has numerous rooms of music. The Old Timey jammers go off by themselves and okay the described. The folk jammers do folk and some c&w, bluegrass, and maybe an easy Beatle song. The bluegrass jammers do bluegrass, anything Bill Monroe, Allison Krause, or new or old bluegrass. The c&w jammers do anything old country and Chris Stapleton. The eclectic (anything goes) jammers do all of the above and anything else also goes including complex Beatles. That’s how my jam is. If it is an old time jam, rather than an old Timey jam…it may just be talking about it’s just a jam. Folk type music. Watch out though if it says old Timey…it’s just fiddle and claw hammer music and they are usually purists of that genre. Let us know what you find. QM aka “ Jazzman” Jeff
  8. Cool! Hollow body-electrics are great! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  9. Congrats on the new guitar! It’s a beaut! Is it a hollow body or a semi-hollow body? QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  10. A good luthier can fix just about anything. The Gibson site used to have a list of authorized repair persons in various areas. If it’s not on the site any more, try writing Gibson Customer Service for an authorized Gibson repair person 👩‍🔧 n your area…unless you already know a good luthier. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  11. Agreed. It is a J-50 as it has a natural finish. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  12. The headstock’s back has no volute. The volute didn’t appear until 1970 IMHO. That would make it a 1969 model. It’s a square shouldered J-45 from what I can tell. Those began appearing in 1969 I believe. I recall the non-veneered headstock also occurred around 1969. That’s my take on it. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  13. Congrats on the new job in your retirement! Sounds great! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  14. I’ve been on this Gibson forum since at least 2001, before they redid it circa 2007/8 and compared to some other forums that have come and gone over the years, it’s always been pretty civil, sane, and tame. And, with a good sense of humor, too. So, It’s a bit hard for me to see it as a bar scene out of Star Wars. There are differing opinions, but always civil and if someone is trolling, KSDaddy, the admin here removes them. So, it will be interesting to see how/when the AGF differs…but I’ll keep an observant eye out for it. My main thing is to share guitar stuff with others who also like guitar stuff. QM aka “ Jazzman” Jeff
  15. Not sure what you mean. Of course, I’ve only signed up on it a few days ago. Seems like everyone is sane, tame, and civil there, just like on this forum…one of the things that has kept a number of us on this forum for years and years. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  16. Great to see the forum back! It’s good to have it back and to be able to post on it. This forum is the best! Plus, I enjoyed taking the time to check out the Acoustic Guitar Forum and found it to be good! QM aka “ Jazzman” Jeff
  17. Interesting. My solid spruce top one is super responsive. Although, I did find that only happened after I sanded and put in a relatively expensive tusq saddle that fit into the saddle slot pretty tightly. The artificial material saddle that came with the guitar was too light in weight and density and didn’t resonate well. With the higher quality and tighter fitting saddle, the sound transfer on the top was vastly improved. I did the same change to the solid mahogany one I have, and it also improved that one, but the very nature of mahogany has a more limited sound spectrum than solid spruce. But, then again every guitar can be different. QM aka “ Jazzman” Jeff
  18. When I was in my teens, my older brother’s LG-3s was my favorite guitar. He had no clue how often I played that thing when he wasn’t around. I don’t think he knew either that I would take it with me to my high school sometimes. But, then when he moved out when I was 20, and took the LG-3 with him, I was stuckeroo back with only my own Kay guitar. Shortly after I ended up buying a used 1965 Epiphone FT30 Caballero for $75 to upgrade from the Kay, but it never was like that LG-3. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  19. She’s quite a good guitarist. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  20. Likely a Gibson 70s SJ Deluxe. Due to its pickguards and block inlays. From the look of the color of the binding color, it’s headstock ornament, and it’s tuners…it’s likely from approximately‘72-74. I have an identical guitar like this in my collection. QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  21. I listen to the majority of my music from YouTube. I pretty much have always found every song I was looking for at any given time on it. Plus, I listen to Sirius XM, and the radio. My 2016 Equinox has a CD player, but I seldom, if ever, use it. I have tons of old CDs, but no longer have a workable CD player in the house. Tons of my od vinyl albums, too, but no turntable since about the mid-80s. I also have a dual cassette boom box and gazillions of cassettes in boxes or cases, but I really never use it. Oh…and I personally play a whole lot of music on my guitar!😊 can’t forget that! That’s the best source of music! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  22. Was that a special model for Sweetwater? Or, a regular line up guitar? QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
  23. I have a Martin 00L and two Epiphone EL-00 Pros (spruce top, mahog top), and a LG1…and use a Kaiser capo on all. Works fine from my experience. What I have learned, though, is not to ever keep the Kaiser capo clipped to the headstock of the satin finish Martin one for sure…and, not too long on the others’ headstocks either. QM aka “Jazzman Jeff”
  24. Congratulations on getting the guitar! QM aka “ Jazzman”Jeff
  25. I was at the Ernest Tubb Record Store when I was about 15 years old…when my brother and I convinced our parents to take us to the a grand Ole Opry House House for vacation and to check out Ernest Tubb’s Record Store and everything in the vicinity. We used to tune in clear channel WSM radio from Chicago’s northern suburbs each Saturday opry and ET Record Store show and wanted to see/hear it in person. It was a great experience! QM aka “Jazzman” Jeff
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