Pittgibson45

Yinz guys?? You must be from Pittsburgh. Welcome to the forum!

So sorry for your loss, Tom. I pray you can find some peace.

My AJ is definitely the loudest, but my J 200 is almost as loud.

The corner lifts on my J 200 also. I think the rate is much higher than 2% for the flubber guards. However, I push it down and it stays until the next time. I see it as a trade off. It lifts but the thistles don't wear off.

I found my 2006 AJ used at a local shop. At the price I paid, it is by far the best value of any guitar I own. It is the only used guitar I have, but at almost half the price of a new one, it was like I couldn't afford not to buy it. At least that's how I justified it to myself. Actually, I jumped at the chance to buy it. It's the only one I have ever run acrossed for sale, new or used. When I got it, I could not have afforded a new one, but the price was right on the used one.

Next time I go for a visit I'll get a couple of pics. I'm not sure about the saddle, I will check it out. My dad had a couple of pins put in to keep the bridge down. It probably needs a neck reset, but we both have "better" Gibsons around to put the money into fixing it. It still gets played a little bit but what makes it cool is it was my grandfathers.

Oh I forgot to mention, my original intent was to mention that the one I speak of is marked as a "2nd".

My father has my grandfather's square southern jumbo. I think he told me it is a 63, but I questioned him because I didn't think they were square in 63. It is not in great shape and the bridge is lifting, but it does sound good. If it wasn't a little beat up, it would look just like seventies-fan's in the OP. I'm jealous because his probably sounds and looks good. Enjoy it.

I always thaught the J 15's I had a chance to play reminded me of maple. Not exactly, but it was the closest thing to compare them to. Is this sort of what you can see in the chart? I don't know, but it is what my ears told me.

It also doesn't have a maple neck, they are mahogany I believe.

I don't think they make any solid maple necks. I don't know if they have always been like that or not, historically speaking, but J 200's have a walnut stringer. J 200 customs have a stringer, but it might be rosewood to match the back and sides. I don't know about the Dove, they have maple necks but I don't think they are solid. Forgive me if I am wrong and I don't mean to spread wrong information, but the point is you don't have to be disappointed in a 3 piece neck.

I remember a special that aired on PBS presumably in 1987. The title was Sgt. Pepper, it was 20 years ago today, where they examined the album, the era, and the influence of Sgt Pepper. They took apart songs like She's Leaving Home and examined them from a music theory standpoint. The experts were amazed how technically sound the Beatles song writing was accidentally. They wrote what sounded good. Sure they had some idea on theory and some smart people around them, like George Martin, but they were a rock band that wrote songs that sounded good. No need to over think Rock N' Roll.

Well, I am not crazy about the auto tune (what ever they renamed it). I don't think there is anything progressive about the saddle, haven't they been using that since the 60's? The thing I don't like most of all is the inlays on the fretboard. Do dots and call it a J 45, do parallelograms and call it a Southern Jumbo progressive. Just my opinion, but I have always leaned more towards the tradional in something like a J 45. I know they have changed a lot over the years, but this isn't really a J 45 at all.

Isn't it only on the j 45 progressive? I don't think the fret board and bridge material are the biggest problems with that guitar.

I would love to try one of these. I always thought the walnut j 15's reminded me of maple more so than hog or rosewood. I think they look way better than the 1941 model that was out. Also if they aren't going to use the pretty flame maple like on the j 200 studio, they might as well use walnut or something else.

12's for me as well. I like Martin Lifespan SPs. Those are the coated version of SPs. I have used 13's and they were fine as well, maybe a little on the stiff side but good for heavy strumming and gets that piano like ring to them.

Hi Ive been reading everybody's posts for months now, so I finally decided to join and chime in once in a while. So, hello to everyone and I hope I can add a little to the conversations.