thegreatgumbino

Excellent news. We don't want you here. Works out well for both of us.

The serial number dates it as a 2006.

Congratulations on your new guitar. I was fortunate to play two of these at Fuller’s many months ago. Absolutely fantastic guitars in regards to aesthetics, playability and tone. Both were consistent in tone and sounded better than the doves in flight on the wall.

Congratulations! The top has aged nicely, but the back is beautiful.

Great performance, Sal. Thanks for sharing. I need to learn this one. What are you using for your recording setup now?

Happy Thanksgiving, Sal (and everyone else). That was great! I love Lyle Lovett, but don’t recall having heard that one before. Such a great sense of humor. I suppose congratulations is in order for the new Taylor? Is it an AD17? Thoughts? Hope all is well.

Welcome back, Bruce! Glad it’s sorted out.

Congratulations. I love the color.

Beautiful! That’s a dream setup right there.

http://www.jimsguitars.com/s/4597/Guitars/Electric/Gibson/1949-Southern-Jumbo-SJ.htm

Understood. It was a limited run from what I've seen in searching. I emailed them in the last month or two and asked for their NOS inventory, and they emailed me a list.

If anyone's interested, Guitar Resurrection in Austin is no longer a Gibson dealer, but they have some NOS stuff, including a J45 Legend with Madagascar back & sides.

Makes perfect sense.

Gracias, 62burst. Why the capo phobia? I love capos. I keep all my guitars in D standard tuning normally. I’m still learning how to sing, and the extra range helps. I probably should have dropped the capo to the first fret on this one as I think it suits my voice a little better.

Thanks, Nick.

👏 👏 👏 Kudos to you for doing this for your friend.

Cover of Travis Meadow's "Sideways" off his album First Cigarette. Played on my 2018 J45 Vintage and recorded on an iPhone 11. Open G tuning with the low D dropped to a C.

Testing the waters. Please let me know if you have one you're looking to get rid of or if you know of one that's available. Thanks

I haven't made the trip, but I did email with the shop. They sent me a list of their NOS Gibsons. Not sure about posting it here, but I can share privately with anyone that's interested. They have a couple rare items available at decent prices.

I spent 3 hours at Fuller's last Friday. They have a large selection of great sounding Gibson acoustics on the walls, but I went specifically to play the J185's. I'm gassing for for one, but have been unable to find one that did it for me. That said, I don't have cash in hand to purchase one and would have to sell misc gear/stuff to make the purchase. There were two nice J185's, but neither really made me want to buy them. My Gibson stable is currently a SJ200, J45 Vintage and an Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Hummingbird. I've always wanted a Hummingbird and tried many, but never found one that screamed buy me. The closest I've come was one of the Sheryl Crow Country Western Supreme models I played at Fuller's last year. It was excellent, but the pick guard and red back/sides didn't do it for me. My Epiphone IBG is a great guitar which currently tickles my fancy for one (A-B'd against the Gibsons that were available in GC when I purchased it and it won out). That said, I spent a lot of time playing a 2021 Gibson Hummingbird 1960's at Fuller's this trip. Amazing guitar! $4,900 out the door price tag, and I tried to justify spending the money on it. Worked through all the things I could sell to get close. Tried to talk myself into just buying it knowing I'd regret it if I didn't. In the end I walked out empty handed and have gone back and forth about making it happen. Ultimately, $5k is just too much for me to drop at this point in my life. My IBG Bird isn't close to the Bird I played, but it scratches the itch for a fraction of the price and is a fun guitar to play. I really liked the 1950's J45 burst too as the thicker necks do it for me. The surprise of the trip were the two Epiphone Frontiers they had. Fantastic guitars! I fully expected to not like them, but they were beautiful and both played/sounded amazing and were much lighter than anticipated. Not a fan of the look and don't want to own one, but man they were fun. In a nutshell, Gibson is making some great guitars right now, and Fullers has a whole gaggle of them.

This was excellent. Thank you for sharing. It brought back a lot of childhood memories for me.

Agree 100%. You have them on. Wait it out for a bit and see what they’re really capable of. I have a ToneRight used solely for wearing in the Retro’s after string changes. I’ve used them exclusively on my maple and mahogany guitars the last 5 years or so.

Darn. How much did you sell it for? I love the chunky necks and have been lusting after a Legend. I wish they had square shoulder and jumbo options with chunky necks.

Congratulations! I've always wanted to try one of the maple "Hummingbirds". I'd love to hear a comparison recording of your two.

Sorry to hear they don't carry that model any longer. Are you limited to the J45 or could you try to get them to do a red Dove or red Orianthi model J200? https://www.gibson.com/Guitar/ACCXCJ237/Orianthi-SJ-200/Cherry https://www.gibson.com/Guitar/ACCXCJ237/Orianthi-SJ-200/Cherry