Seagull

Pic of mine from last Christmas. Nothing has changed but the tone keeps improving. I added the small sound hole tuner you can just see in the picture. It is a great guitar to sing with, I have had it everywhere. I polished on mine a bit, but would love to get it even glossier. I just used a micro fiber cloth and 0000 steel wool. These things are kind of sleepers, you may strum a new one and not think it is anything special, but give it a few weeks and you may never what to put it down. Mine will soon be at the 2 year mark. I have yet to replace the batteries in the pick-up. But I only use them about every other week for a half hour or so each time. That's not a lot, but I would have to replace the AA's in my Martin two or three times by now...

Ready to go out on the town tonight for a local gig. You can see the two pins that where added to the bridge to secure it "forever".

I'll soon be coming up on two years of ownership of my AJ-45ME. Action was perfect out the door and I have yet to touch it. I play it everywhere I go, we do a bit of gigging and it just seems to work everywhere. It continues to get better and better sounding. Very easy to sing with, lots of complements on tone.

Nice! great job

Great song. The right woman is just enough, the wrong one is one way to many. I'm gonna write a book one day. The folks that have only known me the last 20 years will likely pass out. Most of the smart ones disowned me long before that...

We chose to leave the pin-less bridge, it was still in pretty good shape. He did add two thru pins to help secure it in place. It really made a difference in the tone of the guitar 100% for the better. It was rather a dud before. I had him put very light strings on it, but after he said we could go up a gauge if I wanted. We will see, it still covers a room pretty good and plays like butter...

A local Luther brought my old J-40 back to life. The pin-less bridge gave way to low RH several years ago. He did a great job with the repair. Plays better than ever and sound much better. It's an early 70 version. It's a keep sake belonged to an old friend of mine that passed a decade ago. Seems good details on these are hard to find. Kind of like they just put together what was left at the end of the day. I have heard them called a work'in mans J-45.

I have had my AJ-45 ME a little over a year now, it really improves with playing. It really opened up by the first string change. But continues to improve almost weekly. The looks of the guitar has grown on me including the pick guard. I would like to hear what you think of it in a month or two.

Two cool stories. Wonder if the OP ever got his up and running.

I ended up with the Epiphone Masterbilt AJ45 ME. Your Texan reminds me of it. Mine is breaking in nicely. I hear a lot of good things about that model.