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  • Birthday 01/14/1976

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  1. If I'm to stop believing that my guitar was made by cherubs who came down from Heaven, I will first need to acquire that belief.
  2. I think a key question is whether they're expensive because Gibson can charge extra for their logo or if it's other factors. They're partly expensive in the UK because of tariffs. But they're also expensive because they're superior: hand-made, solid back and sides, fantastic craftsmanship, etc etc. Not much, if anything, stays priced artificially high for long. We save up for them for a reason. I think it's nice to have to wait a few years. My J-50 is all the more special to me for that reason. But I'm also still fond of my cheaper guitars. Thankfully, they are more affordable than a Stradivarius or a Steinway!
  3. The Japanese can be very sagacious.
  4. Just to be clear, there's nothing wrong with taking pride in your guitar. And the forearm haze really bugged me at first. For the benefit of the thread, I wasn't criticising you for being bothered by it, let alone virtue-signalling. But it's also highly likely that your guitar will acquire blemishes over the years and it's not obvious to me that haze can easily be removed. Full disclosure, I have OCD - actual OCD - and these things can really bother me. I was very upset when I saw that the decal on my Dobro was marked, even though it’s a cheap Epiphone one. So I feel your pain! Seeing these things as part of the guitar's story helped me accept something that troubled me. I hope it might help you too. I think it's mad that people pay for ersatz relic-ing, but the fact that they do could give you comfort as well.
  5. I got this on my Gibson J-50 and it rather bothered me. Nothing got it off, although I didn't try everything suggested here. Then I came to terms with the fact that my guitar is a tool - albeit a beloved one - and is going to get dings and marks and I feel at peace about it.
  6. I'm wondering if you mean the Gibson J-60, which gives every impression of being Gibson's answer to a Martin D28.
  7. For me the sweet spot would be a Gibson being expensive but not impossibly so. I bought my J-50 in 2020 because I realised the stars had aligned (secure job, no social life thanks to lockdown, limited outgoings) and that I needed to pounce. It absolutely does sadden me that a working musician would now struggle to buy one. My J-50 would sound a lot better in your hands than it does in mine, @Jinder. Gibson is a Rolls Royce brand, but whereas there is a sort of delicious torture in not being able to afford a luxury car, you really do want to be able to own a nice guitar. A Martin from 1836, say, might be an unreasonable fantasy. I'm very sorry that a Gibson J-45 is.
  8. This is a very helpful thread. I know it's old, but maybe that's appropriate. I've got coated strings on my J-50 right now and they look great, but I don't care for the feel and my fingers are bouncing all off them. Not keen on the tone either. Meanwhile I've never changed the strings on the Epiphone Dobro I got several years ago. They look ugly but I dig the tone. I do have an anti-bright sound bias with acoustics though.
  9. That's great advice. I'll try that myself. Thanks, Kwlsky.
  10. Really useful, thanks, mate.
  11. Absolutely. Even using different tunings on the same guitar impresses me!
  12. I really wish you well with it.
  13. Yes. Being subtle is so important. I also hit the balls too hard when I play pool or snooker!
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