passthej45 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 sorry about the sloppy playing.....but that wasn't the point. Scroll to the bottom of the page to identify the guitars A http://snd.sc/14gMEEI B http://snd.sc/14gNb9R C http://snd.sc/1a4birs A- J45 TV , B= J 35, J45 std2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgemont Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Great. I picked C as having the most distinguishable and noticeable bass out of the 3 sound clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 I tried to listen to all three without first looking at what was the guitar, to keep it clean ..... I thought sample C sounded the strongest by far, which happened to be the J-45 standard. I was pretty sure B was the J-35 as it sounded the thinnest, and thought A was somewhere in the middle. Im a huge fan of the J-45TV's but in this sample I thought the standard won the honors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madhat Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 for sure the standard sounds better to me- sounds seasoned... it also sounds like the one you feel most comfy playing- so-assuming this is your regular player? the J35 sounds new- and a bit less on task. I would love to hear something else- w/ the j35 tuned down a half step. thanks for sharing- fun stuff! madhat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passthej45 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I tried to listen to all three without first looking at what was the guitar, to keep it clean ..... I thought sample C sounded the strongest by far, which happened to be the J-45 standard. I was pretty sure B was the J-35 as it sounded the thinnest, and thought A was somewhere in the middle. Im a huge fan of the J-45TV's but in this sample I thought the standard won the honors. Yes but not a very scientific method I used. I'll tell you exactly why. I've had the Std 4 years, it's played in, it's comfortable in my hands , it has meds 56-13, which were several playing hours broken in, and by the time I got to the std it was the 3rd time in a row I had played that medley sample thing so the playing was stronger . Feeling pretty certain one of the new ones was going back , I just couldn't dig into the guitars i.e. I was playing them so carefully that I couldn't really play them correctly Plus the new guitars had brand new strings....I'm talking barely a chord strummed on them before the sample recording. So there's lots going on there that could have effected it. All in all Ioved both the J35 and TV , especially the meatier necks(J35 in particular). But sadly I don't know that I feel strong enough about either to commit the $. Yes they are different from my Std, but not THAT different. We'll see...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmental Alpinist Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Was C in the exact same relationship to the mic as the others? Did you change anything? I liked the bass line (starting about 30 sec) better on C and the sound in general. FMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Yip. Another C from me too All three sound good though. And there's apossibilty that either A or B would win in different hands ? C gets my vote And a big thanks for taking the time sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The G Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Don't get me wrong ,I do think the J-35 is a good guitar and probably a great guitar at it's price point,but it will never be a J-45. Give the J-45 TV's Adirondack top some time to break in and you'l have a "To the Grave" guitar.(Mine is absolutely awesome !) For reasons previously mentioned the broken in Standard J-45 had the most character IMO. Good luck.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
passthej45 Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 I was going to put the answers upside down but figured the old guys would hurt themselves trying to invert their heavy monitors. . \:D/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Nilppeznaf Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Don't get me wrong ,I do think the J-35 is a good guitar and probably a great guitar at it's price point,but it will never be a J-45. Give the J-45 TV's Adirondack top some time to break in and you'l have a "To the Grave" guitar.(Mine is absolutely awesome !) For reasons previously mentioned the broken in Standard J-45 had the most character IMO. Good luck.. G i was skeptical of the sort of Hype surrounding these new J35's but beleive me..Gibson have done something special with these guitars...Anyone looking for a new guitra..,. i d grab one this year before the price rises a feww hundred dollars they are selling out in stores across the globe sumthing most be right with them THANK YOU GIBSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelonious Ponk Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 They all sound exactly like Gibson Jumbos. Seriously, given the differences in age, strings, tops (the TV is Adi, right?), your familiarity with them and the playing (you were hitting the bass notes stronger on sample C), man, they sounded a lot alike. Of course this is a sound cloud mp3, but it I had them in my hands and they were that close I'd have a very hard time hearing the $1900 difference between the 35 and the TV. In fact, I have something very close to a TV here in an '03 OJ with an Adirondack top and AJ bracing, and when I played a 35 the other day I started contemplating selling the OJ, buying the 35 and putting a grand in the bank. I won't, but I contemplated it. They're that close. And god I love that sound. Especially when they start to open up and the bottom end comes in. It is a thing of great beauty. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bram99 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I tried to listen to all three without first looking at what was the guitar, to keep it clean ..... I thought sample C sounded the strongest by far, which happened to be the J-45 standard. I was pretty sure B was the J-35 as it sounded the thinnest, and thought A was somewhere in the middle. Im a huge fan of the J-45TV's but in this sample I thought the standard won the honors. This was exactly my experience as well. Didn't peek....B was too thin, I thought A was the standard, and C the TV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 G i was skeptical of the sort of Hype surrounding these new J35's sumthing most be right with them THANK YOU GIBSON Yeah... They're cheap :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del Nilppeznaf Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Yeah... They're cheap :) haha i wouldn't call £1200 exactly cheap BBG... but yea they have the price right at the moment we all know it's gonna rise..next year i'd say I paid 2500 euro for my HB TV in 2011...i did get a good deal i know that... but waht are they now 3400 odd Euro !!!!!! alot of the cost of these top end guitars is the amazing finsh Gibson do on the bursts... the HB TV is quite simply stunning..as many others here will testify to. So Gibson have cut costs massively by making the J35 a natural...and i think they look the b0llox..( which mean great for our US cousins )... and they are making wonderful guitars at present..sound and looks wise long may it continue :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelonious Ponk Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I wouldn't call J-35s cheap; but I'd call them a great value. J-45 Standard and Martin's D-18 have about the same street price. Now here's the J-35, sounding great, sounding like a good J-45, at $500 less. And the substantive differences between the 45 and the 35 don't seem to amount to much. My guess is that the big change is in the margins. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I wouldn't call J-35s cheap; but I'd call them a great value. J-45 Standard and Martin's D-18 have about the same street price. Now here's the J-35, sounding great, sounding like a good J-45, at $500 less. And the substantive differences between the 45 and the 35 don't seem to amount to much. My guess is that the big change is in the margins. P I just poking a stick at del because he bought one. I'm a fan of these guitars. And £1200 is a very decent price . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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