blindboygrunt Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Am interested to know about anyone with the historic model j45. I have one and sometimes wonder how far apart globally one production line model might end up from the next one. Mine is 01675007 Must be more than me with one in here Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Have an 03 here in NH/usa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blindboygrunt Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Cheers rambler. An 03 , thats one of the early ones then yeah? What stage is the guitar when it gets its 'day of the year' number ? Mine is 167 , is this when the neck joins the body ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 As you might have spotted from my reply to the other post about Historic J45s, there is now one in Norwich in the hands of a very good busker. First time I've seen/heard him. I had to do a double-take when I saw the Gibson logo. I'd assumed he was about to go with an Epiphone version, though the choice of a slopeshoulder was interesting enough to make me look more closely. Although he was amped up, the difference in sound compared with all the other buskers around (also amped up), was significant. Much more rounded and full. Very, very nice. Don't think I'd dare take the Woody out in that environment, though it would be interesting to see how the Baggs fares in such circumstances. I've only ever played it through a small valve amp to make sure it works. Sounded OK, but no idea what it really would sound like live. This guy's Historic sounded the business. Lots of pedals around mind, so not sure what the full signal chain was. He was only really strumming and singing, but his whole set-up just lifted him above all the competition. Does yours have a 1.725 nut, BBG, or is it 1 11/16? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 As you might have spotted from my reply to the other post about Historic J45s, there is now one in Norwich in the hands of a very good busker. First time I've seen/heard him. I had to do a double-take when I saw the Gibson logo. I'd assumed he was about to go with an Epiphone version, though the choice of a slopeshoulder was interesting enough to make me look more closely. Although he was amped up, the difference in sound compared with all the other buskers around (also amped up), was significant. Much more rounded and full. Very, very nice. Don't think I'd dare take the Woody out in that environment, though it would be interesting to see how the Baggs fares in such circumstances. I've only ever played it through a small valve amp to make sure it works. Sounded OK, but no idea what it really would sound like live. This guy's Historic sounded the business. Lots of pedals around mind, so not sure what the full signal chain was. He was only really strumming and singing, but his whole set-up just lifted him above all the competition. Does yours have a 1.725 nut, BBG, or is it 1 11/16? Honestly mojo ? I haven't got the slightest clue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Tape measure bottom of the nut where it meets fretboard ? Looks like 44 mm ? Or if we're back in time , as close to 1.8 of an inch as is possible without getting there. Rule doesn't have tiny increments on the 1970's side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojorule Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 To be honest, I don't know where to measure exactly. 44mm is pretty well 1.725 which is the current Gibson spec for most acoustics. I'd read somewhere that some of the Bozeman models before the current generation had slightly narrower nuts. Seems yours is nice and wide though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 To be honest, I don't know where to measure exactly. 44mm is pretty well 1.725 which is the current Gibson spec for most acoustics. I'd read somewhere that some of the Bozeman models before the current generation had slightly narrower nuts. Seems yours is nice and wide though. Doesn't feel overly wide to me but then before I had this I played I lowdeny thing and the Gibson is narrower than it . now if i lift the lowden it feels funny for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlejohnny Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 Hi there, I think you already know, that I own a HC J-45 too. Serial is 00245016 back than there only was one hog j-45 in the gibson line-up, the good old days before the marketing department went crazy, wait, probably the hc sticker was a first sign of confusion to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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