skeeterbuck Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 This for me is about the best acoustic tone I may have ever heard. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zcnfw2EY5KQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 There was a lengthy thread her recently on this particular guitar. It's a great back-story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 There was a lengthy thread here recently on this particular guitar. It's a great back-story. Yes, here it is: Time capsule Trojan Get comfy, get your popcorn, & start in. Edit: The shot of the tuners in post #8 is beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbuck Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 So the way I understanding everything I read in the other thread is that the Trojan was a "economized" version of the Original Jumbo. Gibson removed the back and fretboard binding, changed the script logo from pearl to stenciled white and widened the sunburst shading. Now they had a guitar that they could sell for $35, hence the name "Jumbo 35". So really, since the body shape and sound hole were originally kept the same, the Trojan has more in common tonewise with the Original Jumbo that the later J-35. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 So the way I understanding everything I read in the other thread is that the Trojan was a "economized" version of the Original Jumbo. Gibson removed the back and fretboard binding, changed the script logo from pearl to stenciled white and widened the sunburst shading. Now they had a guitar that they could sell for $35, hence the name "Jumbo 35". So really, since the body shape and sound hole were originally kept the same, the Trojan has more in common tonewise with the Original Jumbo that the later J-35. Chuck True, but the Trojan discussed here is unlike any other documented Trojans because of the scalloped braces. We have a 35 Jumbo and THE Trojan -- 960-12 -- the only guitar documented as a Trojan with a FON. This was discussed in the other thread. Best, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Don't know if I've ever heard of the Gibson Trojan before. If that's what the guitar in the video is, it sounds absolutely super. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbuck Posted December 23, 2013 Author Share Posted December 23, 2013 True, but the Trojan discussed here is unlike any other documented Trojans because of the scalloped braces. We have a 35 Jumbo and THE Trojan -- 960-12 -- the only guitar documented as a Trojan with a FON. This was discussed in the other thread. Best, -Tom Yea Tom, I forgot to mention the bracing difference. That's a important little detail that can't be overlooked. Thanks for keeping me straight. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Yea Tom, I forgot to mention the bracing difference. That's a important little detail that can't be overlooked. Thanks for keeping me straight. Chuck Guitar geeks must stick together[rolleyes]. Best, -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 It has much of the same 'nuance' of my '48 SJ....Similar but different I guess.....the ears ain't what they used to be. However, anything that I play well......sounds wonderfull (to me). Long live the Trojan!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
String-along Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 This for me is about the best acoustic tone I may have ever heard. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zcnfw2EY5KQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
String-along Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 This for me is about the best acoustic tone I may have ever heard. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zcnfw2EY5KQ Have you heard the other videos with that guitar? On that youtube video checkout the other videos from the same source,if there is a better sounding acoustic guitar, I haven't heard it yet. They sure built them right in "the golden age of the dreadnaughts"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Wow! I thought ya'll found a condom for a guitar!!! Never heard of the Trojan, great sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 So is this the same apparently unique Trojan with the scalloped bracing that is being discussed in the recent post here that was discussed in the UMGF thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 So is this the same apparently unique Trojan with the scalloped bracing that is being discussed in the recent post here that was discussed in the UMGF thread? and if it is... its very welcome here... I would imagine some here dont chime in over there.. Cool guitars... Loud as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
String-along Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 and if it is... its very welcome here... I would imagine some here dont chime in over there.. Cool guitars... Loud as well... Thanks and yes, ZW, this is the same guitar I desperately wish I could play anywhere nearly as well as my buddy Todd Taylor plays it. He really enjoys making that old girl sing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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