BluesKing777 244 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I was talking about how nice my 2010 Gibson J45 was sounding, so here are a couple of instrumental demo tracks I just did....Shure SM57 to mixer to iMac.... My version of Chet Atkin's "Maybelle" https://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/maybelle777a And a ...Blues in E by me!: https://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/blues777a BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fullmental Alpinist 0 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 BK777, Such great songs for a Sunday afternoon. FMA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug the Old Geezer 0 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 BK777, You sure make that J-45 sing the blues, thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BluesKing777 244 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Thanks for those replies! I just listened on my iPad - there isn't much left of the big fat Gibson J45 sound I had on my original files in the IMac - that's the way of the net.... BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fumblefinger 0 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hey, some pretty tricky pickin' there BK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BluesKing777 244 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hey, some pretty tricky pickin' there BK Thanks Fumbles! I did a bit of fumblefinglerling myself on the Chet track, but I am only human and Chet, well.... I thought about the way the tracks turned out since putting them up on the Soundcloud - the blues track I just hit record and started playing something and it went pretty smooth, though I may have sped up a tinklewith..... but the Chet track is a 'set piece' that I have played way better other times, but when I hit record,I kept thinking of a couple of the real hard bits, which I played ok then fluffed a few easy bits. That's life! Onwards and outwards. BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hojo199 4 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 I was talking about how nice my 2010 Gibson J45 was sounding, so here are a couple of instrumental demo tracks I just did....Shure SM57 to mixer to iMac.... My version of Chet Atkin's "Maybelle" https://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/maybelle777a And a ...Blues in E by me!: https://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/blues777a Gorgeous playing, my friend. BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hojo199 4 Posted March 17, 2014 Report Share Posted March 17, 2014 Take Me by Howard Jeffrey © 2008 J45, Taylor 12 string, my voice, SM57 all tracks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BluesKing777 244 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Take Me by Howard Jeffrey © 2008 J45, Taylor 12 string, my voice, SM57 all tracks Thanks Hojo. Very nice track. Did you mean to post it on my thread? I would delete it and post a new thread of your own - or sink like a stone with mine! BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hojo199 4 Posted March 18, 2014 Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Thanks Hojo. Very nice track. Did you mean to post it on my thread? I would delete it and post a new thread of your own - or sink like a stone with mine! BluesKing777. Oh it doesn't matter. Your Chet thing is awesome.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BluesKing777 244 Posted March 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2014 Oh it doesn't matter. Your Chet thing is awesome.... Thanks Hojo.... I am finding that I like the Shure SM57 mic on my LG3, Blues King and smaller guitars, but the best is on a National Tricone - perfect for the Shure 57...simple sound, I suppose. I am not having as much love with a more complex sounding guitar like my J45 or my OM18v - the 57 is ok but misses the nice bits! I have a few Rode tube mics but get too much bass on the J45...so I am thinking about a Neumann KM184 like Big Tony uses on the Music Villa demos... https://www.neumann.com/?lang=en&id=current_microphones&cid=km180_description BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BluesKing777 244 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Here are a couple of photos of the J45....some nice corduroy effect starting to appear...like a lot of the old ones.... BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Working Mans Blue 0 Posted March 19, 2014 Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wow very flattering photos. The J45 in sunburst is the best looking guitar there is bar none in my eyes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BluesKing777 244 Posted March 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wow very flattering photos. The J45 in sunburst is the best looking guitar there is bar none in my eyes Thanks WMB. The reflections in the photos are off an outside roof, making the finish look really old. As you can see, the J45 is still in original spec. I always intended to change plastics to bone and maybe tuners to something else, but it is sounding so good that I have not wanted to ruin it...whatever 'it' is! I have a number of older Gibsons with the 3 in a row tuners and some are not as good as the Rotos..... BluesKing777. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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