lovemyj45 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 i dont think my new j45 can sound much better then it is now .. do they improve as they get older and if so how long dose it take.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 My 2010 sounds better and better every day. New strings once in awhile, and its happy as can be. Me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Depends on how much better you get at playing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hojo199 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I am eight years in with mine, and it has really opened up in the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Around 40 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hello Newbie - Your guitar will break in - open up - melt down - get looser - gettin' to know your touch and tricks many years ahead. If you love it now, be happy, patient and grateful - you haven't heard it yet. . . Post a few pics and samples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hojo199 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hello Newbie - Your guitar will break in - open up - melt down - get looser - gettin' to know your touch and tricks many years ahead. If you love it now, be happy, patient and grateful - you haven't heard it yet. . . Post a few pics and samples Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Working Mans Blue Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Depends on how much better you get at playing it. i think this is more important than the top "opening up" over the years you will learn the little nuances of your guitar, youll know just how to hit it and get the best sound. just enjoy your guitar, all else will come naturally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry K Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 In my experience, if you actually get a brand new, never played guitar (not one that has sat on the floor of a store) there are several phases of development. The guitar sound develops most during the first few hours of play. It still develops, but not quite as rapidly, for a week or two, depending on how much play time. Development slows down but continues very gradually after that. When the instrument is a year or two old the basic sound is pretty well established, though it will improve like wine slowly over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Around 40 years LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J-Doug Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 On Thursday. Definitely Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 On Thursday. Definitely Thursday. All guitars will get better with age. My elder ones appear to be pretty stable since after ten to fifteen years, and I don't know if I will live to hear that of my recent purchases. However, they all may sound great in the hands of another player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill67 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Does mahogany or rosewood open up quicker,Then what about walnut,Does anyone that has had both know about what they thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 My J-45 sounded best of the four I tried, so right off the block it sounded good. It's been about 3/4 of a year and it seems to be a tad more responsive. Recent switch to nickel coated steel strings has improved the overall thump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickitPaul Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Cameleye, did you get another J45? The SJ45 sounds great that you sold me.... I had the bridge pin holes ramped, bone pins, and I put on a firestripe pickguard and Waverly open back white button tuners in the last few months. I am still experimenting with strings on it, so far i like the DR Sunbeams in Medium. What kind of (Brand?) nickel / steel are you using? This guitar has a nice thumpy low end on it no matter what kind of strings, can only guess what nickel will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Around 40 years Ha Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 PiPaul, yep picked up another one. Came late to the realization I needed to have one of these around period. Glad you're so into the SJ. Probably should have kept that one too. Amazing tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 For me it is as long as it takes somebody else to pick up one of my guitars - they always seem to sound better. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 I think mine sounds good all the time. Very warm and mellow. Whither or not it is sounding its best, I don't know. I just know it sounds good and that works for me. What's "best" depends on who you ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 My 2010 j45 standard sounded great in the shop or I wouldn't have bought it. I was looking for that Ligtnin Hopkins kind of growl...and got it....."Wrap that for me - I want it" After 6 months or so, it went through, as the old sailors call it....'The Doldrums'. I tried a few lots of strings, but ended back with Gibson MB PBs. It was good, but a few months ago something went ahead - I took it out of the case and...Kazoom....one fully opened j45! So I would say it takes about 4 years if you only play it at home, probably a lot less if you gig it, and maybe even less time if you uses finger picks. Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/blues777a BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 With playing/recording as good as you do BKtrip7.....You could sell anybody on any Gibson you play.....Great Stuff. 'mate' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 With playing/recording as good as you do BKtrip7.....You could sell anybody on any Gibson you play.....Great Stuff. 'mate' Thanks Retro....very kind. But beg as much as you like, the J45 is not for sale! Keeper! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesper Andersen Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Here it is: https://soundcloud.com/bluesking777/blues777a BluesKing777. Great playing and great recording! I own a 2010 J45 Standard my self, and I love the sound. Do you mind sharing how you recorded this? Any post-procesing? Thanks Jesper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J-Doug Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Much like BK's mine sounded great in the store. It beat out a TV and a Custom Shop. Here's how mine sounds after 1+ years: http://soundcloud.com/tripleohdoug/shuffle-rag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Bluesking and J-Doug - 2 splendid sounding guitars. What strings do you use ? Wait a minute, , , now I glide into Sal From Chathams Two on S-cloud. Totally dig it through these cans. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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