blindboygrunt Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Local ad. White tuners , orange label. 2004 . historic model ? Or were all j45's like that way back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 More detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/gibson-j45/1054885550 Sorry nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 It's a combination of features I haven't seen--which means nothing. White-button tuners, but large stringpost washers, like you see with rotomatics. What kind of tuners are they? Block logo rather than script logo. "Correct" pickguard placement. Aside from the 20-fret board, it looks very much like an early 1950's feature combination, which is refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 As far as I know the first Historic J-45s came out around 2005. They were preceded by those "Early" J-45s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted March 31, 2014 Author Share Posted March 31, 2014 As far as I know the first Historic J-45s came out around 2005. They were preceded by those "Early" J-45s So there was an early historic then ? But without the historic moniker. Its just an ad I came across. Turns out me and the fella have a mutual friend. Blah blah blah. I just wanted him to have an accurate ad. And am assuming that a ' historic' or some other gibsonian title might make the guitar a bit 'more' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustystrings Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 I think the "Historic Collection" J-45s were really pretty much THE J-45 as Bozeman made them that year - a mix of features that on the exterior kinda, sorta had some of the vintage vibe, if you overlook soundhole placement vs. fingerboard end, 20-fret fingerboard combined with a small 'guard, etc. If it has a Fishman Matrix Natural whatever p/u in it, it's probably pretty much identical to the HC, but without the little decal on the back of the headstock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 So there was an early historic then ? But without the historic moniker. Yeah, they were around in the later 1990s. But don't read too much into it. As noted above, the Early, Historic and TV are pretty much the same guitar with a bit of different bling. None are an accurate reproduction of any particular guitar from a past catalog but rather have features from different guitars with a few modern twists thrown in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Guy Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Local ad. White tuners , orange label. 2004 . historic model ? Or were all j45's like that way back then? Apart from the "orientation" it looks just like the 2005 "Historic" J-45 which I sold a couple of years ago. Lovely guitar but had the narrower nut (1.6875ins) which I found a problem. Its the one on the right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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