E-minor7 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Blackburst singing in the dead of night - take this sunken sun and learn to fly http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-J-45-TV-True-Vintage-/261615116539?pt=Chitarre_Acustiche&hash=item3ce979e0fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Bridge is bright- You are only waiting for a re-spray to be right (?) I dunno man; maybe just get some shoe polish and tone that bridge down to help it blend in a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Most unusual...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Most unusual...... That may be the understatement of the day.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Most unusual...... Nick.....how do you REALLY feel.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 Yeah, quite strange - without speculating too far it could seem as if the royal burster had to sneeze during spray-time and therefore moved the can to close to the s-hole, why she/he had to make up for it. I picture him/her calling the floor-boss saying, "hey, you tell us to once in a while give the models some individuality, I tried with a nite-burst". And the boss goin', "mmmm, someone out there will like it, but wait a couple of years before doin' that again. . " I could live with it, but not as my main-45TV though, , , unless it sounds really, , , , DARK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Looks like a small 30's style burst - much like my JB model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Looks like a small 30's style burst - much like my JB model. Yes it does - but yours somehow carries all that darkness with more dignity. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 Sure 62burst, the bridge almost shines - as you say, toning it down perhaps would be good. Then again it's placed right where the sun beams in. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 A very sophisticated detail from sellers hand is of course the counter point on the wall behind - all orange with one shadow same size as the light zone on the guitar. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Like Em7 says, it's almost as if the finisher screwed up, and then had to make it all work. I like small bursts on some guitars. I've just never seen one quite like that on a J-45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I like the burst. The blacker the better. The tuners crack me up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 The tuners crack me up though. Okay, so you dislike the classic white Gibson oval tuners, zomb. It must be a leftover from the 60's when they were kind of 'low grade' (which I've learned here). Guess you wouldn't want them on your cherryburst square shouldered 1969 J-45 either. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Okay, so you dislike the classic white Gibson oval tuners, zomb. It must be a leftover from the 60's when they were kind of 'low grade' (which I've learned here). Guess you wouldn't want them on your cherryburst square shouldered 1969 J-45 either. . . I don't think it's the white buttons. It's the individual tuners, rather than three-on-a-plate, which was the traditional J-45 standard. ZW is a hide-bound traditionalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Blackburst singing in the dead of night - take this sunken sun and learn to fly http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gibson-J-45-TV-True-Vintage-/261615116539?pt=Chitarre_Acustiche&hash=item3ce979e0fb I like it, but if you look from an audience point of view while someone is playing it, their right arm when playing covers nearly all the light bits and all they see is the dark, so perhaps it might as well be solid black? Some of the very early L-00s had the 'small burst', I think they called it. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I don't think it's the white buttons. It's the individual tuners, rather than three-on-a-plate, which was the traditional J-45 standard. ZW is a hide-bound traditionalist. I see, , , but I'm not sure - yea you might be right. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I like it, but if you look from an audience point of view while someone is playing it, their right arm when playing covers nearly all the light bits and all they see is the dark, so perhaps it might as well be solid black? But you'll get the light zone in blinks, which might be a feature in itself. Never underestimate minor details during a show - nothing like a short coloured flash from the harp-stative reflecting the changing stage-lites. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
father_of_pearl Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Nice angled script logo on this one, I don't know why they make them horizontal now... Beautiful madi grain on fretboard and bridge. Looks like an Adi topped early J45TV. The burst is too small for my taste though, it would be cool on an AJ Reissue or OJ but not on a J45. And the tuners should be 3 on a plate white buttons. I think moving the pickguard to show more of the white rosette would bring some balance to that too dark top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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