big three Gibson acoustics

[Desolationrow]

hello, what do you believe are the ones to be essential to have? thanks

[j45nick]

1. J-45

 

2. Hummingbird

 

3. Wild card: go for your life!

[tpbiii]

Seriously -- how about the top 25?

[bobouz]

1) J-185

2) J-185

3) J-185

[cody78]

1) Dove

 

2) J-185

 

3) Southern Jumbo or Hummingbird

[Lars68]

1. J-45 or SJ, same guitar different cosmetics

2. AJ

3. Hummingbird

 

Lars

[Boyd]

My personal top three are J-50, J-50 and J-50.

[rct]

I'm disqualified, my big three Gibson acoustics are all Martins.

 

rct

[cody78]

I'm disqualified, my big three Gibson acoustics are all Martins.

 

rct

 

Martin Schmartin.

[Jayyj]

Three L-1s (or other Spruce/Mahogany L styles where comparable) would be perfect for me: one with the 13 1/2" lower bout, one large body 12 fretter, one 14 fretter. Sorted!

[MissouriPicker]

Tough to pick just three. Definitely a J45 and Hummingbird, and an AJ, but a Dove is a monster of a guitar also. Likewise, I think everyone should own one of the Gibson super jumbos. They are truly thunder in a wooden box.

[j45nick]

Likewise, I think everyone should own one of the Gibson super jumbos. They are truly thunder in a wooden box.

 

 

I thought "thunder in a wooden box" was the definition of "outhouse". Must be my rural ancestry kicking in.

[E-minor7]

 

The J-200

 

The J-45

 

The Hummingbird

 

The Dove

 

 

 

 

 

, , , in order of individual taste.

 

 

 

[BigKahune]

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J-200

 

SJ / J-45

 

AJ

 

 

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[CAMELEYE]

Em7's got it! (But I'd probably skip the dove.)

[blindboygrunt]

Em7's got it! (But I'd probably skip the dove.)

 

Yip. I'm with you two

[58 Relic]

1. J45
2. J200
3. Hummingbird

[MissouriPicker]

I thought "thunder in a wooden box" was the definition of "outhouse". Must be my rural ancestry kicking in.

 

You might have this thread mixed-up with something on the Plumbing In The 19th Century Forum. It all depends on the music being made and GAS............

[zombywoof]

L-00

 

J-45/50/SJ (any will do)

 

J-200

[j45nick]

You might have this thread mixed-up with something on the Plumbing In The 19th Century Forum. It all depends on the music being made and GAS............

 

 

We actually had an outhouse on our farm (in addition to real plumbing). I finally took it down in about 1970. We used in during the day if you were working out in the barn or fields, so you didn't track muck into the house.

 

I sort of hated to see it go, even though I was afraid to use it as a kid. My father built it in about 1920. And no, it wasn't made out of brick.

[j45nick]

L-00

 

J-45/50/SJ (any will do)

 

J-200

 

Pretty hard to argue with that combination: a small-body, a slope-J, and a super jumbo. As much as I like the 'Bird, the Gibson square dreads always seem to be too much of a Martin D reference.

 

I know, I know, the Gibson squares are different from the Martin D's, but they are unavoidably viewed as somewhere on similar branches of the modern guitar family tree.

 

 

I'd even go so far as to argue that if you had to nail it down to one Gibson, you'd have to say J-45. Not J-50, not AJ, not even SJ. J-45.

[zombywoof]

Not quite a glamorous as a outhouse but in Mississippi we had what they called a "maid's bathroom" in our house which was built in the early 1880s. As African Americans were not permitted to use the bathrooms in the living quarters, it was located under the house and consisted simply of some crude plank walls and one of those pull chain toilets with a tank that had to be filled by hand as there was no plumbing.

[Pittgibson45]

J 45

J 200

Advanced Jumbo

But why stop there, Hummingbird, Dove, Southern Jumbo, on and on it goes.......

[Joe M]

The three that I am lucky to have in my possession:

 

J45TV

Hummingbird Vintage

SJ200TV

[Smurfbird]

I'm shocked to see an over-reliance on big body guitars here.

 

1) J-45/50

2) LG-2/3

3) LG-1

4) Hummingbird