JuanCarlosVejar Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Folks, Check it out: JC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I think I might need to trade my 'hog '43 SJ reissue and some cash for that one. Aside from the bound fretboard--which my '43 reissue also has--it looks pretty authentic, and sounds really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 A simple reply: "I want!" Well, I want the 'theory' of it - looks, video sound, specs - 1.77"nut and fat neck, torrefied top, rosewood back etc. What I don't want is to order a dud online that needs a repair and a setup. I would love to play it next to my 2002 J50 with now perfect sound, setup and playability plus an Anthem pickup working beautifully - straight back from the luthier's....... BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Here is what it was copying. http://vintageacousticinsruments.blogspot.com/ Best Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Sound & looks very convincing. Not sure I could handle a rosewood slope Gibson though. Irrational, , , but things sometimes are like that and it could change after playing the creature. I'm a fan of this duo. Looking further into their test-sessions there is a subtle layer of comedy to be found. Enjoy that each time they are on. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) To my aging ears, they got the tone pretty much right -- at least in the general tonal contour. An interesting fact is the SJs in general -- and the RW SJ in particular -- were almost invisible in the 90s vintage market. The banner J-45s -- which were much more numerous -- were generally valued by dealers and in the VG Price Guide as more valuable. I first heard of one from Randy Wood, who had worked on one from Charleston. I became intrigued after 2000 when a well know bluegrass player said he liked his better than his prewar D-28! I am not into rare, but I am into RW Gibsons for bluegrass. But I did not expect to ever get one. One popped up with Gary Burnette and I went to his show, played it, made a cash offer, and it came home. Similar in many ways to my recent acquisition of my similar sounding -- and much rarer -- 1940 RW J-55. I wonder if they will reissue that? -Tom Edited May 26, 2020 by tpbiii Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Sweet, sweet guitar, but so what? My Southern Jumbo is not only rosewood----IT'S MYSTIC ROSEWOOD! So put that in your pipe and smoke it..👹...............Actually, the only thing mystical about it is that it makes me sound half-way decent...........SJs are really nice guitars. I'm usually a stickler on "an AJ needs to be rosewood, a J45 needs to be a hog, a Hummingbird needs to be a hog, a J200 needs to be maple" and all that crap, but my rosewood SJ is an extremely easy-to-play and warm sounding guitar. A "top tier" example of a Gibson acoustic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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