James F Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I was wondering what your experience was with these guitars. I have MS and have to play from a wheelchair and bought one of these and am impressed with it so far. It comes with light gauge string. Will it handle medium gauge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) I have one. I love the narrower body width. I have swapped out the tuners and pickguard on mine for simply aesthetic preference, but the tuners it came with worked great too. For the last few months I have had Martin Lifespan Lights on them for about four months, and they are still going strong: https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/41Y18MA540T--martin-authentic-acoustic-lifespan-2.0-treated-guitar-strings-92-8-phosphor-bronze-light They are coated and 12-54s (many lights are 12-53s). I also have a set of Martin Retro nickel strings I am going to try next... These are "light-mediums": https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/41Y19MLJ13--martin-retro-acoustic-guitar-strings-013-056-ljs-choice Have fun experimenting... I also have a J45, which wears Elixir PB Lights. Those sound best on that guitar in my opinion. Strings are a great way to experiment with tone, and changing them to me is not a chore, but a form of therapy. Photo of mine - 2nd from the left: Edited September 28, 2020 by Salfromchatham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James F Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 (edited) Mine has the hummingbird inlay on the neck.Is that something they’re starting on this model? I thought it was supposed to be dot inlay. Edited September 28, 2020 by James F Show pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Still love both of my 45's studio...have fun with yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 That’s strange. Bought new or used? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James F Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, BigKahune said: That’s strange. Bought new or used? . Bought it brand new from musicians friend. I noticed on the web that music villa in Bozeman Mt has some. It appears they put hummingbird fretboards on some and finished the neck like a regular J45. I have to admit it gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Z Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 I‘d say, you are a lucky guy, Dave. I think, the split parallelograms are the best inlays ever. Cool looking guitar! Could be that Gibson produced more Hummingbird fretboards than they sold Hummingbird guitars and found a good use for those fretboards. Something like those ‚Hummingdoves‘ they made in the past when they used the Dove maple bodies for Hummingbirds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Z Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 23 hours ago, James F said: I was wondering what your experience was with these guitars. I have MS and have to play from a wheelchair and bought one of these and am impressed with it so far. It comes with light gauge string. Will it handle medium gauge? I used mediums on my Hummingbird and had no problems. I also read more than once that all Gibsons can stand mediums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James F Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Peter Z said: I‘d say, you are a lucky guy, Dave. I think, the split parallelograms are the best inlays ever. Cool looking guitar! Could be that Gibson produced more Hummingbird fretboards than they sold Hummingbird guitars and found a good use for those fretboards. Something like those ‚Hummingdoves‘ they made in the past when they used the Dove maple bodies for Hummingbirds. It really makes it look sharp. This is one of the best looking guitars I’ve seen. Looks like a supermodel sitting next to my old D18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Z Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 20 hours ago, Salfromchatham said: Nice name inlays on your D-15. How did you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 nichols custom inlays... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Z Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 16 hours ago, James F said: It really makes it look sharp. This is one of the best looking guitars I’ve seen. Looks like a supermodel sitting next to my old D18 Sorry James, I have no idea where my had has been 16 ours ago when I called you Dave.😲 And yes, that guitar looks very sharp, congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Z Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 12 minutes ago, Salfromchatham said: nichols custom inlays... What a crazy homepage! Did you get a new fretboard and replaced the original one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 37 minutes ago, Peter Z said: What a crazy homepage! Did you get a new fretboard and replaced the original one? No... same fretboard.... He did this back in 2009ish? cost me $400 I think. Maybe less - can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Z Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Thanks, Sal, interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 New - Seems you got an odd upgrade from factory. The only consistent thing with Gibson is their inconsistency. 😎 . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul14 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 (edited) Just call it a southern Jumbo studio. At any rate it looks pretty sharp. Edited September 30, 2020 by Paul14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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