Walnut fan Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Hey all, I’m curious about the sustainable line of acoustics. I see some of them have a richlite fingerboard and wood inlays but I think I just saw one with a walnut fingerboard and no inlays. Can anyone give me the skinny on the history and the different designs? What came first, etc? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 The Sustainable line has not been around long enough to have a history. But what you get seems to depend on the model. So a J45 will have a richlite fingerboard while a Hummingbird will have a walnut board. I would not be surprised if down the road Gibson went in both directions on any given model. I gather one of the things which separates the sustainable line from others with similar features is the beeswax finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walnut fan Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Thanks! I found this one online so I guess there's some different specs even among the same model J-45 Sustainable Acoustic-Electric Guitar Specifications: Body Body type: Dreadnought, Non-Cutaway Top wood: Sitka spruce Back & sides: Walnut Bracing pattern: X Body finish: Hand-rubbed wax Neck Neck shape: Slim Taper Nut width: 1.725" Fingerboard: Walnut Neck wood: Mahogany Scale length: 24.75" Number of frets: 20 Bridge: Walnut Saddle & nut: TUSQ Electronics Pickup/preamp: L.R. Baggs VTC Other Tuning machines: Grover Rotomatic Orientation: Right Handed Number of strings: 6-string Case: Gibson hardshell case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) WF, Actually … they were only offered for 2 years it seems . The first year was the year they had richlite and inlays and the second year the model was revised and it made more sense to put walnut and no inlays on something deemed sustainable. Dave Davies of The Kinks picked one up (L 00 body )from the London Showroom a while back .His is a first year model as shown by the inlays : https://www.instagram.com/p/CQlh0QwMhEm/?utm_medium=copy_link JC Edited August 7, 2021 by JuanCarlosVejar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I've had two walnut guitars. Both great guitars but I decided I did not like it as a tonewood. I had one of these Jackson Browne guitars. Distinguished by a red spruce top and sustainably—farmed English walnut back and sides http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Jackson-Browne-Signature.aspx I also had an AJ Gold with the walnut sides and back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Dave F said: I've had two walnut guitars. Both great guitars but I decided I did not like it as a tonewood. I had one of these Jackson Browne guitars. Distinguished by a red spruce top and sustainably—farmed English walnut back and sides http://legacy.gibson.com/Products/Acoustic-Instruments/Round-Shoulder/Gibson-Acoustic/Jackson-Browne-Signature.aspx I also had an AJ Gold with the walnut sides and back. What a Beautiful Guitar. Edited August 7, 2021 by kelly campbell Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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