bluezguy Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) I'm waiting for delivery of mine. Should get it next week around the 27th/28th. There were only a total of 65 of them made for 2015 ... I had to have it so I bid, and won it on fleabay. My other J45 Red Spruce/Mahogany banner model was feeling lonely so me hads to get him this girl. Online demos are limited to only 2 or 3 and besides, you simply CAN'T believe the folks doing the demos. They are 99% always processed. So .... I come to you seeking one of you lucky ones who may also have one of these for your opinion on the tonal qualities. My ADI top J, in all my playing decades (over half a hundred years) is the best sounding acoustic I've ever heard in my life! From what I've heard, the maple body'd one is a remarkable difference in tonal quality and that, is what I seek (more like a Martin D-28) to combine with my duo guitar recordings. Here is a link to one of the two demos I could find (definitely highly processed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Yk4so7iKI To complete my arsenal, as soon as this Flamed maple one is paid off, I will be getting a standard J45 with Sitka/Mahogany. I will post pics when she arrives. Edited April 23, 2022 by bluezguy added link to demo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Nice guitar. I was watching it too and made a couple Best Offer's but he didn't budge. Let us know how it sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwlsky Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Great demo video. And who doesn't love watching/listening to greg play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Whenever I hear somebody say maple body J45 this is the guy who immediately comes to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 I have a Custom Shop maple AJ. A maple slope dread is a joy, I absolutely adore mine. The clarity and power is astonishing. I bought my AJ because I played a Maple J45 back in 2008 and fell in love with it…the AJ was the closest thing I could find ten years later, as the maple J45 was out of production at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-1854Me Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 I have a Custom Shop quilted maple SJ from about 2007. Wonderful guitar! Fred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluezguy Posted May 5, 2022 Author Share Posted May 5, 2022 Thanks folks for your replies. Well ... I've had her now for 8 days and she is 101% a keeper. So different tonally from my J-45 TV Adi ... that's what I was hoping for. This J, is an extraordinarily powerful guitar - it really will kill fascists. I am VERY pleased with this acquisition and I thank Buck for selling it to me! My guitar gods were guiding me to a D-28 for that aggresive, punchy pickin' tone ... no longer will I pursue it - what do they know anyway??. The flamed maple J-45 is truly a parallel by Gibson to Martins' D-28. I am done now except maybe for Guilds' ridiculously over-priced 12 string ($5,000+) . We'll see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 (edited) Congrats and happy playing. Let's see some photos of that Maple baby! Edited May 6, 2022 by Twang Gang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave F Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Here's one for sale https://www.bizarreguitarphx.com/gibsonacoustic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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