Kalamazoo Gal J-35

[Lars68]

Lars

[jt]

A lovely guitar! Thanks, Lars, for flagging this for us.

[jedzep]

I think Emerald City Guitars should re-mike that clip, change to a different/broken-in string, or different player.  It's tinny sounding, and not a good representation of that guitar.

Thanks for the clip, though.  It gave me a renewed appreciation for my J50.

[Dave F]

2 hours ago, jedzep said:

I think Emerald City Guitars should re-mike that clip, change to a different/broken-in string, or different player.  It's tinny sounding, and not a good representation of that guitar.

Thanks for the clip, though.  It gave me a renewed appreciation for my J50.

He does tend to play close to the bridge to get that tinny sound and when he ventures toward the center of the sound hole he likes to muffle the strings. Just his style I guess . From the original owner wear marks, it's been played a bit further up. Thanks for the video, I would love to get my hands on it.

Edited May 15, 2022 by Dave F

[zombywoof]

Cool.  The last time I played a '41 J35 was four or so years back at a small guitar show.  That was the same show I ran across the '44 maple body LG2. 

JT, Tom or those with a far better understanding of these guitars than I will ever have would be able to answer my question though which is other than the pickguard how different was a '41 J35 from a '42 J50/45?  At least since my Mass Street Music in Kansas days I have had the notion stuck in my head that if I ever bought a J35 it would be a '36 through '39 because of the differences.

[jt]

On 5/15/2022 at 9:55 AM, zombywoof said:

Cool.  The last time I played a '41 J35 was four or so years back at a small guitar show.  That was the same show I ran across the '44 maple body LG2. 

JT, Tom or those with a far better understanding of these guitars than I will ever have would be able to answer my question though which is other than the pickguard how different was a '41 J35 from a '42 J50/45?  At least since my Mass Street Music in Kansas days I have had the notion stuck in my head that if I ever bought a J35 it would be a '36 through '39 because of the differences.

I'll hope that Tom chimes in. He knows much more than I about the use of vintage guitars in various forms of music and about acoustics.

I have CT-scanned and X-rayed Gibson flattops from the late 1930s through the late 1940s (and dozens of other brands and eras vintage guitars). Based on measurements of plate (top, back, and sides) and bracing thickness, the Banner era guitars were statistically significantly thinner ( P = 0.05). What that says about tone I leave to your (and Tom's) ears.

I'm now collaborating with an engineering school in Massachusetts, USA and the mathematics and physics departments at a university in Sao Paolo, Brazil on this continuing project. (Much) More information soon.