motorcitychick Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 I put my order in this past July for a M2M Gibson Acoustic J180 based off of the Everly Brothers guitar. I finally had to have one made, due to not finding any dealers with this guitar in their inventory. I can not wait for this guitar to arrive. I am hoping I might see it in the spring of 2023. I haven't heard anything from my dealer yet if this guitar has even gone into production. I may try contacting the Bozeman plant after all the Christmas stuff is over with. Any one else lusting for one of these guitars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Look into acquiring a J185. If its that body style of guitar your looking for. There pretty nice and not muted by the huge guards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard McCoy Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Good choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holiday Hoser Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 wow Merry Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) No. That, however, in no way be taken as any kind of a comment on what you have ordered. It has simply been a bunch of years since I have gotten an emotional charge (at least a positive one) out of any guitar. But even though I no longer shudder with anticipation at even the thought of bringing home something new to me, I do remember and miss it so am content with living vicariously through others. Edited December 19, 2022 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Man Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Having grabbed a J-185 Historic 52 recently, I do not have GAS for this model, but do have a thorough understanding how one would develop gas for this model, its about perfect. Hope you love it as much as I love mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelsegui Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 Can you post the specs of your order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcitychick Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 It is based off of the reissue Gibson did a few years ago, except I am having a dark rosewood fretboard and grovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcitychick Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 I always wanted a J-180 regardless what the sound is. A lot of people play this guitar and I will be in good company with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinder Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/18/2022 at 4:13 PM, slimt said: Look into acquiring a J185. If its that body style of guitar your looking for. There pretty nice and not muted by the huge guards J185s are lovely guitars but are surprisingly different to J180s. I owned a J180 for a while and found it a totally different animal to a J185, possibly because of the large pickguards. The 180 was a beast of a guitar for rhythm work and had an appealing tone for jazz comping as the shorter sustain gave it a response more like an archtop than a traditional flat top. It was a great guitar to sing with as it was rich and detailed but not overly loud or dominant in any particular frequency. Extremely balanced, and under heavy pick attack it would compress really nicely. J185s have similar balance but are louder, brighter and have longer sustain with a quicker response.. A little more brash (for want of a better word…not unpleasantly so) for rhythm work and with less of a sense of natural compression when played hard. I have found a J185 to be an excellent all-rounder and very good for fingerstyle playing but perhaps less well suited for vocal accompaniment than the J180. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcitychick Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 I have several J200's and J45's, J160E, Ephiphone USA Texan, and numerous other acoustic's. I have always wanted a J180 in my collection. Each acoustic has their own sound that I own. I like to have a variety to choose from when recording or playing out live. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelsegui Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 My current dream Gibson is a J-180 with: dark RW fretboard and bridge super flame maple neck, back and sides burst top, back, sides and neck moustache bridge with stars (like they did for a bit in the 1990s) gold milk-bottle Grover Rotomatics thin and dark DARK brown celluloid tortoiseshell Everly Brothers pickguards no pickup brown Gibson / Calton case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J185cat Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 6 hours ago, Jinder said: J185s are lovely guitars but are surprisingly different to J180s. I owned a J180 for a while and found it a totally different animal to a J185, possibly because of the large pickguards. The 180 was a beast of a guitar for rhythm work and had an appealing tone for jazz comping as the shorter sustain gave it a response more like an archtop than a traditional flat top. It was a great guitar to sing with as it was rich and detailed but not overly loud or dominant in any particular frequency. Extremely balanced, and under heavy pick attack it would compress really nicely. J185s have similar balance but are louder, brighter and have longer sustain with a quicker response.. A little more brash (for want of a better word…not unpleasantly so) for rhythm work and with less of a sense of natural compression when played hard. I have found a J185 to be an excellent all-rounder and very good for fingerstyle playing but perhaps less well suited for vocal accompaniment than the J180. Your comments regarding the J185 petty much mirror the experiences I had with mine although mine was Koa and not maple. I really wanted to love that guitar but it just didn’t quite work for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorcitychick Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 I did not order pickups in it. I wanted a pure acoustic guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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