Help Identify the model

[Acoocoostic]

Hi,

 

New to the forum. Can anyone identify the Gibson Sondre Lerche is using in these videos (scroll down a bit)? His tone (and playing) is fantastic! He's a small dude, so I was wondering if this is a smaller J-45 "-esque" model. Thanks for reading.

 

http://www.sondrelerche.com/av/

[JuanCarlosVejar]

man that one is a hard one . but I guess it is in the vein of a J 45

[Tarrr]

Sounds like mahogany/sitka to me.... maybe SouthernJumbo or J45? Hard to say with soooooooooo many custom models from Gibson. As long as they continue to make great stuff I can overlook their lack of historical meta data.

[rar]

... maybe SouthernJumbo or J45? ...

An SJ would have double parallelogram fretboard inlays, not dots. This is a J-45.

 

-- Bob R

[Tarrr]

double parallelogram fretboard inlays

 

So that's what you call it... was looking at a 1981 J200 the other day. The newer models have a notch at each fret so you can easily refret, in 1981 you had to remove the binding.... this one needed a refret badly and I walked, I can't image how many hours/skill that would take.

So, J45 it be... good analysis.

[j45nick]

It's some variety of modern J-45. Looks to have Klusons (or other small-button tuners) rather than rotomatics, so it's hard to tell what model. You can tell it's modern by the overlapping pickguard placement at the soundhole.

[E-minor7]

This one is as straight as can be : J-45, , , probably a Historic Collection.

 

 

 

And hello Acooocooostic -