moej45 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I've been playing out for about 15 years or so but recently it's taken a back seat with kids and family. When I graduated College I promised myself that one day I would get a real nice acoustic guitar. A litle backstory is that in High School I had a girlfriend and her old man had a 1960's crackled J45 that I used to play all the time. I mean....I had NO idea what I had in my hand at that time. Just no idea the level of guitar I was fooling around on. So that time arrived recently thatI had enough liquid cash to get something nice and I played just about everything in the 1500-2500 price range. I tried EVERYTHING....all the Martin's, Taylors, Breedlove's....even some older vintage stuff at a great shop in Lexington MA. But....I came back to where it all started. I stopped at the local Big Box retailer yesterday and found a sweet J45 with the deadest strings in the biz on it. But I just had faith. I brought it home and put new EXP's on it and WOW. It's EVERYTHING I ever wanted in a guitar...the tone is unreal and it plays exactly how I want it to......I can see why people often call it a Beast. Now...this goes to show...on the wall at GC it sounded muddy and weak. But those strings were BEAT....so after getting it home and putting some phosphors on there it came alive. Could not be more happy with the product and I'll be posting more on here as I am now addicted to this forum and Gibsons! www.myspace.com/moeahern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisA83 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Welcome an congratulations, a J-45 is a wonderful thing! It's customary to post pics of a new baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Welcome to the forum, and big congrats on the J-45, you just cant go wrong with one of these as Im realising more and more very day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moej45 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 I'll take some pics tonight. For some reason my Cell phone pics are too large for upload. Many to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Congrats on the fulfillment of a long-held dream. Play on, and welcome to the forum! Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 yeah, got my j45 just a couple weeks ago...Awesome guitar. Awesome. Soon as i played it, the guitar that I intended to buy was literally forgotten. It's crazy, but when a guitar speaks to you (and some of them do speak) most other things pale in importance.....Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moej45 Posted July 25, 2011 Author Share Posted July 25, 2011 Yeah, I had been down to the J45 and the Hummingbird Pro. But after my 30th viewing of Crazy Heart Saturday night, recollections of the old J 45.....I just pulled it off the wall and rung it up. I was elated with the sound and playability once I swapped out the strings. Just an amazing guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 A pleasure to hear this. You are a lucky man – J-45's are fantastic creatures on the surface of the earth. One incredible thing about this Forum is that we all know what a 45 looks like, but sincerely want to see pics of yet another. Always a new detail – always the spell. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 . Welcome. Congrats on yer new j45. Looking forward to seeing some pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissouriPicker Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 I agree totally with E-minor7---get us a pic. Besides, I want to see if your J45 looks anything like mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brannon67 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Welcome to the forum, and congrats on your new J45. Like I always say, you can never ever go wrong with a J45. You just cant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g6120 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Nice guitar congratulations ! Have one myself great instrument . Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Congratulations on acquiring a great guitar and joining the Forum. That's how it started with me.. one J45 and a username. I now have 6 Gibsons (down from 9) and 2 Martins. Welcome to the disease! It's my favorite sickness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Congrats also, from my corner! Love to hear of a new and happy Gibson owner. Very cool story associated with it also. Glad that someone in America has some 'liquid cash' in these 'days and times'... The 'new string' part of the story rings true to me also.... I feel that one can sense a 'good' guitar, regardless of the 'music store/dead string' environment... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Congratulations on acquiring a great guitar and joining the Forum. That's how it started with me.. one J45 and a username. I now have 6 Gibsons (down from 9) and 2 Martins. Welcome to the disease! It's my favorite sickness. It's addictive, but it usually ain't fatal, unless you spend Momma's grocery money to buy another guitar. I've got to figure out where to hide them: my wife is starting to count guitar cases. "Honey, there's no guitar in that one--it's just a spare case." Down to six right now: three Gibby's, two Martins, and a Tom Prisloe. That's probably going to change, as I'm feeling an inexplicable attack of GAS..... I'm thinkin' f-hole Gibson acoustic, or the Composite Acoustics carbon guitar. Probably both. And then a small-body Gibson..... An intervention may be called for here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yes congratulations from another happy j45 picker. Bluesking777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I've got to figure out where to hide them: my wife is starting to count guitar cases. "Honey, there's no guitar in that one--it's just a spare case." Aha! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moej45 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 Http://photobucket.com/albums/x457/bttahern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 . The pics are a bit fuzzy, but your J45 is beautiful. Congrats. B) Here's a couple of your pics - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickax Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Hard to beat a sweet sounding J-45. They are known as the workhorse for a good reason. Congratulations and welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moej45 Posted July 26, 2011 Author Share Posted July 26, 2011 I sit at work just waiting to get home so I can play it all night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I WISH I could just SIT at work....HAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moej45 Posted July 27, 2011 Author Share Posted July 27, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-IfYMCZ9sk In action!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struma6 Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Great!!! Love that 45 sound! Nice playing and excellent song!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-IfYMCZ9sk In action!!!! Dude, that was great! did you write that? I wanna come to your pad and play some guitars! maybe some of that talent will inform me! seriously, that was really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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