Tman Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Looks like I'm making this into a big deal and it wasn't but I need an excuse to show off my J-45 and also make it look like I did something luthier like . Just re-glued a piece of velcro. Quite an accomplishment for my typically lame self when it comes to this kind of stuff. My battery pack became loose when the adhesive failed on the velcro piece attached to the neck heel (I just learned all of this stuff). Finally relaxing Saturday day off so I changed strings, polished my beauty and fixed the problem. Here's the loose battery pack. At first I thought the LR Baggs pickup had come loose but everything still worked. Found out that it was the battery pack of the active system. Gibson customer service (Jeremy) suggested the fix. Here it is brought out of the sound hole after I took off the strings. I sprayed some "finish enhancer" from Fender on the smudge caused by my sleeveless (arrow). Can you tell I'm used to writing journal articles? Maybe different finishes on Fenders but it didn't get rid of it. I did get rid of the dust however. Any ideas how to get the Vintage burst back to it's original lustre? Superglued the adhesive back into place. Changed to Martin SP .12's et Viola! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditdr Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Beautiful guitar I've always fancied those j45 customs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Feels good to accomplish something, eh ? Me, I cleaned out the garage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Beautiful guitar I've always fancied those j45 customs Thanks ditdr. Maybe it is finally opening up or whatever the term is for getting "broken in" but with the new strings it just absolutely sings and resonates like crazy. Feels good to accomplish something, eh ? Me, I cleaned out the garage... Sounds like what you did was more useful but probably not as much fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentw Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Nice geeter!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBhunter80 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Nice Guitar! With regards to the arm smudge, I get the same thing on my J-45 every time I play it, and the dunlop spray guitar polish/cleaner and a microfiber cloth works great to get it off and bring back the original shine. It also works great for removing sweat, finger mange on the fretboard and all kinds of other grime that goes along with hard playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted June 10, 2012 Author Share Posted June 10, 2012 Nice Guitar! With regards to the arm smudge, I get the same thing on my J-45 every time I play it, and the dunlop spray guitar polish/cleaner and a microfiber cloth works great to get it off and bring back the original shine. It also works great for removing sweat, finger mange on the fretboard and all kinds of other grime that goes along with hard playing. Thanks NBhunter80! That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for - I'l get some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57classic Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 Sweet lookin axe Tman (I'm biased). Virtuoso cleaner and Virtuoso polish will take care of the haze. These products get discussed every other month it seems. Here is a link to a thread from a few days ago: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/88013-elbow-grease/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrummer Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I had the same thing happen on my J45 Custom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Could you fix my battery bag on my J45 next? BK777 the klutz is never-ever putting his fingers in that hole at the same time as superglue. BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Beautiful acoustic man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thanks for the comments! 57 thanks for the cleaner suggestion. I guess I've missed those threads and I promise I have no financial interest in those companies! Blues King I did partially glue 2 of my fingers together doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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