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One of Gibson's nicer reissues. They came in several batches, some with adi tops, some sitka. Some with a non-radiused back, the the 30s, some like a J35. But mainly dry and crisp. Great for blues, rags, Americana. Really liked the one I played a few years back, more so than the Legend they had in the shop. But the, I play blues and rags.

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MOP ,

 

 

a forum member duluthdan used one of my photos so gibson could match the small 30's style burstfrom my OJ to a custom Southern Jumbo he is going to have built :)

 

... and I can't wait to see it. When I emailed them the photo they said they knew exactly what I wanted... crossing my fingers and toes [biggrin]

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This is not what you want, but I guess it may be related.

 

There are two guitars in the picture that have the same bracing -- the 1935 Jumbo and the 1936 Jumbo35 Trojan The late 36 Trojans were the same as the 34-36 Jumbos except with a few cosmetic changes to reduce cost.

 

Jumbo5s.jpg

 

Both have three tone bars. Here are some Trojan pictures

 

j35inside.jpg

 

j35ograms.jpg

 

Let's pick,

 

-Tom

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Thanks for the replies, I am trying to find out about the bracing used on the OJ, degree angle of X, number of tone bars.

I've never measured the angle on mine, a 2006, but the top bracing is "advanced" (as on an AJ), so it should be fairly large. It has two tone bars.

 

-- Bob R

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This is not what you want, but I guess it may be related.

 

There are two guitars in the picture that have the same bracing -- the 1935 Jumbo and the 1936 Jumbo35 Trojan The late 36 Trojans were the same as the 34-36 Jumbos except with a few cosmetic changes to reduce cost.

 

 

Both have three tone bars. Here are some Trojan pictures

 

j35ograms.jpg

 

Let's pick,

 

-Tom

 

 

I measure the angle of the X-brace in Tom's Trojan at 102.5 degrees, for what it's worth, but that could be off by .5 degree because of the fuzziness of the image, as good as it is. (Yes, I have tools to do that kind of stuff. It just happens to be one of the things I do at work.)

 

I'm amazed at how small that bridge plate is.

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