strat71 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 hi, i bought a J45 true vintage on Ebay, it looked in great shape, from 2011, and half the price of a new one... only because the original owner changed for a martin... and there was a lrbaggs output jack installed. anyway, i don't live in the US, i took the risk to buy blinded... it tooks 2 week to come to my country.. when i opened the case: the smell of a good gibson, i'm always surprised by the new gibson smell.. the guitar is in great shape... it's surprinsly light, the case is way heavier than the guitar... good point... i tuned it immediatly... no ping at the nut or the saddle... great... smooth tuners... great... the action is a litle on the high side.. and the nut is also cut a bit high... no problem i know how to setup a guitar... my next job: cut down the nut... chek how much i need to lower the saddle.. remove the strings.. remove the VOS gunk.. i hate this hazy look... lower the saddle... install my lrbaggs M1 get some good martin .12 and start some good old rolling stones acoustic songs... Ben ps: pix will be posted in a couple of days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 . Welcome. Congrats on your new J45 TV. Looking forward to your review and pics. . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Sounds like another J-45 found a good home ! Interesting that you would mention the smell of a Gibson - somebody with a lab should analyze and synthesize, and start selling little guitar case potpori (air fresheners). You are going to have a wonderful time with that J-45 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Congrats on your new J-45!! Interesting that you would mention the smell of a Gibson - somebody with a lab should analyze and synthesize, and start selling little guitar case potpori (air fresheners). Surprisingly enough we've had people request this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Right on Strat! Enjoy that ole J45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Congrats on your new J-45!! Surprisingly enough we've had people request this! Sweep the floor. Package the sawdust in a felt Gibson guitar cloth, and include it with each new J-45 sold. There, was that so hard? You can send the first one to Strat71 for sparking the idea, and the royalty checks? - I'm willing to spit 'em with ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdd707 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Congrats .... the TVs are wonderful guitars .... best idea Gibson has had in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 hi, i bought a J45 true vintage on Ebay, it looked in great shape, from 2011, and half the price of a new one... only because the original owner changed for a martin... my next job: remove the VOS gunk.. i hate this hazy look... Ben ps: pix will be posted in a couple of days... Ben, Congratulations on joining the J-45 club! How do you intend to approach "removing the VOS gunk"? (This is a topic that comes up from time to time.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salfromchatham Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Congrats! Does yours have a gloss finish or a VOS finish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Pics or it never happened ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Congrats on your new J-45!! Surprisingly enough we've had people request this! Not too surprising, really. The aroma that comes out of my L-OO Legend case when you open it is powerful and evocative. Sadly, it's slowy going away over time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat71 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Thanks guys for replies... ok, i spent the morning, setting up my new 45TV... as i said, lowered the nut grooves to be more confortable... lowered the saddle, about 2mm, the low string is not 2.5mm and the high string is 1.5mm.. wayyyy better action... was about 3.5mm on the low... for the VOS i used some virtuoso cleaner then virtuoso polish... worked great... the wood is now visible under the finish... here's a few pix as promissed.... Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 BEAUTIFUL!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Classic burst. Nice! I can almost hear her !!! G'luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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