Guest J-Doug Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 With my wife's blessing (mostly), I pulled the trigger Christmas Eve on a 2012 J-45 Standard. I spend most of the previous three weeks A/B/C/D/etc. this guitar against others and this one came out on top. Very strong trebles and low E string, stronger than I really expected it to be. Very loud. Very different from the rest on my guitars. I'm still in the "getting to know you" phase with the guitar. I've put into the regular rotation. Here's some pics: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Very nice. Love the grain on that bridge. Merry Christmas! Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J-Doug Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Very nice. Love the grain on that bridge. Merry Christmas! Red 333 Thanks! Yeah, I'm pretty lucky that it's a one piece bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemaster03 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Congrats! Beautiful guitar! I acquired mine last July and love it more every time I play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Most excellent ! Superb choice. Nice looking guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Beautiful J45! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 can't go wrong !! congratulations .... get the camera out and let us all hear how it sounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasAK Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations! I like the darker burst, compared to mne, and grain on thebridge. chasAK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 . Well Merry Christmas. Quite a nice way to end the year too. Congrats on your new beauty. . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 beautiful 45, and a great sunburst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations on the J45! (And your collection mentioned in your signature appears to have nice variety....) BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 2011 Lacey Act owner here, love that guitar, love the bridge grain on yours, lovely. All the best with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorrisrownSal Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congrats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Congratulations on the black nut J-45 - a humble, solid and very convincing guitar. Wonder what other models were in the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J-Doug Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 Congratulations on the black nut J-45 - a humble, solid and very convincing guitar. Wonder what other models were in the race. I tried everything from a J-45TV, Custom Shop J-45 1960 Heritage Cherry Ltd, mahogany Songwriter, Hummingbird and a J-185 over several visits, about 7-8 visits in the past three weeks. The horse race came down to the TV, CS and mine with me A/B/Cing them extensively. Mine was by far the best guitar for what I'm playing right now. I made sure I bought with my ears this time and tried not to be distracted by specs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Certainly nothing wrong with the specs. I have one of these and like the black nut a lot. Even chose black for one of my other guitars. The Standard is a strong card with a full and grounded tone, plenty of bass and overall depth. Though mine loosens somewhat up, it continues to be rather compressed, which inhibits expressive fingerstrumming - but fingerpicked the 45 is poet. The palette of the instrument is beautiful = Black, (golden)brown, cream, chrome and that red-wine colored guard. Besides I have screwed on a brown leather tr-cover and drive 4 dark horn pins, 2 bone. Some people prefer different tuners, but I quickly got used the steel-mill up there - it's 'raw and masculine', kind of like the guitar (compared to the Bird anyway). And some people chant about the position of the guard, even move it, as you probably know. Thought about it - no real issue in this camp. Enjoy - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 a leather trussrid cover ? you old devil ... any chance of a shot of that , or a link to where you got it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 a leather trussrid cover ? you old devil ... any chance of a shot of that , or a link to where you got it ? As an ol rock pirate I just snatched it from my right eye - Well, I made it after the original myself and have one in black for my Dove too. Am about to make a third dark-brown, this time for the F-bird. They pull (not least the slightly overblinged guitars) in the right direction. No pics at the moment - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerohead Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Congratulations! I like the darker burst, compared to mne, and grain on thebridge. chasAK +1 Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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