I'm a fan of the Gibson Advanced Jumbo (AJ) model. I own one, and also have a guitar built by Howard Klepper that was inspired by the AJ, but in black walnut and Carpathian spruce instead of Indian rosewood and Sitka spruce.
I use both guitars a lot.
In my experiences trying out AJ's in retail music stores, they seem to be the most consistently good-sounding acoustic guitars that Gibson makes. Every other AJ I play is so good I want to buy it, whereas the great-sounding J-45's and J-45TV's - while they definitely do exist - seem to be a bit less common.
The AJ is a powerful, versatile and tonally balanced guitar. I recommend it highly.
Wade Hampton Miller
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