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11-24-2007, 05:12 AM
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James Taylor's Gibson
James Taylor has played a number of custom guitars (most recently Olsens) but there are some early 70s videos on You-Tube with him playing the Gibson J-35 (?) he used on his early records. Obviously the player's talent is most important here but for my money (this is a figure of speech - I'm not in the Olsen price range) the guitar sound is great. These are 'live' performances recorded with a single mic on the guitar. I've got a couple of nice guitars but one of the nicest guitars I've played is my brother's old J-35, found in a used-guitar shop about 20 years ago.
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11-24-2007, 07:41 AM
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I have a 1967 J-45 and I think the only difference is that the J-35 is blonde or natural finish. My J-45 is sunburst. This was my first guitar, old gibson have a certain percussive sound. I got away from it because it has a rather narrow neck.
Steve
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11-24-2007, 07:57 AM
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There are more than a few differences between the two models; there was a reissue J35 with pre-war spec-round shoulders, mahogany neck, mahogany back and sides, rectangular bridge. The original model was designated Jumbo 35; not to be confused with the earlier Jumbo-now called Original Jumbo as the reissue.
The square shoulder J35 had a three-piece maple neck, maple back and sides, belly bridge and longer 25 1/2" scale. This was available 1985/6. The blonde version of the J45 is the J50 which is identical except for the finish. Andrew
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11-24-2007, 08:28 AM
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Last edited by AndrewG; 11-24-2007 at 08:34 AM.
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11-24-2007, 12:21 PM
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