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2013 Gibson J-35 - thoughts?
Hey, I played the 2013 Gibson J-35 for the first time tonight. I was impressed. It was clear, crisp, articulate, loud, and had that dry mahogany sound. I did a bunch of fingerpicking and found it very difficult to get a low volume though so I couldn't get great dynamics but it still had great tone.
I checked the Gibson website and it states that the 2013 J-35 is a modern equivalent to the J-35 introduced in 1936. What I don't know is whether this model was reintroduced this year or whether it was modified this year ... I take it that it was reintroduced? Anyone have any thoughts on this guitar? |
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Reintroduced this year and Yes it's a fantastic guitar.
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Hi Dru,
Reintroduced. There have been special runs for Fuller's. And there have been very pricey Luthier's choice signed by Ren. Now, here they are at a nice price point.
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Yep, that's the one I played. Congrats! I'm trying to remember the headstock inlay. It was something like "Only a Gibson will do" or something like that?
Thanks for the info Jim. The one I played was in the $1600s, which is a nice price point for a Gibson. |
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"only a Gibson is good enough" is on the banner.
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And that banner and logo never was on any J 35 known to man prior to the new ones.
But Gibson did remember the correct number of frets.
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played one..
I love the look of this guitar. Wanted to like it...but the one I played was too DDRRRYYY..no ring at all, just the thump. Sorry, I just don't like that. Now, if that's what you want and like then it may be your dream guitar for under $1700 and that is amazing. I find I like/love the new D-18 (2013) model more better!!!
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I played one yesterday.
It was a fantastic resonant guitar with really bright lively trebles. A really enjoyable guitar to play. |
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Check out the Gibson acoustic forum, there are loads of threads on the new J-35!
http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/f...bson-acoustic/
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Id love to give you some feedback Dru, but Ive not had the opportunity to play one yet.
But from what Ive read there seems to be a lot of players who were impressed with the guitar, not necessarily just Gibson fanboys ..
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Played one about 3 weeks ago.... If I didn't already own 2 slope shouldered Gibsons I would have bought it on the spot. It was absolutely lovely.
The guitar in question was located in the Glasgow branch of GuitarGuitar.
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If I was going for a J-35 I'd go for a Collings.
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I'm guessing there is a "slight" difference in price?
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