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I have owned both a J-45 Standard and a D-18 in the past before I foolishly sold them to go down a long electric guitar journey. Last year, I sold both to fund a Two Rock amp, which is cool, but I can't get much enjoyment out of it due to the fact that I can't play loud and I have a Dr Z Maz 18 that I like a bit better. The truth is that I'm considering offloading the Two Rock and getting another Martin to pair with the new J-45 coming in. I prefer Martins for bluegrass and playing with others, but I much prefer the J-45 to the D-18 when playing alone. The tone is just amazing. If I sell the Two Rock, I'll pick up another Martin, but for now I'll enjoy my 717 and the J-45 when it ships. |
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Well, I had the J-45 50s Original on order, but Sweetwater had a sweet Southern Jumbo demo for sale so I went for that. Will be here Wednesday.
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Cool! Hope you love it. Looking forward to the NGD thread.
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My concern and experience with a few newer/recent Gibson acoustics is the necks and frets have not been truly level all the way up and down the fingerboard. My guitar tech did $200 or work on my 2018 Gibson J45 (because I liked it and wanted to give it a chance) he said it still would not be optimized unless I did a complete re-fret after planing the fingerboard. Arguably, I solo high up the neck to the High "A" so I need exceptionally level action up and down the neck.
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That was my belief too. Can any Gibson aficionados chip in?
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There was indeed a hump in the neck around the 12th fret and higher.
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