#1
|
|||
|
|||
Traded My Gibson J-15 for a J-45.
So a couple weeks ago I traded my J-15 for a J-45 standard. And I think I have two resulting opinions that sum up the experience pretty well. A) I didn't realize how much I had bonded with the 15 until it was gone, and B) I don't know that the J45 is really "better" just different. I will say that the tone of the J45 is more of what I personally have always been looking for, and I love a good sunburst. But I sure did love the J-15. I'm hoping that as time goes on I grow attached to brunette like I did the blonde. I think new relationships always take time to settle in to. Anybody else experienced anything similar?
Note: I think the main reason that this is interesting to me, is due to the fact that I was expecting to be blown away by finally owning a J-45. And don't get me wrong, the J45 imo is a superior guitar but the J-15 certainly holds it's own.
__________________
Gotta enjoy the little things. 2019 j45 Studio Fender Stratocaster Fender Jazz Bass Vox AC15 Last edited by Atalkingsausage; 01-29-2017 at 10:23 PM. |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
I'd like to have a J-15 as well as my J-45. I think they are different enough that owning both isn't a big overlap.
__________________
Barry My SoundCloud page Avalon L-320C, Guild D-120, Martin D-16GT, McIlroy A20, Pellerin SJ CW Cordobas - C5, Fusion 12 Orchestra, C12, Stage Traditional Alvarez AP66SB, Seagull Folk Aria {Johann Logy}: |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
I think I would really like to have both as well. Unfortunately I must adhere to a strict 1 in1 out policy imposed on me by you can probably guess who
__________________
Gotta enjoy the little things. 2019 j45 Studio Fender Stratocaster Fender Jazz Bass Vox AC15 |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Congrats. Both are certainly excellent guitars.
|
#5
|
||||
|
||||
I traded my J-15 in for a J-45, too. Haven't regretted it at all. Both are fine guitars...just different. But - like you - I have a firm "1 in 1 out policy"...and the Workhorse definitely deserves to be the "1 in".
__________________
Walker Clark Fork (Adi/Honduran Rosewood) Edmonds OM-28RS - Sunburst (Adi/Old Growth Honduran) |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Congrats on the J45. What you are feeling is probably the attachment you had with the J15. I sold a Taylor GA4 many years ago, and although my current guitars debatably sound better, I still miss that GA4 because that was my only guitar for about 2 years and I bonded with it. As some time goes by, I think you will feel better about your trade.
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
They are similar, and also different. There are real good arguments to own both.
__________________
The Big Fat Lady 02' Gibson J-150 The Squares 11' Hummingbird TV, 08' Dove The Slopeys 11' Gibson SJ (Aaron Lewis) The Pickers 43' Gibson LG-2, 09' Furch OM 32SM (custom) , 02' Martin J-40 The Beater 99' Cort Earth 100 What we do on weekends: http://www.reverbnation.com/doubleshotprague |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
I have never owned a J-15, never played one. However, I thought I was a rosewood fellow with my Martin HD-28V until I bought my J-45TV. That is the sound I love and my go to guitar.
|
#9
|
|||
|
|||
having owned both, my take is j45 > j15.
j15 has moved to new home. everyone is happy.
__________________
some nice acoustics |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
I agree. Hope the J-45 continues to grow on you and that you bond with it like your J-15.
|
#11
|
|||
|
|||
I originally bought a J-15 because I liked the sound in the store when I tried it and it would be a nice relatively inexpensive route to have a J-45. I was wrong. They are both great guitars but one has nothing to do with the other. I ended up selling both and bought a really great slope shoulder dread type guitar made of mahogany and spruce I liked better than the J-45. I should not have gotten rid of the J-15.
Someday I will run into a great walnut guitar that says buy me.
__________________
at 4. No more for awhile. Moving soon. Less is better until I settle. |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Well, I'll jump in on this.
For many years now I've had a very nice J45 Standard Natural that is just right. It's pure Gibson, and I love it! Then about a year or so ago I acquired a slightly used J15. The J15 was brighter, the J45 mellower. Thats about the single "big" difference. OK, the neck was Maple vs Mahogany, and I noticed that as I played it. But when a new friend was interesting in the J15, I sold it to him. I dont miss it. But I really cannot imagine being without my J45. I'm a Martin Guy, but there's something my J45 delivers that I can't get anywhere else. Theres just something about a Gibson J45. |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Recently I switched from electric to acoustic guitars (I was ready to chase a new, different mistress I suppose). I went in to buy a D18e Retro..........as I was admiring the D18e, I glanced wishfully at "the other woman" - a J45 on the wall.......having never held/played a J45, I sat the D18e down to try the J45. I also tried the J15, but it seemed to me th J45 had a more rich & fuller sound. ............an hour later, I left with the J45 and the D18e - both similar in construction but different ways of obtaining their own unique tones.....so far the J45 is my new #1........
__________________
2014 Martin D18e Retro 2016 Gibson J45 Standard Breedlove Pursuit Nylon Taylor Big Baby "Slow is smooth, smooth is fast" |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
I'm sitting here reading this playing my J-15 that I got a few months back. I was on the hunt for a J-45 that I thought would cure my gas...turns out the J-15 did it for me more than the 45. I really like the maple and Walnut combo. To me it sounds like a slightly brighter J-45 and I've been playing the heck out of it and it is loosening up nicely To each his own! Maybe someday I'll get a 45 to compliment my 15. Until then I am just fine!
__________________
Kelly "Killer" Grayum Gibson J-15 2016 Epiphone AJ500MNS Taylor 214ce DLX (Sunburst) |
|
Tags |
comparison, gibson, guitar, j15, j45 |
|