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PRE-WAR GUITARS MODEL J MAHOGANY - LEVEL 2 AGING- Dealer Post
Pre-War Model J This vintage J-45 styled Pre-War guitar is the most versatile big guitar you may ever play. It’s extremely powerful, yet exquisitely focused. The bass notes sound like giant, wooden bells and the treble strings shoot off like cannon balls. It’s the perfect rhythm section and a finger-picker’s secret weapon all in one. Pre-War Guitars In all my years of playing and selling guitars, I have never encountered an approach to luthiery that appeals to me quite as much as this. The folks at Pre-War have truly managed to reverse-engineer the “holy grail” instruments of yore. This has been achieved, in part, by eschewing the modern obsession with immaculate cosmetics in favor of ultra-thin finishes and tasteful, natural-looking play wear. They sound open and free like they’ve been breathing fresh air for decades. Pre-War guitars are very light and extremely resonant. A slight breeze across the strings could fill a room with music. A big “G” chord could blow out a window. They’re simply alive. Their wood is carefully selected, voiced, and torrefied. They’ve done everything short of vibrating it for you. Each piece has been joined together with hot hide glue and the neck has been set with a traditional dovetail neck joint. The 1937-inspired neck profile offers vintage fullness without exhausting your fretting hand. You’ll find yourself dancing all over the fretboard, delighting in the effortless precision of each note. Simply put, a Pre-War guitar offers all the advantages of a vintage instrument with modern flexibility and structural integrity. The dry intensity and natural reverb are staggering. The “golden era” has been hereby redefined. SPECIFICATIONS: Honduran Mahogany neck w/two way truss rod. Scale length: 24.9” FInish: Ultra thin aged Nitro Cellulose sunburst Back material: Honduran mahogany Top material: Torrefied Adirondack spruce Fretboard and bridge material: Pau Ferro Neck width at nut: Vintage spec, 1 11/16” Vintage spec, 2 3/16” bridge spacing. Headcap material: Black Binding material: Cream plastic Nut and saddle: Bone Vintage style Firestripe pickguard Harptone Case Limited Lifetime Warranty $4,995 https://midwoodguitarstudio.com/pre-...level-2-aging/ CONTACT INFO MIDWOOD GUITAR STUDIO 1517 CENTRAL AVENUE CHARLOTTE, NC 28205 (980) 265-1976 (877) 464-7010 [email protected] |
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I just took delivery of a Pre*War Single 0 and it is amazing. If you are looking for J45, this will be incredible.
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WHOA! Congrats. I haven’t played one of their single Os yet, but I bet it’s louder than some dreadnoughts |
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Mitch |
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if this had a 1 3/4 nut and wider string spacing like a 40's Gibson it would have a new home today. Curious why the narrow nut and string spacing.
Hbone |
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It’s a 1937-styled neck profile and bridge spacing. My understanding is that there were frequent variations in the early days. I’m mostly a finger-picker, and I don’t find it too tight, but I definitely understand your reservations. That said, I have to accommodate myself to different nut widths as part of my job pretty frequently, so I’ve gotten used to it. . .which is helpful because my two personal nicest guitars are 1 11/16th and 1 13/16th. I definitely play differently on them, though. At best, they inspire different things. At worst, they inspire me to buy another guitar Have you played the Smeck Gibson-styled guitars? I’d love to see pre-war do one of those. They make such cannons and that’s the cannon of cannons. The piano cannon. |
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Perfection. Jack or David would be appropriate names then |
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Just curious, the bridge and fretboard material you mentioned as "Pau Ferro". That's a Brazilian wood (I'd know, I'm Brazilian) and the name is in Portuguese. It translates to something like "Iron Wood" (Pau = wood, stick / Ferro = Iron).
It's a very resistant / strong wood, hence the name. Not used only in guitars, but also in a lot of furniture. Don't think it's legal these days anymore. Anyway, I'd really like to know if there's a proper English name for "Pau Ferro" or if it's just like words such as "sushi", "pizza" and "nacho" which you don't translate. Thanks a lot a good luck with the guitar. |
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Good question! It’s sometimes known by the fairly literal English translation, Brazilian Iron Wood. |
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Great to know, thanks! It's indeed very common here, in guitars and furniture, though as I mentioned I think nowadays it's not legal anymore or at least not common as used to be.
Here's my guitar, "Pau Ferro" back and sides, against a Pau Ferro closet: Ps: sorry to hijack the thread |
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No worries! Beautiful guitar, my friend! |
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Nothing at all wrong with a 1 11/16" nut width.
Martin switched to it in 1939 and Gibson in 1946/1947. These guitars are studs. I own a D and a Jumbo (in granadillo). Worth.every.penny.
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FYI the link is broken.
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I'm betting the guitar sold so it was removed from their site
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