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I am mostly an electric player but I wanted a decent acoustic so I checked out a number of guitars and ended up with the G-Writer. The feel of the neck is most important to me and this felt much like a Strat neck to me. The build quality to me is excellent, I don’t see any excess glue anywhere and I quite like the satin finish. I see that Gibson is now offering port covers on their website.
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I have a J45 Studio Walnut with the thinner body. My ears like the thicker body Standard, but I measure the Studio as 1dB softer than my 12 string Standard. I think the Driftwood review wasn’t a good fit for the G45. It threw a reverse halo effect - the G45 has a thin nitro finish, so it scored poorly on many tests. A Driftwood guitar would suffer similarly.
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Thanks everyone it seems like a mixed bag with what people have found with these Gibsons.
I have previously had a few Gibsons (LG2, J45 studio and a J45 50’s original) They were all built to a good standard (they had the usual minor Gibson quirks but nothing I could really find fault with). I do miss that J45 and sometimes think I should just start saving again to get another!
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Btw, another cool thing I like about my G-00 - the lack of finish has allowed the top to darken up really quickly. In about a year of sitting out it's gone from pale to a nice light brown color. |
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I have the predecessor to the G-45 which is the G-45 Studio. The Studio is built well and sounds great with lots of sustain and comes with binding and a pic up. The sound is genuine Gibson.
Now the G-45 todays version to me does not have that Gibson sound and has no binding and no pickup. The sustain is okay and feel I would rather have a Martin DX2 series guitar when it comes to price and sound. I am not a fan of the sound port. this is one Gibson that I would not consider after playing it and then comparing it to my G-45 Studio.
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I tried a G-00. I felt that the fit and finish of the wood work was very nice. It was well set up and playing very nicely. The only cosmetic knock was the rosette decal looked very cheap. The reason I sent it back was the tone was rather dreadful compared to my Martins. I characterized the voice as "honky", very strong in the upper midrange. I reminded me of someone talking through a megaphone.
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When I think of well built guitars, it's been a very long time since the name Gibson comes to mind. As has been mentioned by others, I've seen much more expensive Gibsons with QC issues.
Having said that, I've played a couple of the G series and they're OK. I think the name on the headstock will serve you well if you want to sell it later, for what that's worth. At the risk of being obvious, at $1000 one has a few options. But not American made.
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