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Location: Cork, Ireland | Just played a few chords and I must say I'd rather play a 30-year-old Ovation. Now maybe when it's 30 years old it will be a different stoty but I wouldn't want to wait till then to justify spending 3 grand.
By the way, there's no question of me spending 3 grand on a guitar in the next 30 years in any case!!! You just don't see Gibson acoustics in the shops around here too often so I couldn't resist. |
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Location: Tennessee | Some of those can be real good and others are not. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | If you're going to spend 3 grand on a J45 go spend it on a Collings CJ. Much better exicution of the same ideas. |
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Location: SoCal | Current Gibsons can (not necessarily are) be really good guitars. I've got a buddy who has 3 (J-200, J-45 and some other slope shoulder) and all are really great guitars (and I don't like J200's). But Beal's Collings SJ is flat out wonderful (Beal, did I ever tell you I have a birthday coming up?)... |
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| Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
Beal's Collings SJ is flat out wonderful... Which one? Actually, they all are) |
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Location: SoCal | Maple. No fret markers.... |
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| Ahh, yes. That is a sweet one. But I like the rosie back ones better - bit more bass punch. I have my sights on a German/Rosie short scale right now... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | The Gibson I have (songwriter deluxe) really surprised me when I got it. It's still here if that's any indication of what I think of it. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Every now and then Gibson makes a good one.
The CJ is the 45 design
Moody is talking about the SJ, more the 185/200 design.
Both are great but quite different.
G8r is looking at a CJ and they are great with a short scale, 24 1/2"
The SJ really needs the 25 1/4.
I've been in a SJ mood lately, got 4 and they are all quite different, maple, mahogony, koa and indian rosewood cutaway. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Just thought I'd try it as it's one of those 'legendary' guitars.
The guy is the shop must love people like me - I was only looking for a harmonica case! |
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Location: ms | I`ve had two J45s in the last year. Both were very goog guitars. There are a lot of J45 models but you can get the modern classic for $1999.00 any day at guitar center and they just ran them on sale for $1599.00. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I've had a couple of CJs through the years. One was a really hot-rodded '52 model. I raced it off-road all over the California and Arizona deserts. Did pretty well in the amateur classes with it, too. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Uh,...Prof....I think he's talking Collings speak, not Jeep speak. |
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I tried a Gibson J-45
