Gibson J-45s are everywhere - Page 2

RILEY31 · #16 10-17-2019, 03:50 PM

Funny you brought this up. I was watching the Willie Nelson fourth of July picnic this year and was surprised nearly every artist playing acoustic was playing a Gibson.
Willies son Lucas and Jamie Johnson both playing a J200's and many other where playing J45's or Hummingbirds of coarse Willie played trigger but he was the exception.

We went to see Hank Jr. a few weeks ago and he played Gibson electric and acoustics his whole show.

MoJoe · #17 10-17-2019, 03:51 PM

I finally got to play one for the first time and honestly was a bit underwhelmed. Maybe it was a dud and the strings were a little dead, but the hummingbird I played right after it blew it away. Maybe it's just not for me, but I had read soooo much praise about the model I was expecting the second coming of Christ. Prob a case of expectations being way too high.

PHJim · #18 10-17-2019, 04:36 PM

Back in the sixties, Phil Ochs played a J-45 at times, Patrick Sky played a Southern Jumbo, Buffy St. Marie played a J-45, Bob Dylan played a J-50, James Taylor played a J-50. In those days, a J-45 and a J-50 were the same guitar with different finishes and a Southern Jumbo was a dressed up J-45.

Buffy St.Marie - 1964 Mariposa Festival

Eric Anderson and Phil Ochs

?, Pete Seeger, Patrick Sky with Southern Jumbo (or maybe a J-45 with some added inlay), Peter LaFarge

Tony Burns · #19 10-17-2019, 05:52 PM

Id say you see J-45's becasue your looking for them , i see D-18's or D-28's becasue im always looking for them.
Besides J-45 is Gibsons flagship (IMO)
Funny but i remember folkies calling Guilds D-25 the workhorse -
guess alot of people used that term for many different guitars .

RILEY31 · #20 10-17-2019, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by phcorrigan

Watching Ken Burns' Country Music, the two guitars I saw most commonly were Martin Dreadnaughts and Gibson J-45.

I love the sound of a good J-45, and if I could justify the cost I would buy one, but I really don't need another guitar. ("Need?" you say?)

On the other hand there are some really good ones and some not so good ones. I played one recently at the local GC that just sounded dead.

I watched Ken Burns' Country Music, I noticed a lot of J-45 and d-18 but I saw a lot more J-200 guitars with the Grand Ole Opry stars names in the fretboards.