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Wally · October 9th, 2003, 02:21 PM

My take on Gibsons is that I prefer anything from '58 on back and the early '90's on. I have a limited production '92 J-30 rosewood that shrinks from no guitar and surpasses most in richness of tone and physical beauty. It is a 25 1/2" scale. The J-45/50 guitar is a 24 3/4" scale. I love my '46 J-45 and have been much impressed by the J-45/50's that I have seen built in the last decade or so. I just did a set up and a properly compensated bone saddle for a customer on a new J-45 Rosewood that is a killer guitar. The only problem is that Gibson is calling it a J-45 while it has a natural top...very confusing in a vintage sense. My vintage mind would have called it a J-50 RW, but it ain't my call, is it?

October 9th, 2003, 02:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
Wally Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 3,988	My take on Gibsons is that I prefer anything from '58 on back and the early '90's on. I have a limited production '92 J-30 rosewood that shrinks from no guitar and surpasses most in richness of tone and physical beauty. It is a 25 1/2" scale. The J-45/50 guitar is a 24 3/4" scale. I love my '46 J-45 and have been much impressed by the J-45/50's that I have seen built in the last decade or so. I just did a set up and a properly compensated bone saddle for a customer on a new J-45 Rosewood that is a killer guitar. The only problem is that Gibson is calling it a J-45 while it has a natural top...very confusing in a vintage sense. My vintage mind would have called it a J-50 RW, but it ain't my call, is it?