NGD: Gibson G45 Standard
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 10:01 am
Well, this is my first new guitar in about five years. I did a lot of paring down of my collection, because I was pretty much exclusively playing drums. Sold my basses, my acoustic and a couple of electrics til I was down to my Yamaha Studio Lord, Silvertone 1446 and Tele that my father-in-law built.
I've been itching for an acoustic recently, looking at a few different ones online, first just some cheapies, then a SUPER high end one (Someday, Guild F40, someday...) my wife and I talked it over and we decided that I could afford to spend somewhere around $1000 - $1200 on a nice acoustic. I wanted something American made with all solid woods, and I had to find it at Sweetwater (thank you 0% financing.)
I looked over a bunch of options, and it looked like the Gibson G45 Studio fit the bill well. It checked all the boxes, and I'd always been curious about slope shoulder acoustics. So I place the order, and get an email a few minutes later saying it was out of stock til June and to see if I wanted to wait or pick something else. I'm godawful at waiting for things, so I asked if there was any wiggle room on the G45 Standard, and they were able to knock a little bit of cash off, which pretty much covered the sales tax.
The guitar delivered today and I've been playing it for the last little bit, and I have to say, I love it so far. I've played a few J45s and they were always a bit thumpy for me, but watching G45 demos I knew they were a bit brighter, and that's certainly true. It has a nice full tone, SUPER punchy, and while it's brighter it's not Taylor bright. It's just balanced sounding to me. Only thing it needs is to have the action lowered a bit, but I can live with that while we're dealing with the apocalypse.
But the guitar seems to be a bargain for what it is. An all solid wood, American made acoustic for under $1300. Comes with a nice case too, and even a KEYCHAIN. A keychain guys. C'mon.
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I've been itching for an acoustic recently, looking at a few different ones online, first just some cheapies, then a SUPER high end one (Someday, Guild F40, someday...) my wife and I talked it over and we decided that I could afford to spend somewhere around $1000 - $1200 on a nice acoustic. I wanted something American made with all solid woods, and I had to find it at Sweetwater (thank you 0% financing.)
I looked over a bunch of options, and it looked like the Gibson G45 Studio fit the bill well. It checked all the boxes, and I'd always been curious about slope shoulder acoustics. So I place the order, and get an email a few minutes later saying it was out of stock til June and to see if I wanted to wait or pick something else. I'm godawful at waiting for things, so I asked if there was any wiggle room on the G45 Standard, and they were able to knock a little bit of cash off, which pretty much covered the sales tax.
The guitar delivered today and I've been playing it for the last little bit, and I have to say, I love it so far. I've played a few J45s and they were always a bit thumpy for me, but watching G45 demos I knew they were a bit brighter, and that's certainly true. It has a nice full tone, SUPER punchy, and while it's brighter it's not Taylor bright. It's just balanced sounding to me. Only thing it needs is to have the action lowered a bit, but I can live with that while we're dealing with the apocalypse.
But the guitar seems to be a bargain for what it is. An all solid wood, American made acoustic for under $1300. Comes with a nice case too, and even a KEYCHAIN. A keychain guys. C'mon.
Here's what everyone came for:
