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Gibson's BEST Acoustic? J-45 Standard
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hey welcome back to playing trade
guitars I'm John that's Zach behind the
camera and this is play and trade
guitars where we play it and trade it
today we're going to be checking out the
iconic Gibson j45 acoustic this is the
j45 standard at a price tag of
$29.99 and it's called the Workhorse for
a reason it is one of the most popular
and possibly the best acoustic guitars
ever designed designed way back in 1942
by Gibson to compete with Mart and I'll
tell you what this guitar they nailed it
and it's not too different today than it
was in 1942 I'll talk about all the
features on the bench and then of course
it but at the Top If you're in the
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over to the bench we're going to get it
out of the case and take a first look
take a deep dive into the specs and then
let's plug it in and see how this beauty
sounds the j45 from Gibson I love this
Guitar let's go check it out so it does
include a black Gibson hard shell case
but check this out beautiful iconic
Sunburst finish on the sloped shouldered
j45 beautiful acoustic guitar Nitro
finish made in Boseman Montana by Gibson
beautiful piece of Rosewood on the
fretboard you've got a mahagany back and
sides and neck this one having a slim
tapered neck profile and just a gorgeous
sounding guitar you got that nice deep
body and rounded shoulder on the guitar
itself and I love this mother of pearl
Gibson inlay it is just so beautiful
that black against the Sunburst is just
unreal so let's head over to the bench
and get some measurements before we plug
it in j45 from Gibson and just take your
breath away truly one of the best on the
planet all right with the j45 in the
bench let's start up at the top of the
headstock beautiful black gloss Nitro
finish and then that mother of pearl
Gibson logo is just absolutely beautiful
you got the Chrome uh Grover tuners the
kidney beans this is made in the USA the
Boseman plant by Gibson you got this
slim taper profile which we'll get some
measurements on in just a second an
Unbound rosewood fretboard with just
this unassuming inlay but man I just
part I think that's part of the iconic
look of this guitar it's not dressed up
too much it's just straightforward it's
why they call it the Workhorse and
mother Pearl dot inlays on a Rosewood
board beautiful binding on the guitar
and then of course the Sunburst Nitro
finish and a simple elegant pick guard
teardrop shape and this Belly Up Bridge
fixed bridge and I'll tell you what just
a gorgeous guitar look at the Deep body
we'll get a measurement on that as well
um but from top to bottom just a
beautiful guitar this is standard Gibson
24 and 3/4 in scale length let's get the
strings loosened up and we'll get some
measurements on the neck so j45 tends to
have a little bit wider nut this one at
1.71 in at the
nut 0.89 in at the first fret and I'll
give you a ninth fret up to 0.98 in at
the 9th so they call it slim taper
really wouldn't call that slim taper in
measurement that's more comparable to
like a 50s like a fatter profile neck so
I think the fact that Gibson calls it a
slim taper is actually kind of
misleading j45 has a nice deep body this
one coming in at 4 and 3/4 in just under
4 and 3/4 in and then you have the
bottom bout at 16 in top outout at 11 1 12
12
in and then 24 and 3/4 inch scale length
super lightweight 4 lb 8 oz so we'll
call it 4.5 lb so when it comes to
acoustic guitars the Gibson j45 has got
to be my first choice I love the sound
of this guitar flipping it around it
does have a great feeling neck and again
it measures in with more of like in the
electric world be like a 50s profile
chunkier just that unbeatable acoustic
tone from the [Music]
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j45 it's got a really well-rounded sound
where everything is kind of right down
the middle it's projecting and loud it's
not too much lowend it's not too much
highend it's just [Music]
right remember if you're in the market
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does help us now comes the fun part
we're going to plug this in we're going
to mic it up with an AKG c414 microphone
through an Apollo Prix you also get to
hear the LR bags system that's on board
here so we'll give you a DI signal let's
not waste any more time let's go plug in
I'm super excited and let's see how this guitar
guitar
sounds I'll show you a few examples
through the DI and mic combination and
I'll put it behind a track and let it
sing let's get to [Music]
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what a treat playing the flagship Gibson
j45 standard this is the true Workhorse
the most popular acoustic guitar in the
world from Gibson and absolutely
beautiful I love that Sunburst Nitro
finish the construction on this guitar
was Flawless and as I play I just
reflect man is this not just the most
perfect acoustic guitar ever made it
really just might be and I want one all
right speaking of raw reactions I'm
going to give you a score now and I base
that score on three main things overall
playability overall sound and overall
value overall playability beautiful
piece of Rosewood uh the Nitro feels
really good it's a slim taper neck easy
to get around um you know Nitro on a
guitar in general feels good sometimes
there can be just a touch of stickiness
perhaps in the neck but this one was
pretty well balanced and smooth and
provided a good playing experience
overall sound the way that this guitar
has a well rounded projecting balanced
voice that just sings and cuts and
sounds exactly how you'd want a an
acoustic guitar to sound uh it's hard to
really even give a score because this is
in many ways kind of the standard for
judging acoustic guitars in many ways so
for overall sound because of the well
balanced nature I'm going to go ahead
and give the overall sound a
9.4 and then overall value no doubt it's
expensive at $29.99 but it does include
a hard shell case it is made in America
it's made in the Boseman plant uh
beautiful Montana we actually got to go
to Boseman beautiful place perfect
environment for building acoustic
guitars and in this case it's one of
those things where value means is it
worth the price and are you getting what
you pay for and I'll tell you what we
got what we paid for with this Gibson
j45 beautiful guitar but it is expensive
uh I think I'll give it a 9.0 on overall
value playability with the slim taper
neck and Nitro finish I'm going to give
an 8.9 for overall score from the Gibson
j45 standard of 9.1 gorgeous guitar well
well worth the money if you're in the
market click to buy it using our link
you'll get fast free shipping and easy
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$33,000 a lot easier when you can break
it up over time trust me on that go
check it out drop a comment let me know
what you think of the Gibson j45 check
out our video on the epone j45 and then
you can also check out our head-to-head
comparison of the Gibson versus epone
j45 thanks for hanging out remember to
hit subscribe and like this video drop a
comment let us know what you think and I
will see you on the next video that's
Zack behind the camera this is play and
trade guitars catch you all soon thanks for
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