I went out for a few hours to play guitars yesterday, no intention of buying anything as there’s nothing I want or need. Until I played this J45…
Previously when I’ve played them I’ve found them too warm, but this one is the liveliest one I’ve played. It has a good range from warm to bright, extremely responsive to dynamics and being strummed with a pick it is gloriously rich and surprisingly bright.
It leaves me with a dilemma though. If I keep it, I’ll have to sell my beloved J15 to cover some of the price. As I’ve mentioned in posts over the years, that J15 is an absolute treasure so will be very hard to part with. Fresh strings will be going on both tonight for a fair comparison.
J15 is the natural finish on the left, J45 in the vintage sunburst on the right.
https://imgur.com/a/Xm12jYw
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I think the 45 has a ‘sweetness’ to the tone if that makes sense, and the low end is more present. But that could again be due to the heavier strings and that the J-15 has 80/20 strings on which I find brighter than phosphor.
(What relationship? Aren't you selling one? Nope. Why would you do that when you still have a spare half-liver and a perfectly good kidney lying around?)
The bigger concern is both of them being brilliant and different enough to justify keeping…
It's all about the sound & feel though isn't it?
I'm glad it's not me having to decide between the two!
Good luck.
At last count I had 9 guitars (7 standard six strings and 2 baritones) and I STILL haven't got around to trying open tunings.
Probably I need a few more guitars.
E flat
there you go, sorted the problem for you.
It also comes alive in a different way with a capo, too. I don't really have a bad thing to say about it.
It doesn't seem to like 80/20 strings nearly as much as PBs but I haven't tried many after the first set of 80/20 I tried.
Congratulations on the serendipitous confluence. Hope you enjoy it for a long time to come.
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Bit of trading feedback here.
An excuse to keep both.