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Just Go And Feel It

Advantages: Light, tough, great balance
Disadvantages: Expensive

Owning Gibson is an honour and if it is Gibson J-45 rosewood acoustic it is both honour and delight. It is very is to be biased for the Taylors, Honners, Martins but with this one it is total passionate bias. Just strum it and immediately feel its out-of-the-world balance- bass, midrange, treble-as if electronically equalized. In fact the touch is great. Smooth neck, comfortablely angled. Frankly speaking it has got a tone of its own, just something ...
...doubt its toughness, go live, keep strumming J-45 takes it all with mute stoicism. As all Gibsons, J-45 do not generally have pickups. Mahogony neck, fairly midium sized, beautifully sloped shoulder body, whitebound fingerboard and headstock and ofcourse Gibson special ebony. Tell me why shouldn't Bob Dylan love it?? ...

roktimdutta 07.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Gibson J-45 Rosewood Custom Acoustic Guitar

Classic!

Advantages: Lovely to play and being a Les Paul you can be assured of its quality
Disadvantages: Bit on the pricey side but well worth it in my opinion

Although ive never owned this guitar one of my friends has and it is one of the nicest pieces of equipment you could ever wish to play. Couple this with a Marshall amp and cab and there is no better way to play guitar and no rival for the sound that can be produced by even the most incompetent of guitarists like myself!The humbucker pickups are of the best quality and with the three way selection switch which all Les Pauls now come with as standard, ...

doddsy 23.12.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Gibson 1957 Les Paul Custom Black Beauty Electric Guitar

Second hand /88 sg Re-issue

Advantages: Its a Gibson. Small, light body. Great sound
Disadvantages: Fragile neck

Having just bought a Gibson SG '61 Re-issue I thought I would let everyone know how good it is. It was made in 1988 and is in good condition for its age. I had never played an SG before getting this one so I was taking a bit of a chance but I am glad I did. It is like a cross between a Les Paul and a strat and might well be the most versatile guitar that I have ever played ( I have played quite a few ) The build quality is great and I think the ...
...the original so much that Gibson re-released it. Soundwise it is similar to a Les Paul but with a slightly thinner sound. sometimes a Les Paul can be overpowering but the SG doesn't have that problem. The pickups are PAF copies so they aren't too powerful, great for classic rock or blues but not so good for heavier styles such as heavy metal. The guitar holds it's tuning pretty well. ...

MARK1980 17.11.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Gibson SG ´61 Reissue Electric Guitar

Gibson Byrdland (2007)

Advantages: Versatile sound, easy to play.
Disadvantages: Shorter neck a little cramped for some "fat" chords.

...someday acquire the "epitome", the Gibson Byrdland. I finally managed to acquire a new Natural finish Florentine Cutaway model (Ted Nugent's favorite) in the past few years. Although much like the Epiphone Sorrento, the body is slightly thicker and larger. The shorter neck scale (23.5 inch) was immediately notably different from the Sorrento's (24.75 inch) scale and took some getting used to. The fit and finish were first rate and aside from the ...
...play. The unplugged and amplified tonal quality is "very good to excellent " Although slightly heavier than the Sorrento, it is not a burden after several hours of play like some of the heavy solid body guitars. For me it seems to be a very good guitar for much of the music I play but not a great guitar for all of the music I play. Some of the "fat" maj7 chords seem to be a little cramped as I go up the neck. In any case, I am very happy with my ...

kmark0001 06.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Gibson Byrdland Florentine Electric Guitar

epihone not bad guitar

Advantages: warm tone
Disadvantages: pickup need to be change

...do and replaced the feeble epiphone pups with a pair of original 1982 stamped patent number cream Gibson 'buckers/surrounds I got off Fleabay and the tuners with Gibsons Deluxe 58 reissues. Sounds like everything you could ever want it to be. Beautiful. I tend to play guitars to death, so I'm pretty sure this will stand the test of time. Body seems prone to the odd ding, or two, but it gives the thing character (so they say!) I've no real problems ...

mrmeng 05.11.2009 · Read full review

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