Experts look at this with me please

jomo · 10-17-2009, 03:47 PM

I am looking for another J-45 and found this add on Craigs list and I'll be darned if I don't think it's fake. Never seen a fake acoustic but I have owned my share of these and this one looks totally different. The body looks more like a Hummingbird or even a Martin. A J-45 is a slope shoulder. Anyway, what say you guys?

GIBSON J45 DELUXE!!!!!

Hawk · 10-17-2009, 05:54 PM

I'm no expert, but I've never seen one with J-45 on what would be the truss rod cover...

jomo · 10-17-2009, 06:09 PM

I emailed him and his answer confirmed what I thought. He said the Deluxe isn't a slope shoulder like a normal J-45. Not saying it couldn't be fake. If it was a slope and I knew it was real, I'd already be on my way to pick it up.

Hawk · 10-17-2009, 07:24 PM

I thought you could get the J-45 both ways, sloped or not...

BCRGreg · 10-17-2009, 08:24 PM

Late 70's, early 80's Gibson acoustics were all based on the dreadnaught body, with the exception of the Jumbos.

That guitar is real.

Wickedlester · 10-17-2009, 09:27 PM

You would at least get to hold it before you bought it unlike ebay. Also if you picked it up from the person's house you would know where to find him.

GNR4EVR · 10-21-2009, 05:29 PM

Gibson - Gibson Guitar: Round Shoulder

Edit, nevermind, wasnt aware there was a "straight shouldered" model.

Anyone know when they stopped making the square shouldered models?

jomo · 10-22-2009, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GNR4EVR

Gibson - Gibson Guitar: Round Shoulder

Edit, nevermind, wasnt aware there was a "straight shouldered" model.

Anyone know when they stopped making the square shouldered models?

That's exactly what I had that I want to replace.

GNR4EVR · 10-22-2009, 05:52 PM

Everything I got when Googling says that the square shouldered J45s were only in a certain period but they dont make them anymore. Some say 80's, some say 60s & 70s. Thats about the best i could come up with.

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jomo Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nashville Posts: 6,272 Thanks: 78 Thanked 85 Times in 23 Posts	Experts look at this with me please I am looking for another J-45 and found this add on Craigs list and I'll be darned if I don't think it's fake. Never seen a fake acoustic but I have owned my share of these and this one looks totally different. The body looks more like a Hummingbird or even a Martin. A J-45 is a slope shoulder. Anyway, what say you guys? GIBSON J45 DELUXE!!!!! __________________

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Hawk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southern California Posts: 344 Thanks: 12 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Experts look at this with me please I'm no expert, but I've never seen one with J-45 on what would be the truss rod cover...

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jomo Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Nashville Posts: 6,272 Thanks: 78 Thanked 85 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Experts look at this with me please I emailed him and his answer confirmed what I thought. He said the Deluxe isn't a slope shoulder like a normal J-45. Not saying it couldn't be fake. If it was a slope and I knew it was real, I'd already be on my way to pick it up. __________________

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Wickedlester Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ever buzzing Posts: 121 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Experts look at this with me please You would at least get to hold it before you bought it unlike ebay. Also if you picked it up from the person's house you would know where to find him.

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GNR4EVR Epi Verification Expert Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland (No, Im not a SMIB) Posts: 4,298 Thanks: 131 Thanked 65 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Experts look at this with me please Gibson - Gibson Guitar: Round Shoulder Edit, nevermind, wasnt aware there was a "straight shouldered" model. Anyone know when they stopped making the square shouldered models? __________________ MLP FAKE HUNTER 2005 Epiphone Elitist Standard Plus Honeyburst *MOJO-ED!* "If you always do what youve always done then youll always get what youve always got!!" Last edited by GNR4EVR; 10-21-2009 at 05:59 PM.

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GNR4EVR Epi Verification Expert Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southern Maryland (No, Im not a SMIB) Posts: 4,298 Thanks: 131 Thanked 65 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Experts look at this with me please Everything I got when Googling says that the square shouldered J45s were only in a certain period but they dont make them anymore. Some say 80's, some say 60s & 70s. Thats about the best i could come up with. __________________ MLP FAKE HUNTER 2005 Epiphone Elitist Standard Plus Honeyburst *MOJO-ED!* "If you always do what youve always done then youll always get what youve always got!!"

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