Members Cmogi10 Posted July 29, 2006 Members Posted July 29, 2006 Then I had to play this... :eek: :eek: Holy..wow...yeah...wow... talk about GAS...
Members Old_Joe_Clark Posted July 29, 2006 Members Posted July 29, 2006 i have a love-hate relationship with my j-150
Members Cmogi10 Posted July 29, 2006 Author Members Posted July 29, 2006 Everything I played up until now just felt blah and unispiring...this was not the case here. I cant describe the sound...it was boomy but balanced and warm and complex...
Members JasmineTea Posted July 29, 2006 Members Posted July 29, 2006 I played a few Gibsons today. J-45 rose sounded freakin' great! Workingmans 45 was ok, Songwriter was a big let down, CJ-165 had an interesting tone, but I played an old beat-to-{censored} Harmony an hour later that sounded way better.
Members babablowfish Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 I just happened to play one this evening at Daddy's Junky Music. Holy Cow! That is a truly amazing guitar! I am starting to GAS as well. But it goes for over $2,000.00! I dunno, but I think that will help keep the GAS in check.
Members guitarist21 Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 I loooove the Gibson Jumbo acoustic sound. Just awesome. They sound huge, but this is partially because they are huge. Being 5'3", these guitars make me look like a four-year-old playing dad's guitar on stage.Ellen (www.myspace.com/ellenangelico)
Members babablowfish Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Allow me to repeat myself. This is a really amazing guitar!
Members steve_man Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Epiphone makes a great looking version of that guitar.
Members Cmogi10 Posted July 30, 2006 Author Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by steve_man Epiphone makes a great looking version of that guitar. It sure looks the part...and if it sounds nearly as good I will snap it up :What's the verdict on those Epi's?
Members Rada Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 I feel ya...J-200 is my dream guitarBut lately I find myself leaning more towards this....AT THE MOMENT...because I feel like I'm too young and broke to buy the SJ-200 at this moment in my life....the Southern Jumbo is a more reasonable price and it is a sweet sounding guitar....I will get my SJ-200 someday,but this is definitely what I'll be getting soon
Members postalsock Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 really i have a sound i can compare it its the yamaha fg700s it has a awesome bass, the highs are alright at first but after it opens up it sounds a lot better. 200 dollars.
Members babablowfish Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 really i have a sound i can compare it its the yamaha fg700s it has a awesome bass, the highs are alright at first but after it opens up it sounds a lot better. 200 dollars. With all due respect, I seriously doubt it. I have not played an FG700S so I can't say for sure. However, I play an FG340 which is very highly rated and which I have found to produce a tone which IMHO is superior (to me) to the Taylors, Gibsons and Martins I have played. The SJ-150, though, was a whole other animal. Ain't no way I would ever try to compare my FG340 to that monster. It was vastly superior in every way. Still, I will be on the lookout for the FG700S and take it for a spin to see for myself.
Members Old_Joe_Clark Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by Cmogi10 It sure looks the part...and if it sounds nearly as good I will snap it up : What's the verdict on those Epi's? FWIW, it was a maple epi 200 that woke me up to the SJ style. But I ended up with a Gibson J-150.
Members Hudman Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by postalsock really i have a sound i can compare it its the yamaha fg700s it has a awesome bass, the highs are alright at first but after it opens up it sounds a lot better. 200 dollars. The Gibson is a jumbo, the Yamaha is a dread. They are different animals.
Members knockwood Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by Old_Joe_Clark i have a love-hate relationship with my j-150 What's to hate?
Members Rada Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by knockwood What's to hate? Probably because it's not a J-200
Members Old_Joe_Clark Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by knockwood What's to hate? I don't like the pickguard on my 2001 model. Gibson did a good thing by switching to the plain one on current models. http://www.gibson.com/Products/Gibson%20Acoustic%20Guitars/Gibson%20Acoustic%20Guitars/Super%20Jumbos/SJ%2D150%20Maple/
Members Sweb Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Yea, I hate Gibsons too. J-200s are currently the flower boxes around my back garden. I save the front for a different brand worthy of my front landscaping (D-41s) because the Rosewood blends very well with river rock. Hummingbirds are actually hung on poles in my backyard to attract - yep - hummingbirds. I hung a few Doves just to see if they attracted their namesakes but those birds are just too stupid. They look great though. With the strings removed and dowels attached just below the soundhole they make great birdhouses. Smaller dowels extending from where the bridge pins go allow me to hang plants. I do admit that I wouldn't use anything but Gibsons and Martins for my landscaping.
Members Old_Joe_Clark Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 Originally posted by Rada Probably because it's not a J-200 I take that as a friendly ribbing. Aside from the flowery pickguard - who wouldn't like a bit more bling if they can afford it? But honestly, my guitar could have recorded the sound clips for the J-200 and - at least in 2001 - had plenty of flame and figure in the maple.
Members Andrewrg Posted July 30, 2006 Members Posted July 30, 2006 IMO the jumbos are Gibson`s finest, without a doubt. No boom at all in my SJ200, just deep thunderous bass nicely balanced by sweet trebles and solid mids. D28 SJ200 J185 Bourgeois Slope D
Members Cldplytkmn Posted July 31, 2006 Members Posted July 31, 2006 gimme a big ole rosewood gibson jumbo... oh and most definitely in sunburst... Rada... i've played one of those new SJs... very very cool guitars, ,you'll love it i'm sure...
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