Green J45 ?

LukePalmer

 Hi everyone, I went along today and spent quite a  lot of time with the guitar. It was very helpful reading all your comments And the unusual colour doesn’t seem to have affected the sound or pliability, it’s a pretty good example of a J 45 plenty of character  and thump. It was fresh out of the Gibson packing container and I don’t think anyone has played it between here and Memphis. As for the colour, well my colour chart is a bit off especially with blues and greens but hey I thought it looked pretty cool especially with the cream binding and dark pickgjard,I saw a blue one in Coda music for over £1000 more so I went home with it,

Fishboy7

Nice score. Great price for a J45 and chances are Gibson wont be making any more green acoustics so you've got something pretty unique. 

ICBM

LukePalmer said:

 Hi everyone, I went along today and spent quite a  lot of time with the guitar. It was very helpful reading all your comments And the unusual colour doesn’t seem to have affected the sound or pliability, it’s a pretty good example of a J 45 plenty of character  and thump. It was fresh out of the Gibson packing container and I don’t think anyone has played it between here and Memphis. As for the colour, well my colour chart is a bit off especially with blues and greens but hey I thought it looked pretty cool especially with the cream binding and dark pickgjard,I saw a blue one in Coda music for over £1000 more so I went home with it,

Which just goes to show that conventional taste can be wrong! It just needed to find the right home...

Congratulations, enjoy .

gringopig

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LukePalmer

 Thanks everyone, I’ve played it tonight in an acoustic band with a banjo and a fiddle et cetera and it really held its own, so I’m pleased with my purchase. Have a great evening and looking forward to chatting on other topics 

Strat_a_tat_tat

While I'm not a fan of that shade of green... you make a valid point about the blue one.  I think the blue J45 at Coda is hideous... so I figure you got the better looking guitar (of the two) and saved over £1k versus the blue one!  Reeesult.

LukePalmer

Thanks, that’s what I figured. My colour perception is a bit off but in the flesh it’s darker than it looks in the photographs.  Charlie and Harriet  at GG Told me that the Olive drab was very popular because of the Chris Cornell connection.