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played an acoustic that blew my mind ......

Dr. Green

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1942 Banner Southern Jumbo​

reissue - not vintage
Oh my God was that an amazing guitar - it was a cannon
and the Adirondack top was amazing .... the guitar was at least double the volume and tonal quality of anything I have ever played except a froggy bottom I tried years ago before they became famous
 

O Riley

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Sounds like you had a good time, that's pretty cool.
Times like that don't come around that often.
 

Dr. Green

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no ... that would be amazing
apparently the Adirondack used back in the day grew very slowly and was the primo ultra tight strait grained variety .... not the dopey wide grained coastal Canada type

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Body​

Body Shape: J-45
Top: Thermally Aged Red spruce
Back: Rosewood
Side: Rosewood
Bracing: Traditional hand-scalloped X-bracing, red spruce braces with hide glue
Binding: Multi-ply top, multi-ply back
Finish: Thin Finish Nitrocellulose, VOS

Neck​

Material
Mahogany
Profile
C
Scale Length
24.75" / 628.65mm
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius
12"
Number Of Frets
19
Frets
Legend Wire
Nut Material
Bone
Nut Width
1.77" / 44.95mm
Inlays
Mother-of-pearl Parallelograms
Joint
Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body

Hardware​

Tuner Plating
Nickel
Bridge
Belly Down, open slot
Saddle Material
Bone
Tuning Machines
Open back cream button
Pickguard
Tear Drop
Truss Rod Cover
Black
Bridge Pins
Bone

Electronics​

Under Saddle Pickup
None

Miscellaneous​

Strings Gauge
0.053, 0.042, 0.032, 0.024, 0.016, 0.012
Case
Period Correct Case
Accessories
Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
 
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