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This made me want a Gretch😎🤙

Was it made in China or Indonesia? I’ve heard there’s a difference. I am really wanting one, but, I haven’t played any of them. Just wondered what your take was. Thanks.

sounds good to me !

May I ask if there were any dead notes on your MD60BG when you bought it? I really am wanting to buy this guitar, but there are none that are being carried at any of my local guitar shops. Every single Alvarez that I have played that ARE offered in the stores here have dead notes. There is also a youtube short from a guy that shows his MD60BG with dead notes all over the fret board and he calls this guitar garbage out of the box. Thank you for posting this video...

Daaamnn! U r so good, man

I have the ibg j45 and the hummingbird version, I like them both. The HBird has more overtones, not as mid focused, I like recording with them for different purposes. I played a j45 Gibson the other day, I don't think they sound better than the ibg j45 but they do sound different, the one thing I noticed is that it was seemingly much lighter and also a little bit of a looker aesthetically, more stunning than the ibg j45. For a third of the cost I'll stick with the ibg. :) surprisingly I thought the Gibson j35 sounded the best but it's very bare bones.

Gibson sounds better ,like the real deal. 🤔

I bought an uninspired by gibson SJ-200 recently that has a overly large bridge saddle cavity that causes the saddle to flop over at a 45 degree angle back towards the neck. That same epiphone guitar mastershit piece has a misaligned tuner holes ! Chibson forever!

Got mine today in Olympic white and its a killer guitar! Im blown away how good the quality is on these guitars

Cual es mejor , Harley Benton te 52 ó squier tele 40 aniversario??? Quiero tu opinión

Sounds Great. Nice picking as well

I’ve had the epiphone slash j45 for 2years now, I stopped looking at guitars after I bought it. It’s my work horse. I did replace the plastic pins with wood and took off the scratch guard. Taking the scratch guard off it did wake it up tonally. And yeah I’ve got the trusty elixir strings on mine too.

I put a Vanson on most of my Gretsches, a good upgrade, also a B6C Bigsby on my 5420T Improved that no end. Wilkinson tuners are great too.

Shame no access past the 16th fret. I would have possibly bought one, but that's a deal breaker for me.

Great version, I loved your voice and the guitar: great mix!

After modding the neck pup by taking it out of the tone circuit, the muddiness is gone. Much brighter and louder. Has glassy, harmonic tone now in the neck pup. This is a sweet axe.

Awesome Alvarez 👌 Great video thumbs up subbed

You play well. Guitar sounds awsome

I like the Alveraz just for the simple clarity of sound

I've always dreamed of like buying a Martin D45 and bringing it to an Open mic lol

In 1972 I bought an Epiphone FT-570 with a natural finish. My first brand new guitar. That guitar has been with me through time. Lost it in a poker game and about a year later won it back. It’s a wall hanger now. The bridge is cracked, the saddle is split into several pieces and the belly has about a half inch of hump across it. No major scratches or scarring of the finish so the quilted maple looks amazing. The $500 Cdn I spent on it over a half century ago parlays to about $3,750 Cdn today. I pondered getting it repaired but figure for the $1,000 or so it would take I’d get a newer guitar and so the FT-79 Texan was added to the fleet. I’ve since taken on an older Martin D35 that needs a neck reset and frets. I’ve also got a few other guitars in various conditions. Guitars as much stories as the music they make.

So, if the Texan is the Epiphone copy of a Gibson J45 then I’d like to if the Epiphone IBG J45 is a downmarket version of the Masterbilt Texan. FWIW, I’ve been playing my Masterbilt Texan for five years now and I’ve tried a few Gibson J45s at the big box store. In my view the Masterbilt sounds better. I haven’t tried the IBG J45 but my expectation is that it will be similar. From a sound regard the Gibson has a more resonant sound that the Epi. I’m chalking that up to the nitro finish on the Gibson versus the poly finish on the Indonesian Texan.

Thank you, very useful video!

Excellent performance 🎸🎶🎵 New Subscriber added 😎🎧

I have a 1964 Elitist Made in Japan, Casino. Blondie.

Which Ampl?

Sold mine ,no sound quality, just hype

I’ve got an MD60….. it’s blows big names out the water! Such a great tone! Big sound, and most beautiful v neck!

Love the IBG J45 - I've had mine for quite a while. As a performing artist I'm fussy about the amplified sound - In my opinion, ANY under saddle pickup will sound like hard plastic - I tear them out immediately and use a magnet sound hole pickup with a built in mic. As for the guitar itself, it's a bit of a heavy build but it feels and sounds great. Very satisfying "Gibson" like experience. I've owned about 7 proper J 45's over the years, including a Banner (very pricey). This IBG version is really good comparatively. The Hummingbirds are good - the SJ200's don't sound like much at all. Though, the newest version of the Epiphone SJ200 that comes with a hard case for 1500.00 is pretty killer.

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I had exactly the same experience with GAK this week, buying a Classic Vibe Tele. Was gutted when I got my lovely new guitar only find it was shocking. How it ever passed a QA I will never know

People are so funny when it comes to tuners. They think if it doesn’t stay in tune well or isn’t intonated it must be the tuners. Noobs. It’s always the nut. Unless it’s a $50 guitar.

Very good job on this, Graeme. That 45 sounds fantastic, brother man 👍🏻

Great review ! Are those 20-80 elixer

FANTASTIC tone!

Do you know how the body is routed? I know some of these squiers are routed for humbucker making them great mid platforms.

A very nice, well loved and well played instrument - lovely big sounding chords.

Great lead playing man ❤️🎸

Yes, sounds amazing.

There’s so much better than any of the models listed in the comments. Dollar for dollar Taylor can be beaten everywhere in the lineup.

I’ve bought many guitars from Sandy in Sound control over the years Martins Lowdens and Taylor’s great guy. Currently own a Taylor 110 great wee guitar, Currently in the market for an all solid acoustic used 310 is definitely on my list.

Good video mate 👍🎸

I have a 2007 110e that was my first guitar. Bought it as a teenager and still have it today. Still my best sounding acoustic and is my “you can only grab one guitar in a house fire axe”

You need a new battery for your clock

Your guitar sounds exceptional, Taylors are wonderful instruments. I have a 410 Walnut/Spruce that I use as my daily player. I also have a Alvarez 5022, I bought 50 years ago before I left home on my own. It was my constant companion and helped me get thru lonely times and when my kids were growing, it was a great source of entertainment to them when I'd play. I still have it and it competes well against my Taylor...The Taylor wins on tone, but my old, trusty, well broken-in Alvarez constantly reminds me It's as sparkly, warm and as playable as the younger acoustics in my stable.

My first Taylor was a 2001 710ce that I bought brand new in the fall of 2001. I still have it to this day and I can’t imagine ever selling it. I have a 2022 324e that I bought new in May of ‘22. It was built in March 2022 on literally the last day before Taylor switched the 324’s from Tasmanian blackwood backs & sides to mahogany backs & sides. I love the sweet, smooth and warm tone of the mahogany top. But when I want to just jam, there’s nothing better than the rosewood/Engelmann spruce combo on my 710ce.

I've got a 110 that I feel the same way about. Just can't get rid of it.

I also have some really nice "gig" guitars (Taylor 324CE-BE & 614CE Ltd), my best loved go-to guitar at home is my Taylor 2001 Big Baby. which I bought second hand in about 2003. First acoustic I'd ever owned which sounded in tune all over the neck, and stayed in tune. Started me on a Taylor journey, I own five now!

Nice to hear someone wax poetic about their guitar, you obviously value yours a lot. When you were playing it in this video, was it through the Fishman pickup, or just through the same microphone as your voice? Ok, my story. When I lived in the northern suburbs of Detroit (Michigan, USA) in the 1980s, I got interested in classical guitar. I visited the local music store (Motor City Guitar in Waterford) and didn't find anything I could afford except a 1970s Yamaha - probably all laminate and heavy, with a cracked headstock. I thought to myself, all I need is a bit of glue and a screw countersunk, filled and sanded, and she'll be good as new. So I got it for very little money, fixed it up, and have played it ever since, in Michigan, New Mexico, and now Ecuador. It's old and beat up, but then so am I, and I'd never part with it.

Just bought one a week ago was used 2010 310 ce love at first strum