Gibson J-45 (J45 J 45).
A very special guitar. The original owner gigged it heavily in the s and s, then it was eventually acquired by a guy who was more into jazz guitars, and so I bought it from him. It obviously took a few knocks in the early days, and it shows them proudly. More importantly, it seems to me to be in perfect structural condition, with no sign of there having been a neck re-set or of it having suffered any serious damage. And, even more importantly, it plays and sounds beautiful. Although I keep most of my top-end guitars in their cases, this sits on a stand near to my seat so that I can pick it up whenever I feel the need to make some music. And it never lets me down. The one thing that seems to be non-original is the bridge. You can see from the photos that it says it has an adjustable bridge, but you can see from other photos that it does not. Having looked through various Gibson forums it seems that the adjustable bridges were not popular, and many players replaced them with a fixed bridge, which produced a far better, more stable sound. This would appear to have happened in this case. The hard case works. I don’t know anything about s Gibson cases. I find it hard to believe that this is an original Gibson case – there is no logo that I can see, and the quality seems a bit low – but it may be. It’s certainly old. At any rate, it does the job of keeping the guitar safe from point A to point B. I’m happy to wrap it and its case in cardboard and post it out. About £40 p&p (uninsured) in the UK, or I can get a quote for insured or elsewhere (or you can handle that side yourself). And see my other ads!