ClydeTower
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I seem to have a love affair with mahogany these days... After being blown away by the '65 Hoboken F30, as luck would have it, another guitar on my bucket list pops up. Had tried a few J45s standards, a J45 True Vintage and a Gibson Advanced Jumbo, but none of them hit the mark. Then comes along a Sheryl Crow Southern Jumbo Supreme. Very little of these made . I know, some people don't like signature guitars cause you pay for the name almost as much as the guitar,. But in this case I'd say that couldn't be farther from the truth.
Among the custom appointments are Adirondack red spruce top paired with Adirondack scalloped 1930's Advanced X-Bracing, bone saddle+nut, traditional rectangle bridge, modified SS V-neck, SJ parallelogram inlays, Waverly open back tuners, sunsetburst finish...
But really, its the pairing of the Adi top & bracing with the mahogany b&s that makes it my perfect storm as far as tone. This thing has got massive power, but super articulate and intimate and the same time. It just sounds right.
And the rest, the short scale, 1 23/32" nut, the sloped shoulders, etc... just makes the guitar so playable. I got to hand it to Gibson, or maybe Sheryl?... they knocked it out of the park with this one.
Took a quick dirty pic:
Among the custom appointments are Adirondack red spruce top paired with Adirondack scalloped 1930's Advanced X-Bracing, bone saddle+nut, traditional rectangle bridge, modified SS V-neck, SJ parallelogram inlays, Waverly open back tuners, sunsetburst finish...
But really, its the pairing of the Adi top & bracing with the mahogany b&s that makes it my perfect storm as far as tone. This thing has got massive power, but super articulate and intimate and the same time. It just sounds right.
And the rest, the short scale, 1 23/32" nut, the sloped shoulders, etc... just makes the guitar so playable. I got to hand it to Gibson, or maybe Sheryl?... they knocked it out of the park with this one.
Took a quick dirty pic:
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