Gibson's New J-45-The Best Acoustic Guitar on the Market Today? 

I have a 2023 J-45 and love it and compliments my Martin D28 and Taylor 814ce.

Just bought one yesterday I love it 😊

I just got a new J45 last week and it’s been hard to put it down and give my Martin love 😂 This guitar is incredible all around!

My J45 sat in the closet for a long time because the action was to high. Didn’t realize it could be adjusted, rookie mistake. After taking it to a guitar store and had it set up properly I now only play the Gibson. The Martin HD28 has been moved to the closet. I like the neck and shorter fretboard.

Nice guitar! You got a Great deal on that one! 👍😊.

I'm on a quest to find the J45 that speaks/sings to me. Thanks for posting, It's a sweet guitar, enjoy! 😊

Love the stache bro

The gibson j 45 standard is normally born with tusq saddle and tusq nut My j45 is from 2014 and I just upgraded my j45 with bone saddle and bone nut. It's much more open and more supstain and dynamic 🎸👍😎

Great sound! I have one

I have a J-45. When I was a teenager, I gave one to my girlfriend. Then we broke up. I miss the guitar. I'm 68 years old now. I recently bought a newer one. I love it!! Thanks for the video!

Great guitar. I really don’t see where all of these major changes you described at the beginning of your video. Yes, the case, pickup, and maybe the truss rod cover. I was hoping it was going to be different bracing or tonewoods or even PLEK’D. Again, great guitar…just not seeing the drama of the new price tag.

Neck profile? Nobody ever goes over the neck feel or measurements, yeah they vary slightly but it would give a good idea of what to consider.

Great guitar! Did you have to give yours a set up. What strings you using on this vidio.

Nice guitar but how about that HD28? 😊 Nice to meet you Jake!

I have a 2020 j-45 standard I bought new. I also have a Martin hd-28 and d-35. I had to have both martins setup but not the Gibson. It played great off the rack. I went to buy a Martin d-18 and came home with the Gibson. The Gibson gets more playing time. The pickup sounds clacky. The lr baggs anthem would be a better choice. I have it in my d-35 and it's great.

Last week a friend lent me a 2004 J-45 so that I could compare it with the Epiphone Inspired By Gibson version that I have owned for a few months. This is from the Samick factory in Indonesia. The result was pretty much what you would expect. The Epi does everything well, it's a fine guitar, and the Gibson does it all better. They don't feel much different but the Gibson has more volume and especially more bass. The sound quality is smoother and fuller. Fantastic with plectrum, bare fingers and finger picks. No surprises there at all. I didn't compare the plugged-in sounds. I got a good deal on the Epi, £500 new. The Standard is around £2,500 right now. Now, I'm lucky, I could afford that without pain or sacrifice. The reason that I don't intend to buy one is that I have several 6-string acoustic guitars and they all serve different purposes. If I were starting from zero I might well buy the Gibson J-45 and just use that. As an all-rounder it's fantastic. It could easily replace all of my 6-stringers but some of them have sentimental value. Is it the best out there? For me, maybe. For someone else, maybe not. One day, I know, I'll be tempted. Thanks for the video.

Does this model carry a strap button on the neck>

Why would you remove the bone nut and saddle?

There are sooo many guitar reviews and reviewers on RU-vid, it's gotten to be a bit boring and, as such, I rarely jump on anymore. As others have mentioned, there are "NO" significant changes to the "New J-45 Standard" and the guitar itself. I can't remember the last time Gibson used bone in lieu of "Tusq". Going with a black nut and black truss rod cover is hardly a change, and, while novel, a "Blackout" case is well behind the blackout trend, from trucks to timepieces, and it doesn't charge the guitar in the slightest. Fit and finish details are nothing new and are simply something Gibson has been working on across the board since its brush with bankruptcy and new, "with it" ownership in 2018. Others have already opined on some constructive criticism for you, so I'd seriously take much of what's been commented on and work harder if you want your reviews to get more hits. Happy New Year!

I just ordered a j45 standard and it arrived with no pick guard on it. Is this how they are shipped from factory?

Try an Eastman e10ss , spectacular guitar for a fraction

I agree that Gibson and the like are expensive, and if I had that sort of cash I might buy one. That said, I own a couple of cheaper guitars of which I wish today that I'd never bought. I wanted to get one of them fixed up, new frets and fingerboard sanded and a new nut and saddle, but this was going to cost up to nearly €500 on a 10year old guitar that I paid about €800 for new at that time, so I decided, I probably will have to fix it myself. Fret replacement is expensive and if they were made out stainless steel, I think they would still be alright today, this is were quality counts. As they say you get what you paid for.

Wait until you play an Aktin J43...

Hi dude we can hear your voice clearly but the guitar isn't picking up so well sadly so a bit disapointing.Looks good though.

My brain is telling me new J45 but my heart is telling me used D28 🥶

My 2016 cost me 1800€

An keep it at that price. Its like paying 50 - 85 dollars for name brand socks. Ive plsyed others at half the price that sound as well if not hetter in some vases.

Today, yesterday and tomorrow

Reminds me of Martin's new 're-imagined ' series, which in general is spectacularly hyped up and over-rated, and I have tried almost every one of them. I really like the Gibson 45's and 50's and Hummingbirds. A couple years ago I bought a 1963 J-50 in almost mint condition. Wonderful tone. Sounded exactly like this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WMolTmlVMlw.html All original stuff. That year they used a synthetic plastic bridge. Anyway I think Gibson's have a sweetness, when you get a good one. that other manufacturers can't get and my all time favorite guitar was a 1941 Gibson that I bought in 1970, and sold like a moron. It's dizzying to imaging what its price would be today, to say nothing of its value in sound. The current price points are so astonishing they better be good, even though the current USD is toilet paper. When I got my first ES-335 it cost under $400. And the original retail price of a J-50 was $50., not the $5000.00 I paid. It's about value, not price. And value equates to tone and playability. With a worthless dollar your 45 could sell for a million in a few years but this is not about the czars of high finance. Congrats on a great guitar.

😂😂😂😂

Never buy a sloped shoulder. Makes you look like a poor cowboy with the strap around the headstock… 🤠

Do You really need the background Musak - its annoying and interferes with Your Talking. Also: Dont TALK so much about how great the guitar sounds - Just PLAY it!

If youve got money to burn. My 400 bedell sounds as good or better.

When you title something " Best Acoustic guitar on the Market Today?" I would think most people, like me, would like to see you compare it with other makes in a similar price range, eh??? Otherwise it just comes across as a Gibson kool aid drinker who hasn't tried any other flavour than standard orange. Is it better than a Yamaha, Tak, Godin, Alvarez, Martin, Taylor, Alhambra, etc.etc.etc. in the same price range???

In my opinion Martin guitars play and sound markedly better than a Gibson acoustic.

Just play the booming thing!