Description
What makes this guitar special? This J-35 is incredibly clean head to toe for a used guitar. The cuts of mahogany used for the back and sides are beautifully figured with tight grains, lots of shimmer under light, and a shade complementary to the pickguard. The cuts of rosewood used for the fingerboard and bridge are similarly excellent, and add great contrast to the nice, light spruce top. Simple appointments in the white-buttoned tuning machines, traditional rosette, and gold foil headstock text add subtle and elegant touches. The tone starts with a mild, compressed low end, moves into a meaty midrange and tops off with a crisp high end. All in all, this is a very understated guitar that will give players a pleasant surprise as soon as they strum the first chord.
Condition: Overall, this Gibson J-35 is in excellent condition. It does have a few surface scratches throughout the body, but other than that, is in fantastic shape. The frets show very little wear and still have a full lifetime left in them. The action is great up and down the neck and the truss rod functions as it should.
Body: Round shoulder body with a Solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides. Multi-ply top binding, single ply back binding. Traditional rosette. Rosewood bridge.
Neck: Round mahogany neck with 1.725” nut width. Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays. Vintage-style tuning machines with white buttons.
Electronics: LR Baggs Element electronics system w/ sound hole volume control.
Weight: 4 lbs 2 oz
Playability/Sound: This J-35 has a nice, round and compressed low end, meaty midrange, and crisp highs. For its size, it has a considerable volume ceiling and dynamic projection. The neck is comfortable for a variety of playing styles.
Case: Original hardshell case included.
