A Great Introduction To The Gibson Family

I recently purchased this J-45 and am already in love with it's tone. I have a number of guitars that have a spruce top and rosewood back and sides, so I opted for the Standard over the Custom. I love the woody tone that this guitar has, and the Sunburst finish is very appealing visually. Unplugged, the strings are all very well balanced. The action as it came was very nice, and bar chords play up the neck without too much effort up to about the 9th fret. Plugged in, it was a little bit hot on the b and e strings - the treble just pops out a little too much for my liking, but running it through a pre-amp, I was able to clean it up effectively. If the plugged in tone was as even as it was unplugged, and if it came with a bone saddle and end pins, I would have given this 5 stars. But those are things easily upgraded, so I am extremely pleased with this purchase!