Jim James Acoustic Guitar

[ktm293]

Does Jim use a Gibson CJ-165?

[BH]

I thought it was a takamine, but I'm no expert.   Somebody here will confirm shortly I'm sure.

[EC]

i think he uses a couple (or six).
do you mean the one with the hologram stickers?  that one's a gibson.
and i think there's another gibson.
and there might have been a takamine in the mix on occasion.

i believe that jim james currently uses over 97 guitars, so it's hard to tell...
;)

[EC]

if you go to the gallery section, there's the rudyard kipling show, which there is def a gibson jumbo.  then if you go to the austin city limits fest pics (aka what the hell were those girls with the pineapples on stage for) it looks like a j-45 to me, but i'm not sure.

can't find any of the hologram ones anywhere immediately, but i'll look more.

edit: on 2nd thought, i take back the j-45 comment.  i think the austin show might've been the jumbo body, too.

so in answer to your question, ktm293, i think the answer is yes, but it's not the only one he uses.

2nd edit: bh, you're right - the hologram guitar is a takamine.  there's a good pic of it from the exit/inn show in 2004 - http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Gallery/2004/20040620.html

jeeez i just got a little misty going through some of those photos from shows i've been too.  what great memories. :)  what amazing people i've met.

[aMD]

the takamine is the one he writes the majority of his songs on, or at least he used to.

[Angry Ewok]

Seems like a table or clipboard would be a much better surface for that, but whatever.

[BH]

Yeah, I'll bet he's starting to run out of space.  Unless maybe he's using a pencil and eraser.

[Angry Ewok]

Next thing you know, these brainiac know-it-all "insiders" will be trying to convince us he literally scratches his notes into the guitar with a pocket knife.



:) ;) :D :P

[aMD]

Next thing you know, these brainiac know-it-all "insiders" will be trying to convince us he literally scratches his notes into the guitar with a pocket knife.

I can't tell if you're trying to be funny or trying to be an asshole.  I think it's a little of both.  To clarify, Jim writes music on the guitar, not pen and paper.  He's a songwriter not a composer.  I learned that the guitar he most often uses is the takamine from reading interviews.  I decided to share that knowledge with somone asking about Jim's acoustic guitars on the my morning jacket forum.  If this made me come across as a brainiac know-it-all "insider", so be it.

[Angry Ewok]

Boink. Edited in some smileys to indicate my good nature.

[ktm293]

Cool, thanks for all the info and replies, guys!

[ktm293]

So, do you think the one he's using in the St. David's Church show a CJ-165 or J-185? The J-185 is a jumbo...