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Gibson J45 Special
Gibson J45 Special
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First introduced in 1942, the Gibson J-45™ has remained a mainstay Gibson acoustic model. It has earned its name as “The Workhorse” due to its wide acceptance, no-nonsense simplicity, and understated elegance. It’s one of the most recorded acoustic guitars in history and Gibson’s best-selling acoustic model of all time. Handcrafted with care in Bozeman, Montana, by Gibson’s expert acoustic luthiers, the new Gibson J-45 Special offers players a USA-built Gibson acoustic guitar at a very attractive price. The J-45 Special has a round shoulder body constructed using genuine solid mahogany for the back and sides and a solid Sitka spruce top. The top is reinforced with our traditional scalloped X-bracing. This combination of tonewoods delivers a warm, balanced tone with excellent dynamic range that is great for any musical genre. The “concert depth” body is slightly thinner than on a J-45 Standard, giving the J-45 Special a leaner and tighter bass response that sits perfectly in the mix and also makes it easier to hold. The utile neck is attached to the body with a compound dovetail neck-to-body joint, and like all Gibson acoustic guitars, it is affixed with hot hide glue. The neck has a comfortable and fast-playing SlimTaper™ profile, and the rosewood fretboard has a 12” radius and is adorned with simple mother-of-pearl dot inlays and is fitted with 20 standard frets. The traditional belly-up rosewood bridge is equipped with a TUSQ® saddle, and the nut and bridge pins are also TUSQ. High-quality Grover® Rotomatic® tuners ensure solid tuning stability. The J-45 Special is finished in satin nitrocellulose lacquer in your choice of Satin Vintage Sunburst or Satin Wine Red. It comes with an L.R. Baggs Element Bronze under-saddle piezo pickup with active electronics and an easily accessible soundhole-mounted volume control pre-installed for studio-quality plug-and-play anywhere. The J-45 Special also comes with a premium soft shell case.
Back-Solid Mahogany
Binding-Single-ply Cream, Top and Back
Body Finish-Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material-Solid Mahogany
Body Shape J-45
Body Styles-Round Shoulder
Bracing-Traditional Scalloped X-bracing
Side-Solid Mahogany
Top-Solid Sitka Spruce
Fingerboard Material-Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count 20
Frets-Standard
Inlays-Mother-of-Pearl Dot
Joint-Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue
Neck Material-Utile
Nut Material-TUSQ
Nut Width 43.82mm / 1.73in
Profile-SlimTaper
Scale Length 628.65mm / 24.75in
Controls-Soundhole Mounted Volume
Output Jack 1/4" Endpin
Preamp-L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
Under Saddle Pickup-L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
Bridge-Traditional Belly Up; Rosewood
Bridge Pins-TUSQ
Pickguard-Teardrop; Tortoise
Saddle Material-TUSQ
Truss Rod-Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover 2-ply Black
Tuner Plating-Nickel
Tuning Machines-Grover Rotomatic
Case-Premium Soft Shell
Model: MCRS45SPCVS
Headstock Inlay-Gibson Logo in Gold Silkscreen
Strings Gauge. 012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
