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(Photos coming soon)Gibson J45 Special With Premium Gig Bag

(Photos coming soon)Gibson J45 Special With Premium Gig Bag

Regular price $1,999.00 USD
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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.

Key Features
  • Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
  • Solid Sitka Spruce Top
  • Rosewood Fretboard with Mother of Pearl Dot Inlays
  • Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish
  • Grover Rotomatics Tuners
  • TUSQ Nut, Saddle, and Bridge Pins
  • L.R Baggs Element Bronze Under-Saddle Pickup and Active Preamp
  • Soundhole-Mounted Volume Control
  • Premium Soft Shell Case
  • Body Style

    Round Shoulder

    Body Shape

    J-45

    Body Material

    Solid Mahogany

    Top

    Solid Sitka Spruce

    Back

    Solid Mahogany

    Side

    Solid Mahogany

    Bracing

    Traditional Scalloped X-bracing

    Binding

    Single Ply Cream, Top and Back

    Body Finish

    Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

    Profile

    SlimTaper

    Scale Length

    628.65 mm / 24.75 in

    Fingerboard Material

    Rosewood

    Fingerboard Radius

    304.8 mm / 12 in

    Neck Material

    Utile

    Fret Count

    20

    Frets

    Standard

    Nut Material

    TUSQ

    Nut Width

    43.815 mm / 1.725 in

    Inlays

    Mother-of-Pearl Dot

    Joint

    Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue

    Bridge

    Traditional Belly Up; Rosewood

    Saddle Material

    TUSQ

    Tuning Machines

    Grover Rotomatic

    Pickguard

    Teardrop; Tortoise

    Truss Rod

    Adjustable

    Truss Rod Cover

    2-ply Black

    Bridge Pins

    TUSQ

    Under Saddle Pickup

    L.R. Baggs Element Bronze

    Controls

    Soundhole Mounted Volume

    Output Jack

    1/4" Endpin

    Preamp

    L.R. Baggs Element Bronze

    Strings Gauge

    .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053

    Case

    Premium Soft Shell

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