Gibson J-45 Special Satin Wine Red

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.

General

Series:

Gibson Modern

Country of Manufacture:

Made in the USA

Product Color:

Satin Wine Red

Case Type:

Soft Case Included

Factory Setup:

E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E)

Body

Body Shape:

Slope Shoulder Dreadnought w/Thinner “Concert Depth”

Acoustic Cutaway Type:

No Cutaway

Body Material:

Solid Mahogany

Body Finish:

Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Top Material:

Solid Sitka Spruce

Bracing Pattern:

Traditional Scalloped X-Bracing

Body Binding:

Single Ply Cream Top & Back

Body Notes:

Thinner “Concert Depth”

Neck

Neck Material:

Utile

Neck Finish:

Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Neck Tint/Color:

Matching

Neck Shape:

SlimTaper

Fingerboard Material:

Rosewood

Nut Material:

TUSQ

Nut Width:

1.725″ (43.815mm)

Fingerboard Radius:

12″ (304.8mm)

Scale Length:

24.75″ (628.65mm)

Number of Frets:

20 Frets

Neck Joint:

Compound Dovetail Neck Joint w/Hot Hide Glue

Fingerboard Inlay:

Mother of Pearl Dots

Inlay Shape:

Dots

Side Marker Inlay:

Dots

Headstock Inlay/Decal:

Gibson Logo

Neck Binding:

None

Hardware

Hardware Color:

Nickel

Bridge:

Traditional Belly Up; Rosewood

Tuning Machines:

Grover Rotomatic

Saddle:

TUSQ

Pickguard:

Tortoise

Truss Rod Cover:

2-Ply Black Bell

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