• Serial Number: 20626072
• Weight: 4.2 lbs

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 Slim Taper ™M 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 vour 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 -45 Special also comes with a premium soft shell case.

• Serial Number: 20626072
• Weight: 4.2 lbs

Specs

Body

• Shape: J-45
• Material: Solid Mahogany
• Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
• Back: Solid Mahogany
• Binding: Single Ply Cream, Top and Back

Neck

• Neck: Utile
• Profile: SlimTaper
• Nut Width: 1.725" / 43.815mm
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
• Number of frets: 20
• Nut: TUSQ
• Inlay: Mother-of-Pearl Dot

Hardware

• Bridge: Traditional Belly Up; Rosewood
• Tuners: Grover Rotomatic
• Plating: Nickel

Electronics

• Under Saddle Pickup: L.R. Baggs Element Bronze
• Controls: Soundhole Mounted Volume

Case & SKUs

• Case: Premium Soft Shell