The J-45 Gets Six Extra Strings and Chimes Like Never Before

The J-45™ is a truly legendary guitar. The world-famous Workhorse is Gibson's best-selling acoustic of all time. Now it is available in a new 12-string version. Featuring a mahogany body, Sitka spruce top, and mahogany neck, it has a SlimTaper™ neck profile for playing comfort, a bone nut and saddle, TUSQ® bridge pins, Grover® Mini Rotomatic® tuners, and comes equipped with LR Baggs™ VTC electronics, making it ready to deliver beautiful, chiming, 12-string tones on stage or in the studio, right out of the included Gibson hardshell case.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Body Styles : Round Shoulder
Body Shape : J-45
Body Material : Mahogany
Top : Sitka Spruce
Back : Mahogany
Side : Mahogany
Bracing : Traditional Hand-Scalloped X-Bracing
Binding : Multi-ply Top, Single ply Back
Body Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK

Profile : Slim Taper
Scale Length : 628.65 mm / 24.75 in
Fingerboard Material : Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8 mm / 12 in
Fret Count : 20
Frets : Standard
Nut Material : Bone
Nut Width : 47.625 mm / 1.875 in
Inlays : Mother of Pearl Dots
Joint : Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue

HARDWARE

Finish : Nickel
Bridge : Reverse Belly, Rosewood
Saddle Material : TUSQ
Tuning Machines : Grover Mini Rotomatic
Pickguard : Tortoise Teardrop
Truss Rod : Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover : Bell Shaped, 2-ply Black and White
Bridge Pins : TUSQ
Strap Buttons : 2

ELECTRONICS

Under Saddle Pickup : LR Baggs VTC
Controls : Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone
Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin Jack
Preamp : LR Baggs VTC

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Case : Gibson Hardshell